[NU Sports] Bowl swappin ...

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> SA/Alamo was the worst.  We learned this time to fly
> into Houston and stay in Galveston, but SA was such a

Wow, you guys really had a bad SA experience.:) I've been to Houston and San Antonio and have the opposite view -- I can see no earthly reason to ever have to visit Houston again.

> I look forward to the Insight bowl as I really thought
> Tempe was nice when the weather was not blazing.  Good

I think that -- one again -- Phoenix is the big winner here. They are the only ones to emerge from the B(C)S mess for the better and this deal should pump up the Tempe bowl with a better matchup and bigger names.

Tempe ran the Fiesta Bowl extremely well and they do with this as well - they'll try and have it Dec. 31 as much as possible as Tempe has a huge New Year's Eve blowout by their "lake" -- all is within walking distance of the stadium and the Mill Avenue restaurants/bars. And Phoenix should have wonderful weather then.

> I think the TV could get upgraded on the Texas bowl with a
> Big Ten addition.

Sure hope so.

> As for wishing for the bowl system demise I disagree with
> you.  The ROSE BOWL - Big 10 vs. Pac 10 is the ONLY
> thing that matters.  BCS be darned.  The rest of
> the bowls be darned.

Well, we agree here. But as I've said before, the Rose Bowl is slowly being destroyed by the B(C)S -- and the new rule forcing it to take a Boise State or Utah is just the latest attempt to destroy that Big Ten/Pac 10 tradition. A couple years of that and we'll start hearing how unfair it is that they always get the Jan. 1 afternoon slot and they'll be moved into the rotation or have to share it with the Jerry Jones Bowl.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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