🏈 BAMA vs FSU: ESPN- "most-watched opening weekend game in history"

[TerryP]

Florida State vs. Alabama: ABC/ESPN Highest-Rated Kickoff Weekend Game On Record; Michigan vs. Florida: Best Non-Prime-time Kickoff Weekend Record

ABC’s Saturday Night Football’s telecast of the historic, unprecedented matchup of No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 1 Alabama earned a monster 7.3 overnight rating and had a streaming audience of 237,000 viewers in the average minute becoming ESPN’s networks highest-rated and most-streamed kickoff weekend game on record. Michigan vs. Florida, also on ABC (3:30 p.m.), earned a 5.0 overnight and had a streaming audience of 182,000 viewers in the average minute, becoming the highest-rated and most-streamed non-prime time kickoff game on record.

The average minute streaming audience for Alabama’s victory is ESPN’s second most-streamed regular season game ever, surpassing every September and October game ESPN/ABC has ever televised and trailing only last season’s double overtime Michigan-Ohio State game all-time. The streaming audience is up 134% from ABC’s Saturday Night Football first game last season (USC vs. Alabama).

The average minute streaming audience for the Wolverines win is ESPN/ABC’s second best Saturday kickoff weekend audience ever, trailing only the aforementioned Florida State-Alabama game and up 21% from the same time slot last year (Wisconsin vs. LSU).

The overnight TV rating for the Alabama victory is up 49% from last season’s ABC Saturday Night Football opener, with the Wolverines game showing window growth year over year as well.

Florida State vs. Alabama: Monster 7.3 Overnight, ABC/ESPN Best Kickoff Weekend Overnight On Record; Streaming Audience Shatters Previous High - ESPN MediaZone

 

[It Takes Eleven]

The 134% increase in streaming from Bama/USC jumps out to me. I went back and looked and Bama/USC pulled a 4.6 last year for cable, a 52% increase. That tells how much steam streaming is gaining.

RTR,

Tim

 

[planomateo]

Some additional numbers in the link below.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Anytime Bama can get on ABC or CBS we got a chance. Maybe Alabama is the greatest show on turf.

 

[im4uainva]

Anytime Bama can get on ABC or CBS we got a chance. Maybe Alabama is the greatest show on turf.

Perhaps everyone wants to see the Tide lose? Tough!

Roll Tide!

 

[TUSKtimes]

Perhaps everyone wants to see the Tide lose? Tough!

Roll Tide!

That's pretty much why they came to see a Muhammad Ali fight for a lot of his career. I use to tune in to see who was going to beat the Miami Hurricanes in their heyday. More than likely, it's mostly because the public knew the talent these two teams possess and their football pedigree. I kept hearing Herbie say this game felt like a national championship game. To me, it felt more like the first game of the year against a good opponent, but I've learned to just focus on the process. :shock:

 

[rick4bama]

Anytime Bama can get on ABC or CBS we got a chance. Maybe Alabama is the greatest show on turf.

Maybe??

 

[rick4bama]

That's pretty much why they came to see a Muhammad Ali fight for a lot of his career. I use to tune in to see who was going to beat the Miami Hurricanes in their heyday. More than likely, it's mostly because the public knew the talent these two teams possess and their football pedigree. I kept hearing Herbie say this game felt like a national championship game. To me, it felt more like the first game of the year against a good opponent, but I've learned to just focus on the process. :shock:

Hey I will tell you I was one of them, and one night I thought I did see him lose. He was fighting Jimmy Young, Jimmy was holding his own, til late in the round and Ali rope a dope kick in and that is what save him and his belts. Now don't get me wrong I like Ali and his trash talking and him and Howell did it great together.

 

[planomateo]

You have Alabama fans, fans that want us to lose, and fans that just want a good game. With it being a close game, we kept the last 2 groups engaged. Really weren't competing against any big games either.

Ironically I turned off the TAMU game middle of the 3rd because I just got bored watching it...and missed a hell of a comeback.

 

[rick4bama]

Perhaps everyone wants to see the Tide lose? Tough!

Roll Tide!

I think you talking about those paper tossing tree hugging, that living 40 miles south of me!

 

[Bamabww]

Wow! I read somewhere that Coach Saban had never lost a game that had Chick Fil A in the title.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

You have Alabama fans, fans that want us to lose, and fans that just want a good game. With it being a close game, we kept the last 2 groups engaged. Really weren't competing against any big games either.

Ironically I turned off the TAMU game middle of the 3rd because I just got bored watching it...and missed a hell of a comeback.

Did also...lol