Report: Orange Bowl nearing deal with Notre Dame, Big Ten, SEC

[NewEnglandBull]

Don't think the Gator Bowl gives us a sniff...could the Outback really take a look at the BE? I would think they love the current arrangement but with all of the bowl shake ups could they want a BE champ?

[WoolyBully]

^...assuming a BE Champ is more of a draw - and I'm talking across the board* - than the current alignment of Big 10 v SEC.

*TPA being a vaca-destination for conferences that travel well. Not sure how 'attractive' even a BE champion would be at this point,

especially if that champion has already played in Tampa that season.

[cmhatter]

We will see how much of a pushover Arkansas is when they play Rutgers

[Joe]

We'll get a solid bowl game to lead the charge, but it will be a while, allowing everything else to sort out.

Anyone who didn't expect this must have forgotten the Gator Bowl dropped the Big East (and ACC) for two bad SEC and Big Ten teams.

The issue, again, will be money. That $17-20 mil a year BCS check that we get with the big boys is disappearing. They have worked their own deals. It's up to us now.

[Joe]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Just because the Big East doesn't have patsies like the SEC(Vandy, UK, UT, Ark and AU). Like the ACC (Duke, WF, UNC, MD, BC, UM, Syr) like the Joke prestigious Big Ten(Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin(real joke) Northwestern.purdue and PSU). Who plays a tougher schedule, us or them? When they start counting true schedule strength these teams will have to quit padding their OOC games with road warrior patsies. Might make things real interesting. And when we get to quit sucking ESPN's weinie by playing Thursday night games after West Coast tough road games. We'll see what happens.

I guess you've missed how great Houston, SMU, and Memphis have been.

Seriously though, we'll get a solid TV deal and build from there. If the BE can continue to develop for 3-4 years after the new playoff things can change. It's just not going to happen right away.

[NewEnglandBull]

All over the other boards. Today when the BCS commissioners meet today on the agenda will be the discussion of adding two more top (BCS) bowls. Seems our commish has been advocating this along with smaller conferences. Not sure if I understand as I thought the BCS bowls were dead with the playoff.

[DELdaBull]

Fiesta? Here we gone?

Suga? Pour some on my tongue?

Cash money? Buh bye

[redfisher78]

Outback would never go away from their current match up, it is too good, even if the BE champ was available. Would yyou take Louisville or Cincinnati over Florida, South Carolina, Iowa, Michigan state... no way

[NewEnglandBull]

Outback would never go away from their current match up, it is too good, even if the BE champ was available. Would yyou take Louisville or Cincinnati over Florida, South Carolina, Iowa, Michigan state... no way

However, they may not get the same caliber teams from those two conferences due to playoff and champions bowl...there will be a trickle down effect. That being said they will still get a lot of fans and that is the bottom line.

[Bull Martin]

Outback would never go away from their current match up, it is too good, even if the BE champ was available. Would yyou take Louisville or Cincinnati over Florida, South Carolina, Iowa, Michigan state... no way

However, they may not get the same caliber teams from those two conferences due to playoff and champions bowl...there will be a trickle down effect. That being said they will still get a lot of fans and that is the bottom line.

That goes back to the Gator Bowl last year. Would you rather have two ranked teams with mediocre traveling fan bases or 6-6 Ohio State against 6-6 Florida?

If Uconn and Cincy fans wont bother traveling for an Orange or Fiesta Bowl, why would the Outback bowl take the Big East Champ? Outside USF, who will apparently never win the league, no one team will travel for well to Tampa.