BCS Championship Game: LSU vs. Alabama

[Stitches]

my guess is they get several, i kept hoping they would get enough to at least claim the AP title, but with that TD by bama (even with the missed PAT), they probably still get both titles.

also anyone that wanted to see this rematch deserves to get shot. ugh

I wanted LSU v Oklahoma State.

[bob2the2nd]

I wanted LSU v Oklahoma State.

as someone that used to live in oklahoma. im pretty sure no one on this board wanted that match up more than i did.... instead we ended up with this garbage of a game. to steal a quote from someone else "the browns/seahawks game had more highlights than this game"

[Chris]

The best team in college football, Alabama, got the national title they deserved. I really never had a problem with this match up because I thought LSU and Alabama were clearly the two best teams in the country. Now I'm not so sure that LSU was in the top 2, but how could we have known that? The BCS needs to be torn down, but we all know that.

[bob2the2nd]

The best team in college football, Alabama, got the national title they deserved. I really never had a problem with this match up because I thought LSU and Alabama were clearly the two best teams in the country. Now I'm not so sure that LSU was in the top 2, but how could we have known that? The BCS needs to be torn down, but we all know that.

well at least i agree with your last point.... my god this was painful.

[Gimme Some Mo]

Alabama was the better team the first time they played too. They dominated the entire game and their kicker missed a bunch of FGs. LSU made a couple big plays that game, otherwise, they were dominated. Alabama deserved the rematch. LSU had no chance.

[Biw]

I almost took a half day from work to catch the game. Sure as hell glad I didn't.

[Chris]

well at least i agree with your last point.... my god this was painful.

I giggle at anybody trying to argue that Alabama is not the best team in the country ... I get it, we all hate the BCS and want to rip it at every chance. I get it, a playoff system would make things a hundred times better. I get it, SEC vs SEC is not very intriguing. But it doesn't change, in my mind, that the best team won the title tonight.

[Juicy]

I just don't see a playoff system coming anytime soon. The officials make so much money off the BCS bowls they'll never let it happen.

[Chardon]

I just don't see a playoff system coming anytime soon. The officials make so much money off the BCS bowls they'll never let it happen.

And plus I'm sure companies that sponsor the bowl games have contracts.

[Chris]

Can't. Stop. Watching. That. GIF.

[NorthCoastKid]

I hope this game's ratings are beyond terrible.

By BCS title game standards, they certainly were

Alabama-LSU produces lowest TV rating for national championship in BCS era


NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama loved a rematch. Not so much of the rest of the country.

It turns out most television viewers didn't want to see Alabama-LSU again, at least not an uncompetitive rematch.

Overnight ratings for Alabama's 21-0 victory over LSU were the lowest for a national championship in the 14-year history of the BCS. The All-SEC affair, the first championship pairing teams from the same conference, drew a 13.8 overnight rating on ESPN. The previous record low was a 14.3 for Miami-Nebraska at the 2002 Rose Bowl.

To put last night's rating in perspective, Alabama-LSU on Nov. 5 drew an 11.5 on CBS. Last night's game was down 14 percent from Auburn's three-point victory over Oregon last year. It was down 24 percent from Alabama's last national championship when the Crimson Tide defeated Texas in 2010.

Alabama-LSU capped a disappointing ratings year for the BCS on ESPN. Even before Monday night, the BCS' 7.3 average rating was down 10 percent from the 2010 season and 21 percent from 2009, when the games aired on Fox.

The Rose, Orange, Sugar and BCS Championship all took ratings hits this season. West Virginia's 70-33 rout of Clemson at the Orange Bowl drew just a 4.5 rating, making it the lowest-rated game in BCS history.

Interestingly, the three lowest overnight ratings for the BCS Championship Game occurred in a year when there was some controversy over the participating teams. The previous low (14.3), in 2002, featured Nebraska, which didn't win its conference. LSU's win over Oklahoma in 2004 featured a Sooners team that didn't win its conference.

Last night, Alabama became the first school since Minnesota in 1936 to win a national title without winning its conference. Alabama fans are understandably rejoicing.

Much of the rest of the country apparently tuned out.

E-mail: jsolomon@bhamnews.com

SOURCE

[Hurl Bruce]

Did I miss the game? Oops.

[Chardon]

[Huber.]

And plus I'm sure companies that sponsor the bowl games have contracts.

I never understood that. Why not let companies sponsor meaningful playoff games? More people would watch the lesser bowl games if it was a playoff game. Example: Instead of the "FedEx Orange bowl" it could be "FedEx Orange Bowl: NCAA Final 4 Game 1".