Boise State’s thrilling 33-30 win over Virginia Tech has made the Broncos the toast of the college football world and a legitimate contender for a BCS Championship bid. Kellen Moore’s 13-yard pass to Austin Pettis in the waning seconds of Monday night’s game also helped ESPN deliver one of its largest college football audiences in its 31-year history.
The Broncos-Hokies Labor Day battle served up 9.89 million total viewers, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings data, making it ESPN’s second most-watched NCAA football telecast––a distinction that is particularly impressive, given that it includes all bowl game coverage.
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