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Wisconsin vs Ohio State was college football’s second most-watched game of Week 9

Wisconsin vs Ohio State was college football’s second most-watched game of Week 9:

NBC executives are thrilled today. The draw of primetime Big Ten football is clear, especially when two recognizable brands are taking the field.

Sportsmediawatch.com published the television ratings from Week 9 of college football and slotted in at No. 2 with 4.87 million viewers and a rating of 2.6: Wisconsin vs No. 3 Ohio State. The game trailed only CBS’ Game Of The Week of Florida vs Georgia (5.95 million viewers) as the most-watched game of the day.

These gargantuan numbers will be seen more and more in the coming years as the Big Ten and SEC consolidate many of the country’s top teams. A late-October week will start having 5-6 of these marquee games, as opposed to just one or two.

Executives from NBC, FOX and CBS paid significant sums of money to own Big Ten television rights moving forward. It’s safe to say the return on ratings will be seen from the day the conference’s expand next fall.

Misery Loves Company: Cowboys-Washington NFL’s most-watched game

The Dallas Cowboys game against the Washington Football Team on Thanksgiving is the most watched game of the year.

This year’s version of the Dallas Cowboys has something in common with the many iterations that have come before: they are still America’s Team. Good, bad or ugly, it doesn’t matter because people still want to tune in to watch the Cowboys.

The annual Thanksgiving day game often brings in gigantic numbers, with the huddled masses surrounding a television in order to avoid spending time with their families. This year was no different, as last Thursday’s game against the Washington Football Team was the most watched of the NFL season to date.

Jerry Jones has become something of a carnival barker of late and his team, a kind of freakish side show that is somehow the dregs of a division barely worthy of its professional status. Dallas is truly worthy of the often used car crash analogy, people truly can’t look away.

The Cowboys always reigned supreme in terms of viewers during the regular season, but unfortunately for their fans that popularity hasn’t translated to playoff success. It’s hard to imagine the boost the NFL would get if the Jones family business ever got its act together to make a serious run.

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