The folks at the "Sports Leader" have to be a little disappointed today with the news that last night's TV ratings for the BCS National Championship game were down -- 8% from last year's game -- and it's the third lowest BCS Championship game ratings of all-time.
Here's a look at the BCS BOWL GAMES over the past ten years, and their highest rated telecast -- along with a look at the other bowls where Notre Dame played in during this period and how their TV ratings ranked during this ten year period:
BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: 2007 -- Florida vs. Ohio State (17.4 rating)
ROSE BOWL: 2006 -- USC vs. Texas (21.7 rating)
FIESTA BOWL: 2006 -- Notre Dame vs. Ohio State (12.9 rating)
ORANGE BOWL: 2006 -- Penn State vs. Florida State (12.3 rating)
SUGAR BOWL: 2004 -- LSU vs. Oklahoma (14.5 rating)
NOTRE DAME BOWL GAMES:
2003 Gator Bowl: Notre Dame vs. North Carolina State -- #1 TV RANKING
2005 Insight Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Oregon State -- #3 TV RANKING
2006 Fiesta Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State -- #1 TV RANKING
2007 Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame vs. LSU -- #3 TV RANKING
2009 Hawaii Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Hawaii -- #2 TV RANKING
2011 Sun Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Miami -- #4 TV RANKING
2012 Champs Sports Bowl: Notre Dame vs. FSU -- #4 TV RANKING
