Florida State played in primetime last weekend, demolishing Wake Forest like FSU in its prime. That game aired on the ACC Network, and FSU will face the Clemson Tigers in another primetime game that will air on the ACC Network this week.
The ACC loves FSU so much that they thought it was a good idea to put the Noles on the ACC Network in primetime for its final home game of the season against Virginia Tech on November 15.
FSU will honor at least 20 seniors since that's the final home game.
One more night game in Doak!
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Clemson and FSU are among the schools near the top of the ACC in TV viewership and will benefit greatly from suing the conference to have access to that new stream of money. FSU and Clemson have failed to live up to expectations on the field this year, but this is how dumb the ACC is.
They will air the Virginia vs. Wake Forest game on ESPN instead of Clemson and FSU this week. The latter would still pull in a larger TV viewership than Virginia and Wake Forest, no matter the record.
However, itβs like the ACC will use the FSU brand to try to get more eyeballs on its fledgling network for the Virginia Tech game. Virginia Tech only averages about 1.8 million TV viewers per game.
Nevertheless, FSU only has themselves to blame with their four game losing streak. They had a massive opportunity to take the bull by the horns and make some noise after defeating Alabama in the season opener.
FSU still has a chance to make some noise with TV viewership. The NC State game will air in primetime on a Friday night. The Florida game will likely draw solid numbers as well.
