COMPLIMENTS OF: www.Summit-Risk.com 1-888-582-8046 VOLUME 8 ● ISSUE #24 JULY, 2019 IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL HEALTHY? By Jim Gumm Owner / Editor of THE BLITZ There have been articles written recently that paint a very negative and bleak picture of Getting back to football (specifically college football). Below I show that while the atten- the sport of football. While there is some valid facts that support some of the argu- dance as some of the bowls has declined, television viewership is still VERY strong ments that the sport is declining due to injuries (specifically head injuries), the fact and college football is still VERY strong as well. College football , as a whole, is healthy remains that there have been and continue to be rules and equipment changes that are and the pundits who believe that football is doomed, are wrong. designed to make football safer. While we support anything that can make it safer, the inherent truth about football is that it’s a sport where big fast athletes will occasionally In this issue of THE BLITZ, we show numbers that support that college football is doing be injured. We don’t like injuries, but they WILL happen. Guess what, people will also just fine and as we inch closer to the 2019 season, just sit back and enjoy the rest of continue to suffer injuries driving automobiles and while that industry also is doing their the Summer because the next issue of THE BLITZ (which will be released in mid- best to make our vehicles safer, accidents will happen. Police officers, fire fighters, August) will be Issue #1 of Volume 9 and it will preview the season and all of the construction workers and other occupations are also risky. We live in an unsafe world games that will be played before and on the Labor Day Weekend. but we’re doing our best to minimize the risks associated. A DETAILED LOOK AT THE 2018 / 2019 BOWL GAMES US HH HOUSEHOLD TOTAL BOWL TV BOWL RESULT ATTEND COVERAGE IMPRESSIONS VIEWERS Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl .................................... ABC .......... Fresno State 31-20 over Arizona State ........................... 37,146 ........... 2.25 ........... 2,694,000 ............ 3,334,000 AutoNation Cure Bowl ....................................................... CBSSN ..... Tulane 41-24 over Louisiana-Lafayette ........................... 19,066 ............ N/A ..................... N/A ...................... N/A New Mexico Bowl Presented By Progressive .................... ESPN ....... Utah State 52-13 over North Texas ................................. 25,387 ........... 0.66 .............. 786,000 ............... 968,000 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl ........................................... ESPN ....... Georgia Southern 23-21 over Eastern Michigan .............. 17,710 ........... 0.64 .............. 767,000 ............... 986,000 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl ........................................ ESPN ....... Appalachian State 45-13 over Middle Tennessee ........... 23,942 ........... 0.82 .............. 985,000 ............ 1,371,000 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl ............................................. ESPN ....... UAB 37-13 over Northern Illinois ..................................... 22,614 ........... 0.84 ........... 1,007,000 ............ 1,346,000 DXL Frisco Bowl ................................................................ ESPN ....... Ohio 27-0 over San Diego State ...................................... 11,029 ........... 0.92 ........... 1,099,000 ............ 1,447,000 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl ...................................... ESPN ....... Marshall 38-20 over South Florida ................................... 14,135 ........... 1.10 ........... 1,325,000 ............ 1,764,000 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl ......................................... ESPN ....... Florida International 35-32 over Toledo ........................... 13,510 ........... 0.56 .............. 670,000 ............... 855,000 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl ............................................... ESPN ....... BYU 49-18 over Western Michigan ................................. 18,711 ........... 0.93 ........... 1,111,000 ............ 1,391,000 Jared Birmingham Bowl ..................................................... ESPN ....... Wake Forest 37-34 over Memphis ................................... 25,717 ........... 1.62 ........... 1,938,000 ............ 2,533,000 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl ................................ ESPN ....... Army West Point 70-14 over Houston ............................. 44,738 ........... 1.57 ........... 1,880,000 ............ 2,577,000 Dollar General Bowl .......................................................... ESPN ....... Troy 42-32 over Buffalo ................................................... 31,818 ........... 