The following is a release from John Heisler, Notre Dame's Senior Associate Athletics Director for Media and Broadcast Relations:
The '08 Hawaii Bowl rating jumped 106 percent compared to the 1.47 rating last year for the game that featured East Carolina and Boise State.
The only game that showed more improvement was the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl that finished with 217 percent improvement. Maryland and Nevada in '08 drew a 2.44 compared to a 0.77 for the '07 game between Fresno State and Georgia Tech.
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This is Neil Hayes' second year covering the Fighting Irish.
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