Rose Bowl Was Highest Rated College Football Game In Nearly 20 Years

From the AP:

Texas’ last-minute victory over Southern California in the Rose Bowl drew the highest rating for a college football game in 19 years.

ABC Sports’ broadcast of Texas’ 41-38 victory Wednesday night got a 21.7 rating, a 59% increase from the 13.7 for USC’s win over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl in last year’s Bowl Championship Series national title game.

The Rose Bowl drew the highest rating since the 25.1 for Penn State’s victory over Miami in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2, 1987.

I’m not surprised - it was the rare big game that lived up to the hype and more…

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