Notre Dame-Penn State low for a semi, high for an Orange Bowl
The first College Football Playoff semifinal of the 12-team era was on the lower end of the historical scale.
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The first College Football Playoff semifinal of the 12-team era was on the lower end of the historical scale.
Fewer viewers for the playoff semifinals.
The Orange Bowl delivered its smallest audience in at least two decades.
With neither game in doubt, overnight ratings for the College Football Playoff fell to New Year's Eve levels.
Fiesta and Orange Bowl ratings were the highest, outside of the playoffs, since the BCS era. Saturday's Wisconsin-Miami Orange Bowl ...
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