[NU Sports] New Rose Bowl contract

[Sportsbiz]

I don't remember seeing this come across here before but if I missed in then
I apologize.  Apparently, in the new BCS contract with ESPN, there is a new
wrinkle to the selection of teams in the Rose Bowl.  Remember that ABC/ESPN
have a separate contract with the Rose Bowl, Pac-10 and Big Ten, but now
that they are all one big happy family again, I suppose this was all agreed
to.  If the Rose Bowl loses a team to the National Championship game, it
automatically takes the qualifying conference champion of a coalition  (i.e.
non-BCS Six) conferences:

http://blogs.ajc.com/barnhart-college-football/2009/05/29/sec-headed-to-a-big-payday-in-2010/

So, the next time that USC makes the championship game the Big Ten gets to
play Boise
Mark

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