ShadasRevenge
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Your point is retarded.
Nice job, Insight Bowl, nice job
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Your point is retarded.
ForeverHawk
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You are making an argument after the fact that the Insight should have picked Nebraska over Missouri because now the Insight is going to lose viewers because an NFL game was re-scheduled due to a freak snowstorm. If you are going to question why I am even arguing, I am going to question the validity and the stupidity of your argument to begin with!
GodGodGodBathia
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No, I'm making the argument that there were already factors in play that made Nebraska clearly the better choice, and the NFL's rescheduling simply heightens the disadvantages of taking Missouri. I'm not saying that the Insight Bowl should have looked into a crystal ball, seen the blizzard, and taken Nebraska to prevent the loss of ratings based solely on that criteria.
GodGodGodBathia
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lol well thank you! I sort of disappeared for no reason after football season and didn't have much motivation to post until now
I hate to tell you, but the NFL would swamp Iowa and Nebraska to the same degree or more than Iowa and Missouri. After all Missouri has 3 or 4 times the population of Nebraska. The NFL is king and no second tier college game is going to compete with them for ratings. Let's just win the damn game and not worry about things as insignificant as the Insight Bowl TV ratings.
DuffMan
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I just drove through Nebraska. 37 people live there, that's not exactly a national following. Mizzou has the St Louis and KC markets which will arguably draw a bigger instate audience than that of Nebraska.
Lastly my smart phone told me that when one guy thinks everyone in the room is stupid or a nut job the exact opposit is usually the case.
Lastly my smart phone told me that when one guy thinks everyone in the room is stupid or a nut job the exact opposit is usually the case.
GodGodGodBathia
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Yeah, you're right that either way the bowl takes a hit from the NFL game, but I wouldn't necessarily say to the same degree as this game would be much more important to the overall scene of college football since it foreshadows Nebraska's entrance to the Big Ten and a big rivalry game. And I'm not concerned about TV ratings superficially, what interests me is the bowl system's power plays and whatnot, which is why I'm paying it any attention.
tmurph2643
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my head hurts.
GodGodGodBathia
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Nebraska had a 3.57 million TV rating average last year; Missouri doesn't even come close to that number. And St. Louis and KC are both NFL towns...so...
the nfl game starts 2 hours before the insight game. Those who are watching the nfl game will be looking for more football and will tune in around the 2 quarter of the insight tonight.
GodGodGodBathia
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Well, assuming that the NFL game is somewhat close (and it might not be), the game will end roughly around 10:30, right around halftime of the Insight Bowl...on a Tuesday night, I don't think many people want to invest in a neutral game between two non-national programs that'll end the next morning...
ShadasRevenge
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By the time the Iowa game kicks off, the Vikings will be well on the way to getting their heads caved in.
No person in America outside of the states of Iowa and Nebraska would have given 2 ***** about such a matchup, so arguing that TV ratings for that game would be greater than for Iowa-Missouri is just about the dumbest thing that I have ever seen posted on the Internet.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
woodyk1
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I thought that would be the case. However, it is tied at half thanks to the Winfield sack, fumble return TD. Oh well. you definitely can't plan for everything.
