Bowl Question....

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Why is it that the same bowls draw from the same two conferences every year?

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you are kidding, right?

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Why is it that the same bowls draw from the same two conferences every year?

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So, many people would come from Pac-10 country to SEC country to watch the Sugar Bowl and vice versa?

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So, many people would come from Pac-10 country to SEC country to watch the Sugar Bowl and vice versa?

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Maybe for a BCS game. But would many people come to Birmingham for a UCLA-Minnesota game?

The lower tier bowls try to get teams that won't have to travel too far so they can sell as many tickets as possible, if Oregon State was selected for the MagicJack St. Petersberg Bowl (yes, that's a real game) they wouldn't get as many fans in the seats like they would if they selected South Florida. The bigger non-BCS bowl games are rooted in traditional conference alliance and don't want to have to find a new partner, plus with the economy, they might lose money with a new conference. The Rose Bowl just refuses to change, all the other BCS bowls will take an independant/ BCS buster

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So you mean to tell me that if the BCS decided that the SEC Champion were to play the PAC-10 Champ in the Orange Bowl one year and then the SEC Champ would play the Big 12 champ in the rose the next they would lose money??? Absolutely not!

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The SEC Champion, when available, plays in the Sugar Bowl. That's kind of the entire point of having the Sugar Bowl. I don't see what your misunderstanding is.