PAC 12 Offseason Thread

[ELA]

Most? No.

But the Los Angeles and Inland Empire metro areas have a combined 16M residents. That's plenty to actually put butts in seats even if a low percentage of fans actually attend.

Yeah but it's also a big number of tv viewers.  If it gets more eyeballs nationwide, I doubt they care about the atmosphere at schools that traditionally struggle with attendance.

[Cincydawg]

If I tune into a game with 10 K fans and quiet applause, I get the notion it must not be very important.

[CatsbyAZ]

Most? No.

But the Los Angeles and Inland Empire metro areas have a combined 16M residents. That's plenty to actually put butts in seats even if a low percentage of fans actually attend.

A number of UCLA and SC alums I know won’t attend the games anymore because “it’s a nightmare.” The city traffic, fighting for parking, expensive parking, increasing ticket prices, and easier experience of watching on TV are the different excuses I’ve heard. Of course these are excuses I’ve heard from all fanbases but I think traffic/parking is a particularly severe battle for the LA schools.

[betarhoalphadelta]

A number of UCLA and SC alums I know won’t attend the games anymore because “it’s a nightmare.” The city traffic, fighting for parking, expensive parking, increasing ticket prices, and easier experience of watching on TV are the different excuses I’ve heard. Of course these are excuses I’ve heard from all fanbases but I think traffic/parking is a particularly severe battle for the LA schools.

I hate going to LA for anything, at any time. So I get it. 

We went to a Dodger game last Saturday, and leaving from our friends' house in Long Beach it took us well over an hour to go about 23 miles. Not rush hour, not even a weekday, and it was hell. 

[FearlessF]

perhaps self driving cars can save the city

[ELA]

Pirate ain't getting up early


https://twitter.com/Coach_Leach/status/1155226480202280960?s=19

[MrNubbz]

PAC after dark will get a bigger audience.What are these idgits thinking?

[Brutus Buckeye]

So who has good attendance? UDub, Oregon, and the MTZ teams, minus Arizona? 

[Cincydawg]

2018 Average Home Attendance:

• Washington - 69,816
• UCLA - 57,492
• USC - 55,565
• ASU - 51,745
• Oregon - 51,456
• Utah - 46,716
• Arizona - 45,356
• Colorado - 44,587
• Cal - 40,907
• Stanford - 38,514
• OSU - 34,735
• WSU - 29,727

[Cincydawg]

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/how-the-pac-12s-attendance-and-tv-ratings-compared-with-other-conference-title-games/

Pac-12 (Washington vs. Utah)

Time: 5 p.m./FOX (Friday)
Levi’s Stadium capacity: 67.500
Announced crowd: 35,134
Percentage filled: 52
TV rating: 3.1
Note: Up 15 percent from last year (Stanford vs. USC/ESPN) but down 21 percent from 2016 (UW vs. Colorado/FOX).

[FearlessF]

Week 14 College Football TV Ratings

RTG	VWRS (+ STREAM)	GAME	CONF	DATE/TIME	NET
10.1	17.499M	ALA-UGA	SEC Champ.	12/1, 4:00p	CBS
6.2	10.155M (10.299M)	OKLA-Texas	B12 Champ.	12/1, Noon	ABC
5.0	8.659M	OSU-NWSTN	B1G Champ.	12/1, 8:15p	FOX
2.5	4.236M	CLEM-Pitt	ACC Champ.	12/1, 8:00p	ABC
2.6	4.059M	WASH-Utah	P12 Champ.	11/30, 8:20p	FOX

[Brutus Buckeye]

San Jose St once played a 7:00 AM (Pacific) game, back in their WAC days. 

[Cincydawg]

I don't like starting a CFB game at 9 AM local at all.  Ratings wise, it runs right into any number of eastern conference games which will likely be of more interest BACK EAST.

[CWSooner]

I know an OU fan who is much better-informed than I am who thinks that the Pac-12 is going to kick out Colorado and Utah, then merge with Texas, Texas Tech, OU, fOSU, KU, and K-State.

He says that the 9:00 start time is a sign that the Pac-12 is failing and knows that it is failing.

I don't buy it, but maybe someone else here does.