Thread: Bowl Payouts

Originally Posted by Haverhill I still don't get why Cyclone fans wouldn't want to be in the Big Ten. There are so many reasons to want to be in that conference. Our natural rival is in that conference, there is more money involved, and the conference has more television sets as well. No one in the Big 12 considers us a rival anyway, and they can schedule non-conference games with us in any sport if they wish to continue playing the...

Originally Posted by Sandman We can't earn more money unless we're on TV. We can't get on TV until we're more competitive. We can't be more competitive unless we earn more money. What a wonderful Catch-22. and we do this by playing mediocre teams or worse in bowl games reason I want the INDY bowl game instead of Houston. I believe in getting the team to move up not flatline

Under the expense formula, we would actually be paid slightly more from the conference going to houston, since the distance is slightly farther. (our expenses might be slightly higher as well, but interesting to note)

Originally Posted by Cybyassociation What about the BigTen Network? Pretty sweet deal IMO That too ... I forgot about that. Thx. -keep

I still don't get why Cyclone fans wouldn't want to be in the Big Ten. There are so many reasons to want to be in that conference. Our natural rival is in that conference, there is more money involved, and the conference has more television sets as well. No one in the Big 12 considers us a rival anyway, and they can schedule non-conference games with us in any sport if they wish to continue playing the Cyclones. A lot of the reason...

In case anybody was curious, I found this list of estimated payouts for this year's bowl games. 2009 College Football Bowl Schedule: 2009-2010 NCAA Football Bowl TV & Game Schedule & Payouts

You wonder why schools like OSU, Texas, UF, USC, Mich. and OU have such great programs and tradition. 17 million for a BCS bowl...wow It would be great if ISU could get to the Alamo bowl...2.2million.

If there were 8 teams bowl eligible in the Big XII then we would go to the Texas Bowl - correct?

Originally Posted by keepngoal Mich/OSU split it up evenly with another 10 schools.... TX/OU hands out a few pebbles to the other schools in the B12, but they get the lions share... The above is the only thing I like about the Big1 .... What about the BigTen Network? Pretty sweet deal IMO

Originally Posted by cygrads If there were 8 teams bowl eligible in the Big XII then we would go to the Texas Bowl - correct? Not necessarily. It depends who the bowl representatives want.