Comments on: SEC/Big XII Ask 10 Cities To Bid For “Champions” Bowl

By: Mr Bad Example

Mr Bad Example — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:35:07 +0000

Just to throw my two cents in, I’m hoping for Nashville. A great party city with a nice venue. Oh, and that German restaurant the Gersthaus is none too shabby either. Best breakfast buffet anywhere in the country.

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:08:08 +0000

@TheN8tureBoy

Read the last point from my By-The-Numbers look at the sites and you’ll see that the whole postseason — not just this SEC/Big XII deal — will be muddled as can be.

I agree with you completely.

John

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:06:23 +0000

@MoKelly1

That’s exactly the case. If the two leagues want to simply roll their game into an existing bowl — or bowls via a rotation — you’ve got to have a bowl for them to land in. You can bet the folks in St. Louis are thinking long and hard about starting a bowl game right now.

John

By: JB TexasEx

JB TexasEx — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:58:02 +0000

Every city in the Big 12/SEC footprint is fine with me. Phoenix? Don’t be ridiculous.

By: MoKelly1

MoKelly1 — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:46:05 +0000

So, St. Louis was not asked to make a bid. I guess that is based on the fact an existing bowl game is not played in St. Louis? I’m not sure why they have to limit the bids to existing bowl games if they really want to maximize money.

By: WillieT

WillieT — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:18:42 +0000

The leagues are clearly trying to change the rules. The Big12 ran it’s own championship game for what, a dozen years or so & the SEC has managed to run a league championship game for two decades. My guess is that the SEC has a pretty good deal in Atlanta and that the leagues would rather run the game themselves and keep the money to themselves. What they have done is thrown the existing bowl comittees a bone and an option – come up with a creative plan that justifies your existence beyond ownership of a “Bowl” name (which has been diminished these last 20 odd years by adding or out right replacing it with your latest corporate sponsors’ name).

Oh sure, we fans have a bit of nostalga for the Sugar Bowl & the Cotton Bowl, but trust me, we’ll still buy tickets to the M&M Mars bowl being held in Topeka, KS if it’s pitting two of the best teams in the nation against one another.

By: TheN8tureBoy

TheN8tureBoy — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:29:53 +0000

This is the most muddled setup I have ever seen.