Oregon’s loss was must-see TV for Bulldog Nation
By late Saturday night, Atlanta was awash in Stanford Cardinal fans.
Word had spread that Baylor was in the process of handily beating BCS No. 1 Kansas State and that Stanford was in a close game with No. 2 Oregon, all potentially good news for the Georgia Bulldogs’ hopes of reaching college football’s national-championship game in Miami.
The closing minutes of Stanford-Oregon became must-see TV for Bulldog Nation.
By the time Stanford kicked a field goal in overtime to win 17-14, the metro-Atlanta audience for ABC’s telecast had grown gradually to 338,000 households from about 80,000 at the start, according to Nielsen ratings figures.
The game posted an overall rating of 8.9 here, meaning 8.9 percent of Atlanta’s TV homes — about 200,000 homes — tuned in on average. That was the sixth highest rating for the game among the nation’s 56 largest markets.
But for the final hour, the game garnered a 12.5 rating in Atlanta, including a peak of 14.7 in the last 15 minutes — extremely high numbers for a Pac-12 game here.
Each full rating point equals about 23,000 homes in the Atlanta market.
“After watching the Georgia-Georgia Southern game (Saturday afternoon), Bulldog Nation turned their attention toward the prime-time games,” WSB-TV sports director Zach Klein said Monday. “It was clear when the Oregon game was on the line that word spread quickly Georgia could have a clear path to the national championship. Viewers tuned in, knowing that with an Oregon loss, (the Bulldogs) control their BCS title plans. Two more wins, and it’s time to book your flight to Miami. … It went viral, so to speak.”
Georgia-Georgia Southern, which like Stanford-Oregon was on WSB, averaged a 12.2 rating. That game and Stanford-Oregon were the two highest-rated programs on Atlanta television Saturday.
The Kansas State-Baylor game on ESPN posted a 3.3 rating in Atlanta, failing to get a late spike because of the 52-24 score and the simultaneous Stanford-Oregon game.
– Tim Tucker, AJC
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DawgFanDan
November 19th, 2012
6:48 pm
Bama has a great coach and team. I have a lot of respect for them. At the same time I do not think our Dawgs will back down or be intimidated by them. Some numbers nobody’s talking about : Dawgs have won 3 of the last 4 vs Bama, and 2 of the last 3 vs The Great Saban. Who’s afraid of the big bad Tide? Not this group of Dawgs!! It’s our time, brothers
DawgNole
November 19th, 2012
6:53 pm
Not So Fast
November 19th, 2012
3:47 pm
LawDawg, I also think that if they game plan right for Alabama that Georgia can really attack them. Bama lacks dominant edge rushers like they have had in the past. Aaron Murray, while nowhere near Manziels ability, can run if they allow him to. Just look at his rushing from his freshman year especially if you remove the sacks. I think having him revert to that and attacking the secondary would throw Alabama way off balance. I never understood why they got away from Murray running several times a game.
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Agree with you on Murray as a runner. A shame to see him crumple in the pocket time after time when he has the ability to make plays with his legs–as he was allowed to do his freshman year.
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In Florida wishing I was back in Georgia
November 19th, 2012
11:07 pm
The Saint……………Please don’t lay out subjective comments like that. Alabama’s RB’s are just as good, if not better than UGA’s. I am a die hard Dawg fan but sometimes you just have to realize the truth.
I believe UGA can win the SEC and the NC, if they play straight and true. Murray can’t get rattled early or we are in for a hurting. Bobo better call the came of his life to keep Murray going and the young running backs confident.
I am not worried about the D, I think they finally have enough spit anger built up that no matter what scheme TG dials up they will fight and keep it close defensively. Our offense will be the key to winning the game. I know most people say D wins championships but our O has got to be on fire. Maybe the young recievers will be ready to make a statement. We got the speed, I just worry about fumbles or gator arms if they see the big DB’s to close.
I will say that every Alabama player looks solid and conditioned. Even our best players, Jarvis Jones and Todd Gurley, “look” soft in comparison, they just have motors that don’t quit.
GATA!!!!
7576DAWG
November 20th, 2012
12:39 am
I certainly was watching because anybody can get beat late in the season. By the 10TH game injuries can take a huge toll on a team. Oregon has had some of their best players go down , Lack of depth can really change a team from being unbeatable to only a very average team.
Thankfully the new Strength and Conditioning emphasis at Georgia along with the Nutrition appears to be working. Very few serious injuries especially to the play makers. Georgia should be ready for both Georgia Tech and Alabama.
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BigDawg
November 20th, 2012
8:20 am
Fellow Dawgs only one game matters as of right now and that is this Saturday between the Hedges against Tech. So please just concentrate on beating Tech as they have wrecked our National Championship aspirations before as we have theirs. Rivalry games have a way of bringing out the best sometimes. Dawgs need to take care of business and put them away early and often and then rest the starters.
Go Dawgs
DirtyDawg
November 20th, 2012
9:36 am
Bigdawg is right…I’ve got bad memories of Techies leaving Sanford Stadium, branches in hand, looking to rub any Dog fan’s nose in it. Please, please, let’s not give em a chance at that kind of satisfaction. By the way Techies, if by some turn of events you should win this game…and you decide to pull off a piece of the ‘hedge’ – I’ll paraphrase the question John Russell asked Cicero Grimes (Hombre)…’Hey…how you gonna get outta this Stadium with that privet?’
OUR TIME. OUR TEAM. NO REGRETS!
November 20th, 2012
10:06 am
AND THERE IT IS.
pbt dawg fan
November 20th, 2012
10:23 am
I am so tired of BAMA FANS talking about our schedule being soft, because we did not have to play LSU or BAMA. Lets look at BAMA Schedule, they did not have to play Flordia, Georgia, nor South Carolina from the east. BAMA played Missouri 2 SEC wins, and Tennesse 0 SEC wins from the east. Georgia Played Ole Miss 2 SEC wins and Auburn 0 SEC wins. it looks as if our schedule turned out to be the same.