(01-01-2013 04:19 PM)ECMAN79 Wrote:  I may have missed something..why the pic of Coach McNeill?

anyway.....let's remember these BCS Bowls are guaranteed to bring in money because the participating schools are contracted to buy 17,500 full priced tickets from the bowls. Regardless of the teams involved. That puts the ticket risk on the schools, not the bowls. Corporate sponsorships and other packages outside of the schools are probably long sold in advance with these events as well.

So the place it may hurt the Orange Bowl when it comes to NIU is with actual butts in the seats at the stadium and out of town visitors visiting area establishments. Maybe it hurts with a TV viewing audience. We'll find out when final ratings come out. But the money from the ESPN contract is guaranteed as well. It's booked. Signed. Done. Doesn't matter how many people watch tonight.

oh yeah...and I think, according to the Death of the BCS book, the participating schools are on the hook for a certain amount of full priced hotel rooms for a contract length of time too. So it's not like the partnered hotels can be mad at the Orange Bowl for picking NIU. $$$$$$$$$ is coming to them as well! no problem!

It's all about the egos...there are plenty of Benjamins floating around. Keep in mind that UCONN and Cincinnati nearly brought the BCS crumbling down themselves just by winning the Big East...