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NFL viewership during Ole Miss and Oregon games: In the opening contest, 15.46 million people watched the Eagles take hold of the NFC East crown against divisional rival Washington, a game that was close until it wasn’t. At night, it was more of the same: a whopping 21.34 million watched the Bears take down the Packers in one of the more entertaining regular-season games of the year. Caleb Williams and company came back in the final minutes, aided by an onside kick, to push the game into overtime before throwing a deep shot into the endzone for a dramatic walk-off victory. Both NFL games aired on Fox during the college broadcasts on TNT.

Late in the regular season, these were the eyeball stats for West teams: 8.50Million—Oregon-Penn St (NBC) 5.59M—Oregon-Indiana (CBS) 5.43M - Oregon-USC (CBS) 5.37M—Oregon-Iowa (CBS) 5.23M—Washington-Ohio St (CBS) 4.64M—USC-Notre Dame (NBC) 4.32M—Washington-Michigan (FOX) 4.30M—USC-Michigan (NBC) 4.27M – Oregon-Washington (CBS) Even Ohio St vs Washington was not that much higher than Oregon vs Washington. In comparison to other games, a major factor here is network and kickoff time. These games were heavy to CBS coverage, rather than ABC/ESPN(multi). ABC/ESPN promotes the hell out of their SEC games, has GameDay, has attractive time slots, and a fanbase which loves watching Goober play Cletus.

Here's the game viewership graphic....

These numbers are different than the post...but it refers to ESPN GameDay, not the actual game itself.

The Ole Miss and Oregon home games on TNT, not ESPN. And, both were programmed opposite NFL games which always draw higher ratings. The Ducks vs Jame Madison was opposite Packers vs Bears. The other two games did not have NFL competition for eyeballs.

SC wants to play the game in September, not middle/late in the Big Ten portion of the schedule. Notre Dame wants to play it late in the season because most years USC will be ranked, and Notre Dame wants a ranked game on the resume late in the season as the CFP seeds are being announced. This year, after Sep. 13, they had two ranked games: USC and Pitt. With a partial ACC schedule, they are nervous about not having a ranked opponent late. They saw what happened to Miami when the last half of the Hurricanes schedule became weak. They both simply have different scheduling needs. Neither wants to compromise.

The 3 finalists were Indiana, Iowa, Oregon for 2025. Oregon was a finalist for the third consecutive season. The winner? Iowa. The three teams did play each other in 2025. Indiana had more rushing and passing against both Iowa and Oregon. Oregon had more rushing, and a bit less passing against Iowa. Iowa trailed both in game stats except passing vs Oregon. On the key stat of in-game rushing, Iowa was behind both opponents.

Looking at the game summary this morning, appears the Ducks played 27 different guys on defense including the 11 starters. There was no breakdown between first and second half on the participation report. For comparison, in a close game earlier with Indiana the Ducks played 16. (11 + 5)

JMU - 2025 season offense: 246 passing, 203 rushing, per game defense: 171 passing, 76 rushing, per game Oregon offense - 6 min. left in first half rush: 132 pass: 137

2 minutes remain in game. MSU leads Montana 48-23 in FCS semi-final. Will play winner of Villanova vs Illinois State in Nashville title game.

Crepea: Moore, Stewart and Bryant in full pads.

Crepea: Laulea has appeared for warmups. No sign of Bryant - yet.

Crepea notes: WRs Moore and Stewart, and RB Makhi Hughes on the field in warmups. WR Bryant has yet to appear, but is not on (non) availability report. CB Sione Laulea no longer on (non) availability report.

The score and stats at half-time are very very similar to the 2018 Redbox Bowl.

A&M has been in the SEC since 2012. Georgia has never played at A&M during that 14-season period. But, Miami QB Carson Beck, who formerly played for Georgia, is there today. It is Miami's second visit to A&M since 2022.

Theres been "chatter" about Oregon not being able to "win the big ones" while ignoring that Kelly, Helfrich and Cristobal each won a Rose Bowl. But nothing much gets said about Oklahoma. Here's a bit of history: 1-3 - in Championship games in the two-team BCS era 0-4 - in semi-finals in the 4-team CFP era 0-1 - in the 12-team CFP era

Initial availability report for Saturday’s CFP game: Questionable: WR Dakorien Moore, WR Gary Bryant Jr., DB Sione Laulea, DB Trey McNutt, WR Evan Stewart Out: OL Gernorris Wilson, RB Da’Jaun Riggs, WR Kyler Kasper, WR Justius Lowe, DB Solomon Davis I believe there can be daily updates Thursday, Friday ...and final 90 minutes before kickoff.

Probable – If a player is probable, he is almost definitely playing. Players on this list usually miss some practice time or are bothered by a minor ailment. Questionable – This designation is the only one that has proven to be legitimate. A player listed as questionable may or may not play, and it’s right around a 50/50 shot. Doubtful – A player listed as doubtful is almost definitely not playing. Many teams like to leave the possibility open that the player will play, but as stated in the earlier study, only 3% of players listed as doubtful actually do play. Out – This is as simple as it gets. If a player is listed as out, then he is definitely not playing in the upcoming game. For the CFP, the final status report is issued 90 minutes before kickoff. Someone who is Out today, could be Questionable later in the week.

The ACC said today (Dec. 16) it would have a schedule date by date release for 2026 in late January. ACC Announces 2026 League Opponents as Move to Nine-Game...CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The Atlantic Coast Conference unveiled its 2026 football league opponents for all 17 teams on Tuesday, marking an exciting milestone as the league furthers its transitio

The last pre-expansion schedule was announced in August for seasons prior to the West Coast Four. Then, it was revised January 12, 2022 for seasons thru 2025. Obviously that didn't last long either because later in 2022 the Big announced USC & UCLA would be joining in 2024. Wilner believes the closer it gets to Christmas, the more likely it will be announced in January 2026. The B1G has more network affiliations to satisfy than the SEC so that's another reason it is taking longer. Though, the Big12 has announced their opponent matrix but has not announced the dates...similar to what B1G has done.

Dec. 11, 2024 - date schedule released for 2025 May 29, 2025 - early games kickoff times announced