re: Rabalais: Empty seats reflect poorly on LSU

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In the end, SEC fans have to realize that the SEC, while a great conference isn't as big nationally and thus CBS doesn't care to air primetime SEC games unless its a huge matchup. They simply don't get the ratings.

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This is where you've been taken to the cleaners. Let's use 9/27/13 as an example:

LSU/UGA: 7.39M viewers at 2:30 p.m. on CBS.

CBS' The Crazy Ones (7 pm show): 3.61M
CBS' Mom (8 pm show): 3.36M
CBS' 48 Hours (9 pm show): 6.01M

Wisc/OhioSt (ABC night game): 6.36M


There was enough interest in LSU/UGA to make it the highest-rated game of the week. There was enough interest in college football to get CBS' competitor a win over them at night.

Even UGA/UT garnered 5.61M - which over the course of 3+ hours, would have done a ton better than the garbage CBS lineup.