re: Someone explain Tech's misfortune to me please

Here are the fact of Independence Bowl vs. Liberty Bowl. Last year the Independence Bowl had a rating of 1.5 up 6% and the Liberty had a rating of 1.8 down 36%
This year the Independence Bowl is at a time slot on it's own, the LIberty Bowl will have to compete against the Sun Bowl which starts an 1 1/2 hours early.
The payout for the Independence Bowl is 1.15 million, the Liberty is 1.43. It equals out because expenses would be much lower for Tech going to Shreveport than Memphis.
Tech would have played ULM which they had a chance to beat instead of Tulsa which they would have been an underdog.
You can spin this anyway you want, but Tech loses big with this. Loss of money, loss of practice time, seniors lose out, recruits reminded of ignorance of Tech athletic dept, and negative press. What will be the first comments about Tech by announcers next year? Tech had a great season but negotiated itself out of a bowl game. What will be the first comment about Tech that instate coaches will use? Tech is afraid to play instate schools.