Times wires
Thursday, March 10, 2011
The ratings game
A record 6.6 million viewers tuned into the NFL Network's coverage of the scouting combine. That's a 27 percent increase from last season. Sunday's seven hours of live coverage, featuring quarterbacks, running backs and receivers, was the most-watched combine telecast ever with an average of 406,000 viewers.
Network of the day
Versus is celebrating St. Patrick's Day by showing three classic Notre Dame football games. The 1992 "Snow Bowl'' game against Penn State airs at 5 p.m, the 2005 "Bush Push'' Southern Cal victory against the Irish at 7 and the 1993 showdown between No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Notre Dame at 9. Versus also will air Notre Dame's spring game on April 16.