Big Ten TV Schedule: BOWLS (12/23-1/1)

[Styre]

All times CENTRAL. All games available nationally unless otherwise indicated. Rankings come from the CFP poll. Best wishes for a happy and healthy bowl season for all.

First, the NU game:

Las Vegas Bowl
Northwestern vs. Utah @ Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, December 23
6:30 PM, ABC
PxP: Sean McDonough
Color: Greg McElroy

And the rest:

Tuesday, December 26

Quick Lane Bowl
Minnesota vs. Bowling Green @ Detroit, MI
1:00 PM, ESPN
PxP: Connor Onion
Color: Dustin Fox

Thursday, December 28

Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers vs. Miami (FL) @ Bronx, NY
1:15 PM, ESPN
PxP: Drew Carter
Color: Rod Gilmore

Friday, December 29

Cotton Bowl
#7 Ohio State vs. #9 Missouri @ Arlington, TX
7:00 PM, ESPN
PxP: Dave Pasch
Color: Dusty Dvoracek

Saturday, December 30

Peach Bowl
#10 Penn State vs. #11 Mississippi @ Atlanta, GA
11:00 AM, ESPN
PxP: Mark Jones
Color: Louis Riddick

Music City Bowl
Maryland vs. Auburn @ Nashville, TN
1:00 PM, ABC
PxP: Taylor Zarzour
Color: Matt Stinchcomb

Monday, January 1

ReliaQuest Bowl
Wisconsin vs. #13 LSU @ Tampa, FL
11:00 AM, ESPN2
PxP: Brian Custer
Color: Rod Gilmore

Citrus Bowl
#17 Iowa vs. #21 Tennessee @ Orlando, FL
12:00 PM, ABC
PxP: Dave Flemming
Color: Brock Osweiler

Rose Bowl
#1 Michigan vs. #4 Alabama @ Pasadena, CA (ESPN College GameDay)
4:00 PM, ESPN
PxP: Chris Fowler
Color: Kirk Herbstreit

Monday, January 8

CFP National Championship
#1 Michigan vs. #2 Washington @ Houston, TX (ESPN College GameDay)
6:30 PM, ESPN
PxP: Chris Fowler
Color: Kirk Herbstreit

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, and Purdue did not qualify for bowl games.

 

[Rebel II]

All times CENTRAL. All games available nationally unless otherwise indicated. Rankings come from the CFP poll. Best wishes for a happy and healthy bowl season for all.

First, the NU game:

Las Vegas Bowl
Northwestern vs. Utah @ Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, December 23
6:30 PM, ABC
PxP: Sean McDonough
Color: Greg McElroy

And the rest:

Tuesday, December 26

Quick Lane Bowl
Minnesota vs. Bowling Green @ Detroit, MI
1:00 PM, ESPN
PxP: Connor Onion
Color: Dustin Fox

Thursday, December 28

Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers vs. Miami (FL) @ Bronx, NY
1:15 PM, ESPN
PxP: Drew Carter
Color: Rod Gilmore

Friday, December 29

Cotton Bowl
#7 Ohio State vs. #9 Missouri @ Arlington, TX
7:00 PM, ESPN
PxP: Dave Pasch
Color: Dusty Dvoracek

Saturday, December 30

Peach Bowl
#10 Penn State vs. #11 Mississippi @ Atlanta, GA
11:00 AM, ESPN
PxP: Mark Jones
Color: Louis Riddick

Music City Bowl
Maryland vs. Auburn @ Nashville, TN
1:00 PM, ABC
PxP: Taylor Zarzour
Color: Matt Stinchcomb

Monday, January 1

ReliaQuest Bowl
Wisconsin vs. #13 LSU @ Tampa, FL
11:00 AM, ESPN2
PxP: Brian Custer
Color: Rod Gilmore

Citrus Bowl
#17 Iowa vs. #21 Tennessee @ Orlando, FL
12:00 PM, ABC
PxP: Dave Flemming
Color: Brock Osweiler

Rose Bowl
#1 Michigan vs. #4 Alabama @ Pasadena, CA (ESPN College GameDay)
4:00 PM, ESPN
PxP: Chris Fowler
Color: Kirk Herbstreit

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, and Purdue did not qualify for bowl games.

Superb as usual, thanks.

 

[No Chores]

Superb as usual, thanks.

+1

 

[BarefootCat]

@Styre Any idea on what the ratings were for Northwestern's game vs Utah? The timing wasn't great for a lot of people to attend, but it seems like it was a great window for people to view on TV since there did not seem to be a lot of other sporting options on Saturday night.

 

[NUCat320]

Saturday TV Ratings: Extended Family, 48 Hours, Las Vegas Bowl, Christmas With The Chosen, NCAA Basketball

Saturday, December 23, 2023 ratings -- New Episodes: Extended Family and Night Court. Sports: Las Vegas Bowl: Utah vs. Northwestern and NCAA Basketball:

tvseriesfinale.com

Looks like 2.5 million viewers, fewer than two sitcoms and a SNL compilation episode on NBC.

This is in line with last years viewership:

Las Vegas tops early bowl slate despite time, network change

Despite a time and network change, the Las Vegas Bowl delivered the top audience in week one of the college football bowl season.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

It was amazing to get that postgame show airtime. Literally no other bowl will get that much coverage outside of a playoff.

 

[BarefootCat]

Looks like 2.5 million viewers, fewer than two sitcoms and a SNL compilation episode on NBC.

This is in line with last years viewership:

It was amazing to get that postgame show airtime. Literally no other bowl will get that much coverage outside of a playoff

Thank you. Will be interesting to see how 2.5 million viewers compares to all the other B1G bowls

 

[Styre]

The two highest-rated bowl games thus far are ours (2.49M) and the LA Bowl (2.38M) which both aired in the same Saturday night 6:30 CT slot on ABC. Very good numbers for a pre-Christmas game but will be significantly lower than a ton of games this week.

 

[Styre]

2.49M was the overnight number, final number is 3.09M. Very solid.

 

[Bwm57]

Better than 3 of the 5 NBA Christmas games.

 

[Styre]

Updated with Michigan's participation in the CFP National Championship.