Florida State rolled to a huge ratings win in beating Auburn for the national title Monday night.
Nationally, the game averaged 26.1 million viewers, and ESPN won the night among all networks. It was the third largest audience in cable TV history. The bigger audiences were also for BCS National Championships on ESPN: the 2011 Auburn-Oregon game pulled in 27.3 million and the 2013 Alabama-Notre Dame game attracted 26.4 million.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, in Central Florida, the game on ESPN averaged 575,100 viewers, according to updated ratings. That audience was bigger than those for the most-seen football games last week. The San Francisco-Green Bay wild-card playoff game attracted 527,800 viewers, and UCF's victory over Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl brought in 433,000.
For Monday's game, Birmingham, Ala., posted the biggest rating: a 55.8. The other top markets were Jacksonville (31.1), Knoxville (26.6), Atlanta (25.8), Orlando (24.9) and Tampa-St. Petersburg (24.2).
Auburn football’s play-by-play announcer Rod Bramblett had himself a great year, according to extramustard.si.com, notching perhaps the most memorable call of the decade when he shouted, “They’re not gonna keep ‘em off the field tonight!” following the Tigers improbable victory over Alabama in the Iron Bowl.
But Monday night belonged to Florida State, who has a fantastic radio crew of their own comprised of Gene Deckerhoff and former Florida State fullback William Floyd.
The video, which unfortunately has some audio issues due to the loud stadium, provides a great example of the raw emotion and joy that makes college football one of the most beloved pastimes in the country.
With time winding down and Florida State down by four points to Auburn, Heisman-winner Jameis Winston threw a two-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin to give the Seminoles the lead.
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