[NU Sports] Outback Bowl

[Evans Schoeman]

An early bid would potentially be of great benefit to the fans who would be travelling to the game by air.

At this time of the year, when fares are already high, being able to purchase tickets before December might get fans a lower fare.  Airfares to Orlando from Chicago are already in the $400-500 range.  They're likely to go up in the next two weeks.  For a family of 4, that's a pretty significant cost.

I'm not sure if NU still has an "official airline" (it used to be United), but the school has not negotiated any discounts for bowl travel in the past.  They have usually promoted the Alumni Association's Bowl Tour, which is also pretty costly.  Unfortunately, many supporters choose to watch the game at home, rather than incur the cost of attending the game.




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From: Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
To: Ben Adler <whosonfirst81 at yahoo.com>
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Sun, November 22, 2009 10:49:39 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Outback Bowl

It's becoming less and less common for bowls affiliated with BCS conferences
to dole out bids early since so much is dependent on who gets the at-large
bids.  Technically, a bowl can "release" a team from consideration, so if
the Outback formally released NU and the Champs knew they wouldn't take
Wisconsin, then NU could get a bid.  I doubt that will happen, though, since
most of the formal decision-making meetings with the bowl folks are during
the week/weekend leading up to the announcement on Dec. 6, and the bowls
will likely want to keep their options open in case anything weird happens
above them.

Jonathan

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Ben Adler <whosonfirst81 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Seems like the Champs bowl seems most likely - whether the Big Ten gets two
> BCS teams or not.
>
> If two, Citrus gets the leftover between Iowa and PSU.  It's between us and
> Wisconsin for the Outback, with the other team going to the Champs.  History
> suggests the Outback doesn't want us, and it's widely assumed the Champs
> doesn't want Wisconsin because the Badgers were there last year.  So the
> Outback takes Wisconsin and the Champs takes the Cats.
>
> If it's just OSU in the BCS, then Iowa and PSU go to the Citrus and Outback
> in some order.  Then it's us and Wisconsin for the Champs and Alamo.  The
> Badgers were at the Champs last year and we were at the Alamo last year.  So
> it's almost certain we'd swap this year.
>
> So here's the question - given that we're probably ending up at the Champs
> either way, would the Bowl Committee ever consider inviting us earlier than
> two weeks from now to give more fans a chance to plan ahead and come?  And
> if so, would NU accept or hold out hope for the Outback?
>
> -- Ben
>
>
>
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> To: Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com>
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Sun, November 22, 2009 7:16:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Outback Bowl
>
> In the past, Schlabach and Feldman's projections haven't been that
> reliable.  The most accurate projection I've found has been Rittenberg
> (ESPN's Big Ten blogger) since he knows the selection rules in and out and
> has been fairly accurate before.
>
> One note about Feldman, who puts NU and Auburn in the Outback, is that an
> SEC east team has been in that bowl for the last 12 consecutive years
> (Auburn is in the SEC west).  The Outback and Cotton bowls share the SEC #3
> pick and typically the Outback picks a team from the east and the Cotton
> picks one from the west.
>
> In any case I think the consensus says it'll be NU to the Champs, and it
> will be interesting who the opponent is (it could range from the loser of
> the ACC championship: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech, to UNC, Virginia Tech, or
> Miami).  I guess we'll scour the internet for anything we can get until
> then
> and wait for the actual pairings to be announced just 2 weeks from now.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Although I still tend to think we'll end up in the Champs Sports Bowl,
> > ESPN's Bruce Feldman is projecting us in the Outback, the first
> projection
> > for Tampa that I have seen:
> >
> > http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections
> >
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