1.03 ........... 1,238,000 ............ 1,698,000 SoFi Hawai'i Bowl .............................................................. ESPN ....... Louisiana Tech 31-14 over Hawaii .................................. 30,911 ........... 0.75 .............. 894,000 ............ 1,159,000 Quick Lane Bowl ............................................................... ESPN ....... Minnesota 34-10 over Georgia Tech ............................... 27,228 ........... 1.61 ........... 1,931,000 ............ 2,713,000 Cheez-It Bowl .................................................................... ESPN ....... TCU 10-7 over California ................................................. 33,121 ........... 1.63 ........... 1,955,000 ............ 2,732,000 ServPro First Responder Bowl .......................................... ESPN ....... Boston College vs. Boise State .................................................. Cancelled due to bad weather Walk-On's Independence Bowl .......................................... ESPN ....... Duke 56-27 over Temple ................................................. 27,492 ........... 1.21 ........... 1,446,000 ............ 1,834,000 New Era Pinstripe Bowl ..................................................... ESPN ....... Wisconsin 35-3 over Miami (FL) ...................................... 37,821 ........... 2.30 ........... 2,753,000 ............ 3,834,000 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl .......................... ESPN ....... Baylor 45-38 over Vanderbilt ........................................... 51,104 ........... 2.00 ........... 2,400,000 ............ 3,379,000 Valero Alamo Bowl ............................................................ ESPN ....... Washington State 28-26 over Iowa State ........................ 60,675 ........... 3.19 ........... 3,823,000 ............ 5,605,000 Camping World Bowl ......................................................... ESPN ....... Syracuse 34-18 over West Virginia ................................. 41,125 ........... 2.79 ........... 3,340,000 ............ 4,877,000 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl .................... ESPN ....... Auburn 63-14 over Purdue .............................................. 59,024 ........... 1.63 ........... 1,959,000 ............ 2,624,000 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (NY6) ............................................ ESPN ....... Florida 41-15 over Michigan ............................................ 74,006 ........... 5.00 ........... 5,997,000 ............ 8,366,000 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic - CFP Semifinal ................ ESPN ....... Clemson 30-3 over Notre Dame ...................................... 72,183 ........... 9.11 ......... 10,919,375 .......... 16,284,480 Capital One Orange Bowl - CFP Semifinal ........................ ESPN ....... Alabama 45-34 over Oklahoma ....................................... 66,203 ........... 9.55 ......... 11,452,000 .......... 18,494,000 Belk Bowl .......................................................................... ABC .......... Virginia 28-0 over South Carolina .................................... 48,263 ........... 1.65 ........... 1,979,000 ............ 2,552,000 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl ....................................... CBSSN ..... Nevada 16-13 over Arkansas State ................................. 32,368 ............ N/A ..................... N/A ...................... N/A San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl ................... FS1 .......... Northwestern 31-20 over Utah ........................................ 47,007 ........... 0.91 ........... 1,088,000 ............ 1,795,000 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl ....................................................... ESPN ....... Texas A&M 52-13 over NC State .................................... 38,206 ........... 2.69 ........... 3,226,000 ............ 5,179,000 AutoZone Liberty Bowl ...................................................... ESPN ....... Oklahoma State 38-33 over Missouri .............................. 51,587 ........... 2.30 ........... 2,758,000 ............ 3,869,000 Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman ................ ESPN ....... Cincinnati 35-31 over Virginia Tech ................................. 32,832 ........... 1.74 ........... 2,083,000 ............ 2,703,000 Hyundai Sun Bowl ............................................................. CBS .......... Stanford 14-13 over Pittsburgh ........................................ 40,680 ........... 1.76 ........... 2,116,000 ............ 2,621,000 Redbox Bowl ..................................................................... FOX .......... Oregon 7-6 over Michigan State ...................................... 30,212 ........... 2.33 ........... 2,794,000 ............ 3,793,000 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (NY6)..........................................