Dave Portnoy found the “L” for Ohio State even though his rival won the national championship.
Barstool founder and Michigan State alumnus bad review Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in the national championship.
Monday's broadcast averaged 22.1 million viewers across Nielsen-rated ESPN networks, about 12% from the 25.1 million who watched Michigan's 34-13 win over Washington last year, according to the report. decreased.
“Yay,” Portnoy tweeted, referring to the post with the numbers. “Like I said, no one cared. Too far from the NFL playoffs, fourth-place team in the conference, inducted. If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, it's just the noise. will occur.”
Portnoy has been relentlessly trolling Ohio State ever since the Wolverines stunned Ohio State as a three-touchdown underdog in the final game of the season.
“We own you,” said Portnoy, who attended the University of Michigan. said in X.
This would be Ohio State's last loss after winning the title with playoff wins over Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame.
Monday's national championship game was the third-least-watched title game in the past 11 years, but surpassed Ohio State's win over Oregon State on New Year's Day to become the most-watched college football game of the year. It became.
This will take place in the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff, which will increase the field from four teams to 12 teams this season.
It's important to note that ESPN is available in 65 million homes. This is a significant drop compared to past years, as streaming is taking some of the money away from cable providers who were previously reporting huge viewership numbers.
The crux of the problem, Portnoy said, is that the national championship game is too competitive with the NFL playoffs.
Prior to the Jan. 20 game, Portnoy told It's not a topic of conversation,” he wrote.
Many speculate that the season should end in December as college football takes an academic break and student-athletes prepare for finals.
Instead, they are forced to play against the NFL. Fans had the best weekend of the season in the NFL, with four games between the league's best teams taking place Saturday through Sunday.
National title games have also lacked in-game drama in recent years, with teams trailing by at least 15 points in each contest since 2018.
