O/U # of eyeballs watching 2023 The Game
I’d set the line at 20 million and bet the farm on the over…there is a 0.0% chance that Fox would let the B1G suspend Harbaugh for this one
Reference point per the Athletic
https://theathletic.com/3942108/2022/11/27/michigan-ohio-state-viewership/?amp=1
Highest-rated regular season college football games, 2013-2022
GAMEDATENETWORKAVG. AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS)
OSU 30, UM 27 (2OT)
Nov. 26, 2016
ABC
16.84
LSU, 46, Alabama 41
Nov. 9, 2019
CBS
16.64
UM 42, OSU 27
Nov. 27, 2021
Fox
15.89
Auburn 34, Alabama 28
Nov. 30, 2013
CBS
13.78
Auburn 26, Alabama 14
Nov. 25, 2017
CBS
13.66
Alabama 55, Auburn 44
Nov. 29, 2014
ESPN
13.53
OSU 62, UM 39
Nov. 24, 2018
Fox
13.2
Georgia 27, Tennessee 13
Nov. 5, 2022
CBS
13.06
OSU 56, UM 27
Nov. 25, 2019
Fox
12.42
Alabama 24, Florida State 7
Sept. 2, 2017
ABC
12.34
November 3rd, 2023 at 7:51 PM ^
Yeah, I'll take the over. I'm also willing to predict that tomorrow's Michigan-Purdue blowout will get more viewers than Alabama-LSU or anything else this weekend.
November 3rd, 2023 at 7:53 PM ^
The ratings for the game may be huge but I do not think the Shuster tweet is accurate.
November 3rd, 2023 at 7:54 PM ^
Between 42.27M and 45.23M
November 3rd, 2023 at 8:00 PM ^
All of them.
November 3rd, 2023 at 8:01 PM ^
Beating OSU ass this year > playoff win. idc. F em
November 3rd, 2023 at 8:25 PM ^
In the words of the great philosopher Steve Austin: “Why have one when you can have both?”
November 3rd, 2023 at 8:32 PM ^
20 mil is a ton but I figure a good 18.5 mil would be a number the Fox execs would be ecstatic with
November 3rd, 2023 at 8:40 PM ^
Only 3 regular season games in the last 30 years have hit 20 million:
Notre Dame vs Florida State in 1993.
Michigan vs Ohio State in 2006.
Alabama vs LSU in 2011.
It is a high bar, I’d probably bet the under. Note that none of the above were Noon games, and that matters to get the real high numbers (you’ll get the diehards on the Pacific Coast but you also need the casual Pacific Coast viewers).
November 3rd, 2023 at 10:24 PM ^
Even if they do we will still win at home. The PSU game too. These players are self functioning. How great would THAT be. Not that I want him suspended but that if they did we'd win anyway, would make the rest subconsciously eat crow.