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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
The sad thing is, the biggest winner is the BCS. Outside the mountain west no one cares that Boise beat TCU. Who cares, a game between mid-majors. This wasn't like beating Bear Bryant's school in the SUGAR BOWL.
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Wrong! Monday's Fiesta had higher ratings than last year's Fiesta, which featured Texas and Ohio State. You may recall the reason why the Fiesta passed on Utah last year and chose two-loss Ohio State over undefeated Boise was because Texas and OSU were two so-called "nationally popular teams" who "everyone wanted to see" and would bring in good advertising dollars.
And lo and behold, this year's game had higher ratings. And also note that both games were played in the same time slot (Monday evening, the first Monday after the conclusion of Monday Night Football) and both games faced no competing bowl viewership; no other games were being played.