re: looks like we play @ aTm on Thanksgiving in '14, UK in TS

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The presence of the NFL on a broadcast network makes it almost impossible for LSU or any college to outdraw what they would get on Friday against very little competition. LSU-Arky in a basically meaningless game got a 4.something last year. I can't find the link, but I think that's about what UT-A&M got when UT was going for a NC and the NFL game was on the NFLN.

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You posted a link earlier in the thread that said the LSU-Arkansas game was a 2.8 last year which was the same as Iowa-Nebraska. Also that day Washington-Washington State was 1.2 and West Virginia-Iowa State was a 1.9.

It isn't a stretch to think a better college draw could draw similar numbers on Thanksgiving night when there are no other college games. I don't think you can just assume the number of college viewers is static on that night.