(09-14-2017 03:34 PM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  

(09-14-2017 11:48 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(09-14-2017 10:56 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(09-14-2017 09:34 AM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  The last Big 12 vs Big Ten still was not that well of a turn out. I think they need to rename the bowl the Big Tex Bowl or just Dallas Bowl

The problem is that Big Ten vs. C-USA or a different G5 league would be even worse turnout. At least Big Ten vs. Big 12 has a chance at decent TV attractiveness.

January 1, 2011
Texas Tech 45 Northwestern 38 40,121

January 2, 2012
Houston 30 Penn State 14 46,817

January 1, 2013
Oklahoma State 58 Purdue 14 48,313

January 1, 2014
North Texas 36 UNLV 14 38,380

December 26, 2014
Louisiana Tech 35 Illinois 18 31,297

December 26, 2015
Washington 44 Southern Miss 31 20,229

December 27, 2016
Army 38 North Texas 31 39,117

Thanks. 48,000 people gets really small looking in the Cotton Bowl. Seems Big 12 and Houston bring the most fans.

I imagine if the game is Texas or Texas Tech vs. Nebraska or Iowa it would be a great turn out.

I wonder when bowl games are going to start going by division instead of conference. For example this game should be a Big 12 vs. Big Ten West team. Same goes for Military Bowl that should be a AAC East vs ACC.

I think bowls rightfully like the flexibility - a bowl doesn't want to lock in a Big Ten West tie-in when Michigan, Ohio State or Penn State is available. The bowls will naturally gravitate to the best fit available for them, anyway. At least for the Big Ten, it doesn't matter much (as bowls in California and Arizona are every bit as popular for Big Ten East schools as they are for Big Ten West schools and vice versa when it comes to Florida bowls). There might be a little more of a natural divide in the SEC where most East schools like Florida-based bowls over Texas-based bowls (and the SEC doesn't really