[NU Sports] SC Game

[Jonathan Hodges]

I'm not sure if the Big Ten revenue sharing agreements are public knowledge,
but the TV contract (with ESPN/ABC) is equally split among all schools, and
I believe that after an allowance for bowl expenses, the remainder of the
bowl revenue is split evenly among schools.

Speaking of bowls, some of the bowl game shakeouts may be interesting since
there are so many bowl games this year (32 = 64 slots) and 6-6 teams are
eligible (if their conference has an available spot).  Note that for
at-large bids, I believe that a team with a winning record must be picked
over a team with a .500 record (i.e. the open Motor City Bowl slot that the
Big Ten couldn't fill) - which means some lower tier conference teams with a
7-5 record may make it to bowl games over 6-6 big conference teams.

Also, since Texas lost it may be facing Iowa in the Alamo Bowl - since the
Oklahoma/Nebraska winner is off to a BCS game, the loser is probably headed
to the Holiday, and A&M is headed to the Cotton (most likely).  A 6-6 Iowa
team in a relative tailspin versus a 9-3 Texas team that hasn't fallen that
far from the top may not be pretty.

Jonathan


On 11/27/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb at hilgraeve.com> wrote:
>
> Jonathan,
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
> Now I don't feel so bad.
>
> If you also happen to know what the BT revenue sharing formula is it would
> be interesting to estimate what NU's share of this year's bowl revenues
> might be, since according to Stephen, we've got seven team participating
> and
> appear to have come close to maximizing our income potential without
> actually participating.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: Jonathan Hodges [mailto:jonathanwhodges at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:59 AM
> To: jeffb at hilgraeve.com
> Cc: CHerron604 at aol.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game
>
>
> In terms of the money - the payout for a second team from any conference
> in
> a BCS game is pre-defined to be about 1/3 of the usual $15M payout (about
> $4.5M).  Therefore, as long as two teams from a conference are in, it
> doesn't really matter which game they go to.  The national championship
> game
> pays a little more, and the bowl games vary a little bit in their payouts,
> but the difference are not all that great.  And of course no conference is
> allowed to have 3 representatives in BCS games (Wisconsin would make a
> great
> case for that this year), although the Bowl formerly known as Citrus has a
> nice sized payout (over $4M, one of the largest non-BCS payouts, I
> believe).
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 11/27/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb at hilgraeve.com> wrote:
>
> Chuck wrote <snip>
>
> Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if
> only
> it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
>
> ================
>
> I have no love for ND either, but SC just took a lot of money out of NU's
> pocket.
>
> For purely monetary reasons I was rooting for ND to win and Michigan to
> end
> up in the title game.  Perhaps those more familiar with the details can
> provide us with what the dollar difference to NU is between Michigan in
> national championship game and the Rose Bowl, but I suspect it is
> significant.   As it is, our last hope for that sort of financial windfall
> is UCLA.
>
> Jeff
>
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