Venting; Bowl times can't be good for CFB

I have been holding in my frustration since the news leaked yesterday, but I'm going to go ahead and vent now to get it out of my system so I can move on.

Houston was our best option. Prime time game against Texas the Monday night after the holiday weekend. Great for recruits, media exposure, travel options, proximity to alum and fan base, etc. Memphis could have been a close second. I could have swung a day off to travel to Houston or Memphis, as many other Tiger fans I know. But Nashville at 2:00 PM, during the middle of a work day after a holiday weekend is probably the worst bowl slot of them all after maybe the Taxslayer Bowl (which is during the middle of the day on Friday, January 2).

Seriously, the Independence Bowl may have higher TV ratings than ours this year because it's on a Saturday, on ABC. Do you know how many bowl games ABC is carrying this year? Three; and the INDEPENDENCE BOWL is one of them.

Yes, I understand that we are playing Notre Dame. I love beating the Irish in bowls, but no one will be watching this one outside of LSU and a diminishing ND faithful. There may be a few working people here and there who will cut on a television during a late lunch break to say, "oh crap, there's a bowl game on today," and watch a few minutes, but that's it.

I read last year that combined bowl tickets sells and television ratings are dropping. Yes, one cause is the shear number of sub-par bowl games. But the horrible schedule is another major contributing factor, in my opinion. Only 4 of the 12 SEC bowls this year are during prime time. This can't be good for college football at the end of the day.

Anyway, venting done. I'm over it. Guess I need to request the afternoon of the 30th off now. Feel free to flame away below. Merry frickin' Christmas and Geaux Tigers.