NCAA: Week 3: After Dark is Prime Time

[End of Line]

Aftermath of the CSU/CU is getting horrendously ugly. Henry Blackburn, the DB that had the late hit against Travis Hunter, has been receiving death threats along with having his personal + family information being doxxed.

 

[End of Line]

Full article:

CSU player, family get death threats after hit

Colorado State's Henry Blackburn and his family have received death threats after his late hit to Colorado star Travis Hunter, AD Joe Parker said.

www.espn.com

 

[Hasbro]

 

[John Price]

 

[GKJ]

Haven’t even played an actual prime time game yet.

Thinking we’ll see that when they play Oregon State or UCLA.

USC 33.5 point favorites in 2 weeks

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Will the next MI St coach be Brian Hartline or Jim Leonhard?

 

[GKJ]

Prime Time is whenever Prime Time says it is

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Is this a joke?

No pun intended, but why the hell is this not in prime time? Why isn't every Colorado game in prime time while the insane ratings and hype is happening? There's no important games going on that night anyway.

 

[GKJ]

Is this a joke?

No pun intended, but why the hell is this not in prime time? Why isn't every Colorado game in prime time while the insane ratings and hype is happening? There's no important games going on that night anyway.

Fox considers Noon to be their #1 slot

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Fox considers Noon to be their #1 slot

Agreed. Also CO is not a top 10 team. Kyle needs to calm down.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Prime Time is whenever Prime Time says it is

So will it continue or was part of the high ratings from the shit talking between the coaches? I know that was part of my thinking when I turned it on

 

[End of Line]

So will it continue or was part of the high ratings from the shit talking between the coaches? I know that was part of my thinking when I turned it on

This weeks slate of 3:30 games will eat into their ratings considerably.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Agreed. Also CO is not a top 10 team. Kyle needs to calm down.

Give the people what they want. This is the biggest story in college football since Johnny Manziel.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Fox considers Noon to be their #1 slot

Made some sense when they were mainly showing the Big Ten as marquee games. People out west gotta start getting primed for Prime before bars even open for a game involving two western teams? C'mon Fox, you know ratings will be double for a night game...you've got 11 days to do the right thing!

 

[GKJ]

Made some sense when they were mainly showing the Big Ten as marquee games. People out west gotta start getting primed for Prime before bars even open for a game involving two western teams? C'mon Fox, you know ratings will be double for a night game...you've got 11 days to do the right thing!

The geographical scale is clearly out the window. Plus you got another Notre Dame game at night next week. This probably is their best ratings play.

The Coach Prime Hype I don’t think will go down even after they lose. This is clearly something that now transcends college football. People want to see this work, or at least want to see what happens, and losing to Oregon and Colorado I don’t think will change that.

I wonder if the networks, specifically CBS and NBC, are rethinking scoffing at the Pac 12 before Colorado bolted. This very obviously would’ve been a different animal.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Give the people what they want. This is the biggest story in college football since Johnny Manziel.

Throw in Tebow and all 3 stories are insignificant in the big picture.

 

[GKJ]

The line has gone up to 21 for Oregon, so maybe the AP has overrated Colorado ranking them 19, which isn’t unreasonable beating teams from the Pac 12, Big Ten, and MWC, but there’s no indication that people are fooled. The big picture is that people want to watch Coach Prime’s team. They will remain appointment viewing until proven otherwise.

 

[LT]

Early AP rankings are strictly for storylines and/or hype

It'll eventually sync up with the CFP rankings

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Riley's act starting already

USC suspends reporter for violating policies after he wrote about something that happened in plain sight

SCNG reporter Luca Evans wrote about a harmless conversation between two players that took place in front of him before media interviews last week. His access to the team has now been suspended.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Hasbro]

Made some sense when they were mainly showing the Big Ten as marquee games. People out west gotta start getting primed for Prime before bars even open for a game involving two western teams?

We're CU fans. We can adapt!

 

[Say Hey Kid]

If Goff is worth $33M, would Deion be worth more at a big SEC/ACC (maybe a FL) school?

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Barnum]

Excellent idea, I like it

 

[Kyle McMahon]

The geographical scale is clearly out the window. Plus you got another Notre Dame game at night next week. This probably is their best ratings play.

The Coach Prime Hype I don’t think will go down even after they lose. This is clearly something that now transcends college football. People want to see this work, or at least want to see what happens, and losing to Oregon and Colorado I don’t think will change that.

I wonder if the networks, specifically CBS and NBC, are rethinking scoffing at the Pac 12 before Colorado bolted. This very obviously would’ve been a different animal.

To the bolded, exactly. People that don't otherwise care about college football are interested in this, and casual fans are fired right up. I think it was the CU-Nebraska game that drew more betting action than every NFL game combined? This is good-natured lunacy taking place.

I might be talking out of my ass, but is Notre Dame really still a big deal to people born after ~1980? I have a hard time believing a random Irish game against Duke would draw many eyeballs away from Prime right now, other than people who are specifically ND fans. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Throw in Tebow and all 3 stories are insignificant in the big picture.

Lol...the big picture of life? Sure, I agree. These are absolutely not insignificant stories within the realm of American football though. People eventually forget who won the championship or made the playoffs as years go by, but they don't forget the big storylines.