"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
Top College Football Teams by TV Ratings
Rank Team Avg Viewers Avg Rating # of Rated Gms
1 Alabama 6,465,000 3.9 10
2 Texas A&M 5,263,900 3.3 10
3 Michigan 5,257,381 3.3 7
4 Ohio State 5,240,455 3.2 11
5 Auburn 5,216,500 3.2 10
6 Georgia 4,832,300 3.0 10
7 LSU 4,531,818 2.7 11
8 Missouri 3,991,500 2.4 8
9 Notre Dame 3,906,364 2.5 11
10 Michigan St 3,769,111 2.4 9
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Every year OSU is one of the biggest television draws in college football. This is not breaking news. It has nothing to do with being "self serving"
Of course CFB will move on without Braxton Miller. But it is a bummer that in it's first year OSU will be a non-factor. I guarantee you NCAA Football, sponsors, ABC, ESPN would rather he be playing.
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
I can't believe there are people that actually celebrate an injury. Some pretty poor moments for a few people in this thread so far.
It sounds like he seperated the shoulder and they should know more by tomorrow in terms of possible recovery time.
JT Barrett was very highly recruited, but tore his ACL his senior year of high school and basically hasn't played in about 2 years. He isn't as good as a runner as Braxton, but was supposed to be a more polished passer coming in, but that's not to say he is at this point. He would need to show tremendous growth in order to beat Michigan State at night on the road and there are several tough games before that one. At this point I think you'd have to say 9 wins would be an accomplishment.
RedTeamGo! (08-19-2014)
Perhaps marginally in a playoff. But only marginally.
What makes you say that? I'm genuinely curious, college football TV ratings aren't something I follow closely. But it's pretty clear Ohio State has a larger fanbase than Wisconsin, so is that just not a factor in national ratings the way it is with every single other sport?
*BaseClogger* (08-19-2014)
I wanna see Barrett on the field before I start saying "9 wins would be an accomplishment". With college football, you just never know about these guys. I loved Braxton Miller, but even before the injuries I had my doubts he was ever going to get OSU over the hump. Just like Pryor, a very special athlete, but I don't know if his legs alone were going to get it done. He came a long way as a passer, but we don't know that he was ready to take the next step to elite. If tOSU's defense is as improved as they think it could be then they still have lots of potential...
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