ESPN had Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler on the call for Saturday night’s showdown between Alabama and LSU.
Though many didn’t expect it to be a close game, it actually turned into an entertaining battle, with Alabama holding on for a narrow 20-14 victory.
On Tuesday, ESPN released the broadcast numbers for the game. Per the following tweet, it was ESPN’s most-watched game since the 2019 matchup between LSU and Florida:
ESPN networks owned primetime in Week 10
∙ Saturday's #LSUvsALA game on ESPN was the network's most-viewed game since Oct. 2019
∙ 9M viewers watched @ESPNCFB on Saturday across ESPN networks in primetime
More: https://t.co/qC1uqZ9SVz pic.twitter.com/nQGY6UxbPC
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) November 9, 2021
The game peaked with 6 million viewers and was the most-watched game of the day across many demos.
This was the first time in a while that Alabama-LSU wasn’t on CBS. CBS instead aired a top-25 showdown between Texas A&M and Auburn.
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