This year, I actually would prefer the Cotton over the Cap1

IMO, this particluar year, I would actually prefer the Cotton over the Capital One for the following reasons:

1. Better day (Saturday Jan. 2nd for the Cotton vs waking up early on New Year's Day for Cap1 bowl). Also, good kickoff time for Cotton at 1pm as opposed to their early-morning kickoff back in 2003 vs Texas.

2. Exponentially nicer stadium, and historic given the first Cotton Bowl in the Cowboys new stadium. Cap1 stadium is crap, FWIW.

3. More spotlight as the Cotton Bowl is the ONLY premier bowl game on Saturday Jan. 2nd. There are 4 other premier bowl games on Jan 1st, which is when the Cap1 is played.

4. "spicier" matchup (Nebraska/Pelini or Oklahoma St/Miles)

5. We recruit northeast Texas a lot heavier than we do the Orlando area, to say the least.

6. Bigger LSU alumni presence in Dallas as Dallas is the 3rd largest LSU alumni base outside of the state of Louisiana (Houston and Atlanta are the two others)

7. Dallas is very convenient to travel to, not to mention many LSU fans know a lot of people in the Dallas area which makes it fun.

8. Cotton Bowl will be the next BCS bowl game anyway, so it's turning into a huge game as we speak.

9. Only a $200,000 difference in payout to LSU between the Cotton and Capital One (see below)

-All that said, the Cap1 is a great bowl and I realize we still probably end up in Orlando vs Penn State, and I will gladly travel to see that game. But, given the two options and that Ole Miss was in the Cotton last season, I am holding out hope the SEC-Cotton-Cap1-Ole Miss-LSU broker a deal to send the Rebs to Orlando and the Tigers to Dallas. This particular season, I actually prefer the Cotton over Cap1.

Either way,


ETA: As per the $$$$$$$$, there is not much difference for LSU between Cotton and Capital One.

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(B) For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance between $1,500,000 and $3,999,999, the participating institution shall retain $1,000,000 plus a travel allowance as determined by the SEC Executive Committee. The remainder shall be remitted to the Commissioner and will be divided into 13 equal shares, with one share to the Conference and one share to each member institution.

(C) For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance between $4,000,000 and $5,999,999, the participating institution shall retain $1,200,000 plus a travel allowance as determined by the SEC Executive Committee. The remainder shall be remitted to the Commissioner and will be divided into 13 equal shares, with one share to the Conference and one share to each member institution.

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So, to sum up, the difference in money TO LSU for Cap1 as opposed to Cotton is only $200,000. Given an athletic department with revenues of $84 million, $200k is a basically nothing.


Regardless of whether you want Orlando or Dallas, vote for LSU on the Cotton Bowl's website... LINK