Delany: "Conference bowl lineup to become more national"

Submitted by Medic on

Stewart Mandel offered an interesting article today:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130110/college-football-bowl-system-changes/?sct=hp_t2_a6&eref=sihp

Delany is on the move again. I don't really disagree with it either. I definitely would not mind seeing a tie in with the Holiday bowl or some bowls in Arizona as I have no desire (see: lazy) to travel to Florida every year.

We already know bowl attendance was down but I thought it was interesting to see Michigan's game with South Carolina drew one of the largest ratings in ESPN network history for a non-BCS game.

 

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turtleboy

January 11th, 2013 at 9:38 PM ^

So according to the report Florida teams suck balls at travelling for their team because they're so used to playing bowl games in Florida. I wonder if the B1G will try and boost attendance at bowl games by, you know, hosting bowl games in B1G country? 

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Black Socks

January 11th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^

Finally an idea by Delaney that I can get behind. The Florida bowls are nice but we don't need three of them. California is hugely attractive to Michigan alumni. Let's add San Diego and or something in LA. It would also be cool to see more Big 10 teams in Midwest bowl games. The only caveat being it is nice to go somewhere warm in the winter.

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cozy200

January 12th, 2013 at 1:03 AM ^

There are just too many bowls period. The product is spread way to thin. There is a reason the NFL has overtaken baseball. Limited season, and not every county has a team. I like all the post season games its almost to the point of being a season in itself but the glory is not what it once was. Unsold tickets? Maybe its a shitty bowl period??

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snarling wolverine

January 12th, 2013 at 4:54 PM ^

There are more teams in the NFL (32) than there are in MLB (30), and more teams make the NFL playoffs (12 to 10).  I don't think limited availability is really the issue.  There's just been a movement toward faster-paced sports in general over the last 30-40 years.  MLB is still a strong #2 among American sports.

 

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M-Wolverine

January 12th, 2013 at 10:03 PM ^

"In a telling example, the network's Dec. 15 Arizona-Nevada New Mexico Bowl broadcast drew a higher rating (1.9) than Butler's overtime upset of No. 1 Indiana on CBS during the same time window (1.5). It doesn't affect ESPN, which owns and operates the New Mexico Bowl, that only 24,610 fans attended the game in person."

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lhglrkwg

January 12th, 2013 at 1:50 AM ^

it would be nice to have a middle-tier bowl tie in somewhere on the upper east coast. Like somewhere between DC and NYC. There are so many Michigan alums over here. It'd be a nice consolation price for finishing 4th-6th in conference to be able to play in front of mostly Michigan fans out here

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Mr. Yost

January 12th, 2013 at 8:01 AM ^

We didn't have OSU or PSU and I think everyone is underrating that fact.

#1 - They're going to draw because they're OSU and PSU

#2 - Because they were out, many (all) B1G teams got "bumped up" a notch or two on the bowl scale. This left us with TERRIBLE matchups. You add them in and you get much more competitive matchups.

Personally, I think conference tie-ins should be completely eliminated. Rank the bowls and have a draft. You can't pick a matchup of teams in the same conference or who have already played this season. Teams have the right to decline 1 invite each.

Broadcast the Bowl Draft live and see where the chips fall.

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