Fox Sports PR Staff Scores
It is only January 2, but already the Fox Sports PR staff has set the bar astronomically high for the best statistic of the season.
In a press release touting the numbers for Boise State’s crazy overtime win over Oklahoma, the Fox Sports PR staff notes that 7 million people saw Boise State running back Ian Johnson propose to his girlfriend during the post-game show.
Great number, but here is why the Fox Sports guys deserve a raise:they then go on to note that the 4.4/12 rating and share for the proposal “makes it the highest-rated marriage proposal in sports since the 1985 Rashad-Ayers Allen proposal on NBC’s Thanksgiving Day NFL pre-game show (13.5/31, 11/28/85).”
Fantastic.
I know there are 363 days left in the year, but that is going to be awfully tough to top.
By Ben Grossman
Percy Croffie commented:
Fox Sport PR staff did a excellent job in sense that the element of surprise was so huge but the whole proposal took away from the team's moment to shine. This was by far the biggest accomplishment in Boise State's football program and it was obviously overshadowed by the wedding proposal.
JONinFLA commented:
What the Fox PR folks failed to mention is that the hilarious laughter heard around the nation by the seven million viewers was for Fox's own sideline reporter Chris Myers who gave away the entire proposal before it happened.
Myers ego could not stand the fact that he was not going to be in control, and not going to be first with info, so he just went ahead during his introduction of Ian and said he was going to propose.
I guess kudos go out to the Fox PR guys taking a page from Fox News and eliminating the obvious to put the focus on their own "Fox reality."