Vegas oddsmakers may have generously overestimated the offensive firepower on display, but Monday night’s Tostitos BCS National Championship game on ESPN was still one for the record books. Auburn’s last-second win over Oregon delivered an average 27.3 million total viewers, making it the most-watched program in the history of cable TV.
The first title game to be broadcast on cable, the Tigers-Ducks thriller outdrew six of the last 10 championship broadcasts on Fox and ABC. It’s worth noting that 2004 was a bit of a wildcard; that year, the title was shared by LSU and USC.
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