USA Today reports: The riveting soap opera that is shaping up as coach Charlie Weis' swan song at Notre Dame may not be paying off in the win column for the Irish, but you won't hear NBC complaining.
Notre Dame's 33-30, double-overtime loss Saturday to Connecticut drew 2.5% of the 56 urban TV markets measured for overnight ratings -- the school's highest overnight for its season finale on NBC since 1999.
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Notre Dame's 33-30, double-overtime loss Saturday to Connecticut drew 2.5% of the 56 urban TV markets measured for overnight ratings -- the school's highest overnight for its season finale on NBC since 1999.
Get the full story: USAToday.com
Ratings are up because people love to watch Notre Dame lose when they are supposed to win. If they were predicted to be bad and played poorly no one would watch, or if they were consistently world beaters, we would get sick of seeing them win and would quite watching, but while they are supposed to be good and lose, that we love. Thank you Charlie Weis for being outschemed, there is nothing we love more to watch.
GO IRISH!!!!
They will no doubt be invited to a bowl game. Not because of quality play, but due to pulling in the $$.