Biggest game Thursday night? West Virginia at Pitt...
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Have a feeling the "Backyard Brawl" will destroy PSU-Purdue in the ratings, hate that both games are Thursday night honestly.
There will be no empty seats for this one, place will probably be more than half WVU fans.
The lure of a possible free beverage cannot be overstated.
pitt is PA’s team. We’ll always be a distant second, or worse. 
Dad - When's Penn Sate playing?
Me - Thursday night.
Dad - Thursday? They've really lost their luster..
Me - Thursday night.
Dad - Thursday? They've really lost their luster..
Typical home in PA on Thursday night, with pitt on every TV:
Pete: Mr. Pickett, sir?
Mr. Pickett: Yeah Pete.
Pete: At halftime can we watch some of the Penn State – Purdue game?
Mr. Pickett: There’s only one team we watch in this house.
*cue pitt fight song*
Pete: Mr. Pickett, sir?
Mr. Pickett: Yeah Pete.
Pete: At halftime can we watch some of the Penn State – Purdue game?
Mr. Pickett: There’s only one team we watch in this house.
*cue pitt fight song*
That’s what 7-6 gets you CJF. We need better. It starts now!
Over the years Pitt has been able to sell out for only 3 games, Pitt vs Penn State, Pitt vs West Virginia and Pitt vs Notre Dame. All three are sell outs because fans of the other team buy a lot of tickets which generates some interest from Pitt fans. So this week features one of the games that Pitt will sell out. There will be a lot of West Virginia fans and more Pitt fans than normal. It is just bad timing to have this game go against the PSU vs Purdue game.
Much like PSU-Pitt, WVU-PItt is a game that should be played yearly, all this realignment BS has killed rivalries.
That could potentially be good news if it were to happen. If PSU were to be losing, Joe average fan wants to watch big name team go down. Less allure if said big name team is winning.
So you’re saying there’s a chance…
#1 the schools are less than 90 minutes apart.
#2 old rivals
Just because tickets are selling doesn't mean the viewers will be drastically different. I figure our game does a better rating.
#2 old rivals
Just because tickets are selling doesn't mean the viewers will be drastically different. I figure our game does a better rating.
Really? Nearly no one cares about Pitt or WVU…Penn State has more fans than both schools combined.
Yes, the pitters game with WVU is the biggest game in the country for those living within a 40 mile radius of the soot-covered Catherdral of Learning. Outside of that radius nobody will pay any attention to this MAC level game.
Well, they play in the West, and they don't play Penn State this year and have to lose for the seventh consecutive time.Wisconsin…again
it's been sold out for almost a month now.
www.si.com
As expected, the 2022 edition of the Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pitt has been sold out. Friday morning, Pitt officially announced that all seated tickets have been bought up for the game. However, standing room only tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. this morning, which can be purchased here.
This will be the first time the two schools have met since departing from the Big East following the 2011 season. West Virginia has dominated the series of late, winning seven of the last ten meetings and 16 of the last 23, including the last three games.
ESPN's College GameDay will be making a special trip to Pittsburgh to host a one hour show leading up to the 7 p.m. EST kickoff.
Backyard Brawl is Officially Sold Out
It'll be a packed house in Pittsburgh on September 1st.
www.si.com
As expected, the 2022 edition of the Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pitt has been sold out. Friday morning, Pitt officially announced that all seated tickets have been bought up for the game. However, standing room only tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. this morning, which can be purchased here.
This will be the first time the two schools have met since departing from the Big East following the 2011 season. West Virginia has dominated the series of late, winning seven of the last ten meetings and 16 of the last 23, including the last three games.
ESPN's College GameDay will be making a special trip to Pittsburgh to host a one hour show leading up to the 7 p.m. EST kickoff.
FWIW, I'm seeing PSU at about 15 to 1 to win the conference, which implies odds of 6-7%.
Anything’s possible but games on network TV invariably get better ratings than those on cable and WVU/Pitt ain’t the one on FOX. Also Big Ten games generally outperform games from the ACC or Big 12
You do realize Ohio State opened up on Thursday last year, right? I don’t believe Ohio State was 7-6 the previous year, but I could be wrong.
Did your dad say the same thing about Ohio State last year when they opened Thursday night?
Uhhh…being the game is on Fox, a possibility of a broadcast disruption (bad memory of the Miami game way back)?
Maybe they put the game on Fox News? I would think you can watch the game on the Fox App if you have that app on your tv.
osu.Whew. If there was snow on the ground, I would have assumed that it was a Gopher Hockey fan. ((Hides Hockey jersey)).
No surprise but PSU/Purdue did indeed get better ratings than WVU/Pitt.
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