Attendance at Bowls DownThis Year?

[BleacherBull]

I haven't seen any analysis of this subject yet, but it seemed attendance was off at some of the bowls this year.  I think these conference affiliations are killing the ability of the bowl committees to put together interesting matchups.  Plus, traveling fans don't want to go to the same place every few years.  I think the variety of the old bowl selection system was better.  I doubt we can do anything about it though.  Maybe they'll "see the light" at the next round of contract negotiations.  If you're not a BCS bowl, you may be better off to keep your options open.

[Henry Jones Jr.]

I think they should have a "tier" system using BCS, Polls, whatever that says if you finish in X, you go to bowl in level Y.

So theres 32 bowls:

Tier 1: NC game, Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange

Tier 2: Sun, Outback, Gator, Peach (Chik-fil-a), Capital One, Cotton

Tier 3: Insight, Music City, Liberty, Humanitarian, Alamo, Meinike

Tier 4: Emerald, Texas, Champs Sports, Holiday, Motor City, Hawaii, Las Vegas

Tier 5: New Mexico, Papa Johns, New Orleans, San Diego, Gmac, International

Each tier could have a commitee and decide on the best potential match-up, travel arrangments etc... There might be a need to trade around tradition with location.... either way this would be my ideal bowl system. Theres probably even a way to work in a minimum bowl slots for conference, and the rules like a 6-6 Bama cant get selected over a 7-5 Rutgers.

[outrunner]

Never happen. Too much tradition lost, like the Rose Bowl being PAC10-Big 10(+1).

[Henry Jones Jr.]

Never happen. Too much tradition lost, like the Rose Bowl being PAC10-Big 10(+1).

Thats why each tier would have commitees. And other than the Rose Bowl, there is not another bowl that Conference vs Conference has an historic signifigance.

[mikebeau]

I think they should have a "tier" system using BCS, Polls, whatever that says if you finish in X, you go to bowl in level Y.

So theres 32 bowls:

Tier 1: NC game, Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange

Tier 2: Sun, Outback, Gator, Peach (Chik-fil-a), Capital One, Cotton

Tier 3: Insight, Music City, Liberty, Humanitarian, Alamo, Meinike

Tier 4: Emerald, Texas, Champs Sports, Holiday, Motor City, Hawaii, Las Vegas

Tier 5: New Mexico, Papa Johns, New Orleans, San Diego, Gmac, International

Each tier could have a commitee and decide on the best potential match-up, travel arrangments etc... There might be a need to trade around tradition with location.... either way this would be my ideal bowl system. Theres probably even a way to work in a minimum bowl slots for conference, and the rules like a 6-6 Bama cant get selected over a 7-5 Rutgers.

not a bad idea.

I think with all of the upsets, rising programs and the sort that many programs had higher expectations than the bowl they got into.  Think of all the top 5 teams we had this year,  Crazy.

[bulls96go]

playoffs!

[bull2saintleo]

I think they should have a "tier" system using BCS, Polls, whatever that says if you finish in X, you go to bowl in level Y.

So theres 32 bowls:

Tier 1: NC game, Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange

Tier 2: Sun, Outback, Gator, Peach (Chik-fil-a), Capital One, Cotton

Tier 3: Insight, Music City, Liberty, Humanitarian, Alamo, Meinike

Tier 4: Emerald, Texas, Champs Sports, Holiday, Motor City, Hawaii, Las Vegas

Tier 5: New Mexico, Papa Johns, New Orleans, San Diego, Gmac, International

Each tier could have a commitee and decide on the best potential match-up, travel arrangments etc... There might be a need to trade around tradition with location.... either way this would be my ideal bowl system. Theres probably even a way to work in a minimum bowl slots for conference, and the rules like a 6-6 Bama cant get selected over a 7-5 Rutgers.

Interesting thought, it could potentially work.

[smazza]

32 team 5 week playoff is the only answer

[BrahmanBulliever]

32 team 5 week playoff is the only answer

Shouldn't it be

Take 32 teams

Make them play five week playoff

the only answer

[Triple B]

32 team 5 week playoff is the only answer

Where do you play the games?