Ah, noon times…a sore spot for Virginia Tech fans, myself included. Today we’ll take a closer look at TV ratings of noon games, and compare them to TV ratings of games later in the afternoon. Specifically, I want to see the numbers of the noon ESPN game (which VT played in two of the past three weeks) and compare it to the later afternoon ESPN game.

First, let’s start with the Georgia Tech weekend….

GT Week

Note that ratings for games on the ACC Network, SEC Network and Big Ten Networks weren’t available for any week. I got my numbers from this site.

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