September 10th, 2013 at 6:15 PM ^
September 11th, 2013 at 7:26 AM ^
Wait'll folks see the ratings boon that will be next season's night game against the Nittany Lions.
September 11th, 2013 at 10:04 AM ^
clicked on the thread thinking if "regional rivalry" isn't the first response, something's wrong.
thanks for making the world right.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:18 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 6:33 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 6:19 PM ^
They aren't in the SEC.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:21 PM ^
shocking :-\
September 10th, 2013 at 6:21 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 6:23 PM ^
The ratings would have been higher if this was a historic rivalry.
September 10th, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 10:15 PM ^
That's not actually the rule. It's not whether the next word starts with a vowel, but whether it starts with a vowel sound. We say "a university," because it starts with a consonant (y) sound despite its spelling.
September 10th, 2013 at 10:14 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 10:18 PM ^
"Hour" actually isn't an exception, because the "h" isn't pronounced. Again, it's the sound, not the spelling, that matters. If it starts with a vowel sound (as in the case of "hour") you use "an" before it.
"Historic" is the one case that everyone argues over.
September 10th, 2013 at 11:06 PM ^
September 11th, 2013 at 2:48 AM ^
I, and it sounds like the vast majority of native English speakers, don't pronounce the H in context. If you just write the word on a board and tell me to say it, I'll say it with an H, but not in the sentence "It was an historic moment." Going from N to H is going from a voiced nasal to an unvoiced glottal, it's not a seamless transition, so most people just drop the H. Happens a lot in other languages too I'd guess; H just isn't a prominent sound. Korean drops H's all the time.
September 11th, 2013 at 7:59 AM ^
I know some dudes that drop F-bombs a lot...but clearly dropping some H-bombs is a bigger deal.
September 11th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
There's a tradition in some circles (particularly in the UK, I believe) of saying "an historic ___." Many disagree with it though.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:28 PM ^
Have to correct your headline a bit:
Michigan's 41-30 win over Notre Dame drew an average of 8.65 million viewers in prime time on ESPN, and was the cornerstone game in what turned out to be the network's most-viewed college football regular season Saturday of all time.So we weren't necessarily the highest rated ESPN GAME of all time. We were one game in the biggest day of college football for ESPN ever.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
the southern Michigan/northern Indiana region.
September 10th, 2013 at 7:02 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 7:14 PM ^
September 11th, 2013 at 2:54 AM ^
if he meant Michigan + Indiana, he was way off (~15 million between us)
if he meant the Michigan-Indiana border region centered on South Bend (or Michiana), he was pretty much right
September 11th, 2013 at 8:02 AM ^
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiana
There is a specific region that is talked about when using Michiana.
Although I would also include the other counties along the Indiana-michigan border when using that term.
September 10th, 2013 at 8:59 PM ^
Yeah, OP reading comprehension fail for sure.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:28 PM ^
So that was probably also the highest rating viewing of the chicken dance as well
September 10th, 2013 at 7:25 PM ^
You're forgetting the year Beyonce performed the chicken dance at half-time of the Super Bowl.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:35 PM ^
The report in the link is that Michigan-ND was the most watched game on a record-setting ratings DAY by ESPN for college football. Still impressive, but your title is misleading that the game itself set an individual record.
EDIT: Covered above a few minutes before my post.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:36 PM ^
"Michigan's 41-30 win over Notre Dame drew an average of 8.65 million viewers in prime time on ESPN, and was the cornerstone game in what turned out to be the network's most-viewed college football regular season Saturday of all time."
Indeed. If it is simply another game, I cannot wait to see what the ratings on storied rivalries might be.
Here's a link to a slightly more detailed breakdown - HERE. It was the most viewed programming that night across several demographics actually. In essence, if you were an American male aged 18 to 54, more than likely you were watching this game. The Michigan game also had a rating 152% higher than the next most-watched game on Saturday.
Not bad for a regional matchup.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:41 PM ^
If money rules college football, then why can't we keep this game?
September 10th, 2013 at 7:08 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 7:25 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 8:40 PM ^
Looking at the ratings of the other "rivalry" games from last year:
September 10th, 2013 at 6:41 PM ^
The ND-Wake Forest game will definitely do LOTS better.
Alas, so will (won't) our game v. Rutgers.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:50 PM ^
to hate Notre Dame.
September 10th, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
To hell with Notre Dame
September 10th, 2013 at 6:59 PM ^
This probably did happen...
http://collegefootballmock.com/breaking-news-cfm-obtains-video-notre-da…
September 10th, 2013 at 7:09 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 7:14 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 7:19 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 7:44 PM ^
ND would rather play Puke and / or Wake Forest at home than play a bodybag game in Ann Arbor, even if the bodybag game ends up being one of the top rated TV games of all time.
Jack Swarbrick must be getting his brand-building advice from the folks who marketed the Yugo.
September 10th, 2013 at 7:43 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 7:44 PM ^
Remember kids, conference expansion makes money! Tradition don't mean shit!
September 10th, 2013 at 8:34 PM ^
Must...Control...Fist of Death.
September 10th, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
I hear that Oregon looks to schedule home-and-home opponents but nobody wants to tangle. Have we turned the Ducks down? If so, why?
September 10th, 2013 at 10:58 PM ^
September 10th, 2013 at 8:37 PM ^
...is a national championship killer. Impossible for anyone to win in Autzen Stadium. I'd rather play Bama again than Oregon.
September 10th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^