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Originally Posted by miked
Once we start seeing good matchups like VT-GT and other ones that people care about, nobody is turning on the TV to see NCSU take on UMD.
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They turned on to watch Ole Miss get routed by Vandy ... in 5x the number.
That kind of game typically pulls a number larger than ND in this market. Go look at ratings for the ACC in virtually any market outside of NC (like I have for the past ten years), unless their local team is playing the ratings are worse than anywhere from 1-3 other games being aired elsewhere. Hell, the SEC GotW frequently outdraws the ACC GotW in Charlotte for crying out loud (or at least it did when I last looked regularly; i.e. before the economy tanked).
My point is that adding a team in the general vicinity to an area doesn't make the area instantly give a damn about a conference (or in the case of NY, about college football). That's just a silly notion & it defies the evidence.