http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4819384
Because of the importance of TV ratings on our deals with ESPN and likelihood of getting at-large bowl games, I found this interesting:
2010
GoDaddy.com, Miami (Ohio)-Mid. Tenn State, 2.03, 38,168
Little Caesars , Fla. International-Toledo, 1.63, 32,431
New Orleans, Troy-Ohio, 1.53, 29,159
2009
GMAC, Central Michigan-Troy, 2.73, 34,486
New Orleans, Southern Miss-Middle Tenn., 0.76, 30,228
2008
Motor City, Florida Atlantic-Cent. Michigan, 2.50, 41,399
New Orleans, Southern Miss.-Troy, 0.80, 30,197
2007
New Orleans , Fla. Atlantic-Memphis, 1.63, 25,146
2006
New Orleans , Rice-Troy, 1.32, 24,791
2005
New Orleans, Southern Miss-Arkansas State, 1.71, 18,338
2004
New Orleans, Southern Miss-North Texas, 1.4, 27,253
2003
Silicon Valley Classic, Troy-N. Illinois, 0.6, 21,456
2002
New Orleans, Memphis-University of North Texas, 1.54, 5,184
2001
New Orleans, North Texas-Cincinnati, 1.4, NA
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I wish I had "share" numbers instead of just "rating" numbers.
Troy has the best bowl game rating since 2001 with 2.73% of all TV households watching the 2009 GMAC bowl.
ASU has the best New Orleans bowl game rating since 2001 with 1.71% of all TV households watching the 2005 New Orleans Bowl
FAU has the most attended bowl since 2001 with FAU-CMU in the Motor City Bowl.