[NU Sports] Sun Bowl to Big 12?

[prplehaze at insightbb.com]

The Capital One (formerly the Citrus), the Cotton and the Champs Bowls  are in
discussion to form a pool with the Big Ten, Big XII, SEC and ACC to provide
teams to the three bowls which would rotate among them so that the bowls would
not be faced with having repeat teams two and three years in a row - a problem
that the SEC and ACC bowls have been facing.  While this won't add a new bowl
for the Big Ten, it will add an alternate destination in some years if they are
able to pull this off.  The last I heard about it was a couple of weeks ago and
ABC had not yet made its feelings known, so the deal may be dead by now.

All of the non-BCS bowl contracts are up for renewal following this season and
the jockeying among conferences and bowls is incredibly fierce.  The newly
expanded ACC and the very scared Big East have lent a new dynamic to the
process, making it difficult to predict exactly which tie-ups will stay the same
as they have traditionally been.  Stay tuned.
Mark

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> Sid Hartman is reporting in today's column in the Star-Tribune (Mpls./St. Paul) 
> that the Sun Bowl will move to a Big 12 tie-in after the next bowl season.  The 
> story linked below from yesterday's El Paso Times supports that contention but 
> doesn't say that it's a done deal (Big 12 and Sun Bowl "confirmed this week that 
> they have had extended discussions about a future tie-in").
> 
> Big 12 teams could play in future Sun Bowls
> http://www.borderlandnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050519/NEWS/505190327
> /1001
> 
> I think I remember hearing speculation of this possibility awhile back, and I 
> think it makes a lot of sense from a fan base perspective (e.g., more fans of 
> Big 12 teams would be likely to make the trek to El Paso than would Big Ten 
> fans, on average).  Still, I hate to see the Big Ten lose a warm-climate bowl 
> affiliation unless it's going to add another one.  El Paso isn't as glamorous a 
> destination as many bowls, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it beats 
> Detroit.  Reports that I've heard from people who have gone in recent years 
> (mostly Gopher fans) said that they had a good time.  Has anyone heard whether 
> the Big Ten would replace the Sun Bowl with another affiliated bowl game?  I 
> vote for going after the Hawaii Bowl or Las Vegas Bowl.  :)
> 
> -Joe
> 
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