I'm willing to have been dead wrong on this.
I've stated many times that the 10pm eastern time slot is death to ratings, because 50% of the country lives in that time zone.
Well, a game that kicked off at 10:20pm and concluded at 2:30am is now the 5th most watched espn college game broadcast of all time.
If someone wants to pass the crow, I'll go get my knife and fork.