Holiday Bowl, B1G close to inking 6-year agreement

[Gopher07]

They would pick 3rd, after the playoff/access bowls, to match up against the #2 Pac-12 team: http://thegazette.com/2013/05/14/source-b1g-to-send-3rd-pick-to-holiday/

 

[Iceland12]

They would pick 3rd, after the playoff/access bowls, to match up against the #2 Pac-12 team: http://thegazette.com/2013/05/14/source-b1g-to-send-3rd-pick-to-holiday/

This would be a very nice Bowl tie-in indeed!

 

[Iceland12]

Here's a breakdown of the projected Bowls:

-The Big Ten champion will be in the Rose Bowl unless the Rose Bowl is a national semifinal and a Big Ten team doesn't qualify for the Playoff or isn't placed in Pasadena. The Big Ten champion will appear in another major bowl (Fiesta, Sugar, Cotton or Chick-fil-A Peach) in years it's not at the Rose.
-The Big Ten will make at least three appearances in the Orange Bowl during the next 12-year cycle. The ACC champion will face a Big Ten team, an SEC team or Notre Dame -- the highest-ranked squad of the three -- in years where it's not part of the Playoff.
-The Capital One and Outback bowls are expected to remain part of the Big Ten's rotation. Colleague Heather Dinich recently reported that the ACC could take the Big Ten's spot in the Capital One Bowl in years where the Big Ten has a team in the Orange.
-As colleague Brett McMurphy reported Monday night, the Big Ten and ACC will share tie-ins with the Gator and Music City bowls during a six-year span. So the Big Ten will make three appearances in Jacksonville and three in Nashville -- to face SEC opponents -- between 2014-19.
-Other bowls expected to remain in the Big Ten's rotation include Buffalo Wild Wings in Arizona, Heart of Dallas in Dallas and Little Caesars Pizza in Detroit.
-Likely additions to the lineup include the Pinstripe Bowl in New York and the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said Tuesday that "everybody's in favor" of the Pinstripe Bowl and "all of us are very positive about the Holiday Bowl." Another bowl that could enter the mix is Kraft Fight Hunger in San Francisco. The Big Ten would face the ACC in the Pinstripe and the Pac-12 in the Holiday, although one or both bowls could be rotations like the Gator and Music City.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/78892/big-ten-ads-like-national-bowl-lineup

 

[RodentRampage]

At the Kraft bowl, would the concessions serve macaroni and cheese? I could get into a big bowl of macaroni and cheese while I watch football. Or maybe I'm just hungry. All these food-themed bowls, Pizza, Oranges, Wings, mac and cheese...

 

[westcoastgopher11]

*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!# yes San Diego.

 

[Jike Spingleton]

*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!# yes San Diego.

Now we just need to do something we've never managed to do in the past: get in the Big Ten's #4 bowl.

Since we always end up in the #6 bowl, I'm interested to see what that will be in the next rotation. As of now, it looks like we could get back to our old stomping grounds in Nashville:

#1 - Rose/Playoff
#2 - Capital One/Orange (3 times in 12 years)
#3 - Outback
#4 - Holiday
#5 - BWW/Gator?
#6 - Gator/Music City (3 times each in 6 years)
#7 - Pinstripe
#8 - Heart of Dallas
#9 - Little Caesars
#10 - conditional Kraft Hunger (share with ACC)?

 

[BamBam]

so much for strengthening that non-conference schedule. They are going to need a lot of bowl eligible teams.

Now we just need to do something we've never managed to do in the past: get in the Big Ten's #4 bowl.

Since we always end up in the #6 bowl, I'm interested to see what that will be in the next rotation. As of now, it looks like we could get back to our old stomping grounds in Nashville:

#1 - Rose/Playoff
#2 - Capital One/Orange (3 times in 12 years)
#3 - Outback
#4 - Holiday
#5 - BWW/Gator?
#6 - Gator/Music City (3 times each in 6 years)
#7 - Pinstripe
#8 - Heart of Dallas
#9 - Little Caesars
#10 - conditional Kraft Hunger (share with ACC)?

 

[Iceland12]

so much for strengthening that non-conference schedule. They are going to need a lot of bowl eligible teams.

They'll be 14 teams. 10 of them will have to get 6 wins to fill those slots so yeah, you're right that might be tough. Not filling your Bowl Game spots seems to happen almost every year lately doesn't it? Conference expansions will probably men it will get worse.

People shouldn't be too upset about that one "toss-up" game a year in the Non-Conference. It's exciting to go to ANY Bowl for die-hard fans, but if you can only win 2 of 8 or 3 of 9 Conference games you shouldn't be entitled to go Bowling anyway should you?

 

[Buttcheeks McGaffigan]

The ACC champion will face a Big Ten team, an SEC team or Notre Dame -- the highest-ranked squad of the three -- in years where it's not part of the Playoff.

So the SEC will be playing in the Orange Bowl on a frequent basis?

 

[ChicagoGopher]

Don't like the tie in to the "Pinstripe" bowl. No interest in sitting outside watching football in Yankee Stadium in December. NYC is fine around the holidays and I get the lure of that aspect of it but I want a warm weather place for a bowl game.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Don't like the tie in to the "Pinstripe" bowl. No interest in sitting outside watching football in Yankee Stadium in December. NYC is fine around the holidays and I get the lure of that aspect of it but I want a warm weather place for a bowl game.

Football games in baseball stadiums is stupid anyways.

 

[Gopherprof]

Loosks like the BBW game is no longer a tie-in.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/5/15/4334358/buffalo-wild-wings-bowl-big-12-pac-12

 

[Ron Johnson Super Fan]

Loosks like the BBW game is no longer a tie-in.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/5/15/4334358/buffalo-wild-wings-bowl-big-12-pac-12

I'm assuming you meant "BWW." A BBW bowl would be pretty interesting.

 

[Rescooter]

I'm assuming you meant "BWW." A BBW bowl would be pretty interesting.

The dance-line would be EPIC!

 

[Ogee Ogilthorpe]

I'm assuming you meant "BWW." A BBW bowl would be pretty interesting.

Sir Mix-A-Lot gives that two very big thumbs up.

As do I.