rocket31 wrote:

centralbucksfan wrote:

rocket31 wrote: locally? yeah

nationally? hardly, and not as much as notre dame is on NATIONAL television each week.

no other team is advertised nationally as much as notre dame.

Get off your high horse. College football is on TV everywhere. This isn't 10yrs ago, when ND had NBC, and no other conferences had anything. Now both the Big10 and SEC have TV packages where their top teams are on TV every single week. People can and do buy the college football packages on TV as well. The exposure that college football is getting over the past 10yrs...has caught up with ND easily. Recruits could care less about NBC and ND. If they decided to attend one of the top programs, they will get as much exposure and probably more seeing as those programs have been, and are better then ND. You think over the past 10yrs that ND has got as much PR as OSU, Fla, USC to name a few? If they have, its been negative in terms of searching for a coach, and their on the field failures. This comment reads true in recent article:

"Once you look past the storied tradition, the majestic campus, the NBC contract and seemingly endless pocketbook, you're left with a school chasing ghosts. You're left with a fan base whose expectations (top-10 rankings, national titles) were forged during another era when the school's independent status still carried cachet and its stringent academic standards were a selling point, not a hindrance. With a few notable exceptions, today's national-title-caliber talent grows up watching specific conferences (the SEC, then Big Ten, etc.), not the NBC game of the week, and they don't necessarily boast high SAT scores, either. Some -- like Clausen, Floyd and Tate -- are bona fide blue-chippers. Others become Tom Lemming All-Americans simply because the Irish recruit them.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/11/30/notre.dame/index.html

who said some of these teams are not on tv every week? i dont think anyone... as i realize most teams are on tv each week...heck, i think i seen syracuse on television more this year than i did oklahoma...

however, the fact remains that notre dame gets more NATIONAL coverage than any other...whether you want to admit it or not.

big ten network reaches limited audiences compared to NBC and the fact you brought that up as a comparison is quite amusing.

rocket31 wrote: notre dame at 6-6 gets more coverage on espn, yahoo,etc., than undefeated florida or alabama.

athlete37 wrote: "And again, I'm not confirming or denying anything about Notre Dame or any other job. My point is, this is what I love doing right now."

That's what I read in that article. One of the OLineman said they wouldn't announce today, not sure if he was saying this because he had to or if maybe they decided not announce it because of the banquet or if things still need to be further ironed out.

Laley23 wrote: Notre Dame is on NATIONAL TV every week (except for when they are on the biggest NON NATIONAL network ESPN).

Fox, NBC, ABC, and CBS are the networks that reach the most. Next would be ESPN and ESPN2. No other cable company is even close.

Versus, BTN, SEC Network, FSN, ESPNU, etc... yeah, its TV and offered nationally if you want to buy the package or if your cable provider purchases it. But they are NOT EVEN CLOSE to the penetration rate that the Big 4 produce and still not close to what ESPN/2 produces. Notre Dames SMALLEST penetration rate for the channel they are on throughout the country in a given season is ESPN. Most are reached by ANYONE with a TV (NBC or ABC). Its a joke when people actually think other teams are on nationally on an equal level. I saw Oklahoma and Texas on Versus twice this year. That channel cant reach half of country I bet.

Tiernan wrote: ND drew < 1% share rating for all games except USC and Stanford (and that's only because everybody likes to watch a train wreck). But NBC execs were actually pleased with the 18 - 45 male demographic numbers of 2.7%. Unfortunately Potato Famine Fans keep tuning in to watch these buffoons and most likely will renew the contract in 2011 no matter who the coach is.

centralbucksfan wrote:
Don't disagree. But let me as you this, if you had a CHOICE to watch a game, would it be ND on NBC or an SEC game, or another? Its all about choices. Nobody is forcing anyone to watch ND on NBC. As a matter of fact, I thought I had read recently how poor the ratings were on NBC with ND. Do you honestly think people, besides ND fans, are going to tune into ND over a much better team/game? There is plenty of college football on all those channels. If your in the region of your favoirte team, your going to get your favoriate team/conference. We all know ND is on TV. But many would and do choose to watch other games. 10/20yrs ago....there were not many options. Now, there are many, many more options. Thats the point.

The Equalizer wrote: Im hearing 4.8M, 5 year deal for stoops

The Equalizer wrote: Im hearing 4.8M, 5 year deal for stoops