LOL at Vandy

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unfrozencvmanvol said:
Certainly, the methodology here could be questioned (I have no idea what it is) but regardless, major LOL at Candy's pathetic showing. There are probably way more people watching QVC at 4 in the morning.View attachment 483308
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Sad as Vandy's number are, it's hard to blame anyone for not watching them.

I'm laughing at UK. They had a historic year and the still can't beat Tennessee. Not on the field or otherwise.
 
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$10 billion

Out of 705 school endowments surveyed, 13 held at least this much in assets in 2020.
vandy 10,9 billion . Can’t afford it lol .
 
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I call bogus.

If someone is watching Vandy vs UGA or Vandy vs UF, how can a third party know which team is the draw for the viewer? Obviously common sense says it will not be Vandy but how can they possibly quantify that into a reliable number.

And for the SEC Championship, how could it be determined a viewer is a Bama fan, a UGA fan or a just a college football fan interested in the game?
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
Certainly, the methodology here could be questioned (I have no idea what it is) but regardless, major LOL at Candy's pathetic showing. There are probably way more people watching QVC at 4 in the morning.View attachment 483308
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jeezuz there are 2 million arkansas fans? this world is doomed
 
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I would agree with unfrozen here concerning methodology on this statistic. A 2019 article proclaimed Tennessee the 10th most powerful fan base in college football. I highly doubt this fanbase has less viewership than Ole Miss or Arkansas on a game by game basis.

I would assume this did not account for games that were televised on broadcast channels such as CBS and ABC versus cable channels such a as ESPN or the SEC Network. I would also like to see the scheduling of these games versus other higher ranked games.

With this in mind, it makes sense that Alabama and Georgia, who were more likely to be "games of the week" or televised on broadcast channels, would have a higher number of viewers.

Teams like Vandy, who are relegated to worse time slots and secondary channels, will obviously have lower numbers.

Also, UGA and Alabama probably had two of the most nationally viewed games of 2021 in the SEC title game and the national championship.

Cool graphic to crap on Vandy, but not much in the way of actual statistical information
 
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Jaxon_Vol2017 said:
How is this list made? I call bs on this.
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Again, the point of the post is just to laugh at Vandy who according to this has a viewership of less than 10% of the conference's next least popular school. The methodology can certainly be quibbled with.

EDIT: I tried to link the article for you, but for some reason it won't let me link it, you can Google it though. It is from a medium.com article called "Which college football programs were the most watched in 2021?" by Zach Miller.
 
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dobre_shunka said:
I call bogus.

If someone is watching Vandy vs UGA or Vandy vs UF, how can a third party know which team is the draw for the viewer? Obviously common sense says it will not be Vandy but how can they possibly quantity that into a reliable number.

And for the SEC Championship, how could it be determined a viewer is a Bama fan, a UGA fan or a just a college football fan interested in the game?
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This is actually probably legit.

See, it is more about exposure than fan base.

If (Bama, UGa) all 12 of your regular season games are on ESPN, ABC, CBS, or other nationally-available stations, you'll maximize the # of people watching the game. Not just fans of the two teams playing, either, casual football fans will tune in if it's on channel 2 or 31 or some other easily available station.

If (Tennessee 2021) only 6 of your games are on those national networks and the other six are on SEC-Network or behind a paywall like ESPN+, then your viewership will be much lower for half of your schedule. It will drag your average way down.

If (Vandy) almost none of your games are nationally aired, they're pretty much all on--at best--SEC-Network or worse, ESPN+, you'll have horrendous averages. Having a sucky fan base just exacerbates the problem.

And to answer your question, Dobre, both teams get credit for the game they play together. So when Bama meets UGa on CBS at 7pm Saturday evening, and they peg 5.8m viewers, they both get to include that in their averages.

*shrug*

So yeah, don't misunderstand this chart. It's not about fan bases. Hardly at all. It is much more about the decisions CBS, ESPN, ABC and the like make concerning which games each weekend to show on what channels and what time of day. It's 100% about exposure.

As the Vols start to matter more and more in the national conversation, even our lesser games will be put on national air, and our numbers will go up.

Go Vols!



EDIT: edited to focus purely on the regular season, thanks to @unfrozencvmanvol for letting me know.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
This is actually probably legit.

See, it is more about exposure than fan base.

If (Bama, UGa) all 12 of your regular season games are on ESPN, ABC, CBS, or other nationally-available stations, you'll maximize the # of people watching the game. Not just fans of the two teams playing, either, casual football fans will tune in if it's on channel 2 or 31 or some other easily available station. Then if you also get to pad your stats with a conference championship game and two playoff matches (including the national title game), your averages are going to shoot sky-high.

If (Tennessee 2021) only 6 of your games are on those national networks and the other six are on SEC-Network or behind a paywall like ESPN+, then your viewership will be much lower for half of your schedule. It will drag your average way down.

If (Vandy) almost none of your games are nationally aired, they're pretty much all on SEC-Network at _best_ (ESPN+ frequently), you'll have horrendous averages.

And to answer your question, Dobre, both teams get credit for the game they play together. So when Bama meets UGa in Atlanta for the SEC CG, with its 15.28 million viewers, that pads BOTH of their averages. A lot.

*shrug* Don't misunderstand this chart. It's not about fan bases. Not at all. It's about the decisions CBS, ESPN, ABC and the like make about which games to show on what channels and what time of day. It's 100% about exposure.

As the Vols start to matter more and more in the national conversation, even our lesser games will be put on national air, and our numbers will go up.

Go Vols!
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I agree with your point about exposure, but just one note since I couldn't get the article to link. These were all regular season numbers last year. The article came out December 1, 2021.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
This is actually probably legit.

See, it is more about exposure than fan base.

If (Bama, UGa) all 12 of your regular season games are on ESPN, ABC, CBS, or other nationally-available stations, you'll maximize the # of people watching the game. Not just fans of the two teams playing, either, casual football fans will tune in if it's on channel 2 or 31 or some other easily available station. Then if you also get to pad your stats with a conference championship game and two playoff matches (including the national title game), your averages are going to shoot sky-high.

If (Tennessee 2021) only 6 of your games are on those national networks and the other six are on SEC-Network or behind a paywall like ESPN+, then your viewership will be much lower for half of your schedule. It will drag your average way down.

If (Vandy) almost none of your games are nationally aired, they're pretty much all on--at best--SEC-Network or worse, ESPN+, you'll have horrendous averages. Having a sucky fan base just exacerbates the problem.

And to answer your question, Dobre, both teams get credit for the game they play together. So when Bama meets UGa in Atlanta for the SEC CG, with its 15.28 million viewers, that pads BOTH of their averages. A lot.

*shrug*

So yeah, don't misunderstand this chart. It's not about fan bases. Hardly at all. It is much more about the decisions CBS, ESPN, ABC and the like make concerning which games each weekend to show on what channels and what time of day. It's 100% about exposure.

As the Vols start to matter more and more in the national conversation, even our lesser games will be put on national air, and our numbers will go up.

Go Vols!
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here is the source of SDS chart. Taken prior to SECCG or bowl games

 
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