[NU Sports] I don't care about about BCS $$

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Brad -

I actually agree 100% with your analysis - I fully believe the B(C)S is the "worst of both worlds" and would love to see the Big Ten and Pac 10 give the rest of the conferences a great big mooning and keep our Rose tradition. A January trip to Pasadena is better than every other bowl combined! And I also agree that if we do wreck this tradition, it better be for a REAL playoff at the very least.

> I couldn't care less whether the Big 10 makes BCS money or
> not. I do mildly care that the BCS takes two Big 10 teams,
> because in theory that could help Northwestern get a better

I agree we usually get screwed anyway by bowl committees - but we do get screwed less when we get two teams in the BCS - plus, the added money for our league (and through sharing, for NU) is never a bad thing.

I was simply saying that a lot of people on ESPN were perceiving this as a slam at the Big Ten, but I think it winds up actually hurting us far less than the Pac 10 or the Rose Bowl tradition itself.

> bothers me. If OSU wins the Big Ten and goes BCS and NU
> comes in second and winds up in the Barf Bowl while East
> Carolina, SMU or Idaho is on Colorado Boulevard because of
> this new policy, who cares about BCS money? 

Absolute agreement. Like I said, look no further than the Sugar and especially Orange (or the Cotton) to see how much the BCS can destroy a grand tradition. The Rose has avoided that for the most part (and the last big change - adding the fifth B(C)S game - actually helped Pasadena keep this by not having to have the title game replace the Rose Bowl).

Don't throw that away, Rose Bowl committee!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT