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Originally Posted by PGM
No it isn't. Comparing games that are on cable to those on network like Spinnerson did is.
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It has nothing to do with comparisons. The game was largely viewed as a ratings disaster and expedited a move away from the current BCS system. The majority of the country is not interested in a regional intra-conference game, no matter how good the twoteams may be.
The public would be much more accepting of such a championship game if the two same conference teams earned their way there via playoff, they did not like a system in which the coaches involved could manipulate votes to get their teams a better opportunity to play.
All this other crap about cable versus network is spin. Spin is better if there is an element of truth to it, but its still spin. Most of the country outside of the SEC footprint did not tune in, and it had little to do with it being a cable broadcast. I'm sure if you break the cable numbers down per region, most of those "great cable ratings from a 2 year sample pool" came from the southeast region of the country.
That's why there was this big push to move towards a playoff when even at the beginning of that season they were saying how a playoff just wasn't viable with the bowl system, and, maybe at best, we could get a plus one system. That championship game changed peoples minds. People didn't like that a team that didn't win its division got access to the championship game. They didn't like that it was a rematch. They didn't like how certain coaches (uh hmm) voted OSU much lower than the average while placing Alabama in the #2 spot.
So, if you don't want to claim this is spin, go ahead, it only makes you look naive.