College Football Playoff / BCS Game

[CTroyMathis]

Bowl Championship Series agrees to add fifth game
Feb. 29, 2004
SportsLine.com wire reports

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- The Bowl Championship Series agreed to add a fifth game Sunday, increasing access for schools not part of college football's most lucrative postseason system.

The champions of the six BCS conferences -- the Big East, ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-10 -- will maintain automatic berths in one of the five games. The remaining four spots will be at-large berths to be decided by a complex formula using national rankings.

The fifth bowl is still subject to final approval based on market viability, but all indications point to it being in place when the new BCS contract takes affect before the 2006 season.

"This agreement is a significant victory for college sports and higher education," NCAA president Myles Brand said.

The current BCS bowls are the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange. One of those bowls pits the top two teams in the BCS standings in a championship game, which will be the Orange Bowl next season. The Rose, Fiesta and Sugar host the other games.

Oregon president Dave Frohnmayer, a member of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, said the fifth bowl would join in the title game rotation. He also said the Rose Bowl would retain its long-standing ties to the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions during years in which it does not host the title game. The other bowls also would have the chance to protect conference ties.

Frohnmayer said existing bowls probably will get the first shot at becoming the fifth BCS bowl. Cities expected to show immediate interest include Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Jacksonville, Orlando and San Diego.

"We are envisioning a bowl of equal stature in terms of its command of television audiences and its desirability from a standpoint of teams," Frohnmayer said. "Whether that would come from the volunteering of an existing bowl system and its own structure or the creation of a new bowl, that's something we simply can't determine at this point."

Smaller schools complain that the BCS makes it impossible for them to win the national championship and puts them at a financial and recruiting disadvantage.

The BCS Presidential Oversight Committee and the Coalition for Athletics Reform, which has been fighting to change the current system, agreed to the changes after a six-hour meeting Sunday. It was third meeting in nine months of wrangling.

Tulane president Scott Cowen, the leader of the Coalition for Athletics Reform, said they agreed on access rules for non-BCS schools but refused to give details until after the new rules are presented to the conferences.

He said that using the new system, a non-BCS school would have played in a BCS bowl in four of the last six seasons. He declined to say which teams or which seasons.

"It's a significant improvement from where we are right now," Cowen said.

The committee and the BCS conceded that the new changes do not guarantee that a team from a non-BCS conference will play in one of the BCS bowls.

The BCS bowls generate more than $110 million a year for the big conferences. The BCS gives about $6 million a year to smaller conferences. Frohnmayer said those figures should increase under the new format.

"It's our hope that the interest in the series will be heightened by the availability of one more game," he said. "It's our hope that this whole new system will generate more revenue."

Since ABC owns the current television rights to BCS games, Frohnmayer said the network would get a chance to negotiate a new contract under the five-bowl format.

Negotiations with the bowls and TV networks begin soon, starting almost immediately with next year's Rose Bowl, putting some sense of urgency to the talks.

"Today is a very good day for college athletics," Cowen said. "This has been a difficult and contentious issue to deal with for the last nine months."

[gc]

I think the Capital One Bowl is unofficially leading so far....but who knows

[tamtagon]

My fingers are crossed, maybe if we all hold hands and wish.

It's hard to remain optomistic considering the condition of the Cotton Bowl. Shrugging shoulders is a reflex at the municipal promise which is bound follow.

[tamtagon]

Anyone notice futher developments regarding a fifth BCS Bowl game?


"We are envisioning a bowl of equal stature in terms of its command of television audiences and its desirability from a standpoint of teams," Frohnmayer said. "Whether that would come from the volunteering of an existing bowl system and its own structure or the creation of a new bowl, that's something we simply can't determine at this point."

The Cowboys should be all over this - much easier to get public funding if such a high profile game is added to the roster every year. The city/county should be all over this - regardless of location, Dallas County voters are going to approve public funding of the stadium, gimme a break - Cowboys fans will register to vote just to support a new stadium.

[tamtagon]

I found this:


Sport Briefs: Cotton Bowl eyes BCS spot
Saturday, March 13, 2004

From local and wire dispatches

The 68-year-old Cotton Bowl wants to become the fifth game in the Bowl Championship Series championship-game rotation, joining the Sugar, Orange, Rose and Fiesta. The BCS announced March 1 that it plans to add the fifth game for the 2006 season.

The Cotton Bowl's chances might hinge on whether the city and the Dallas Cowboys build a retractable-roof stadium to deal with Dallas' unpredictable January weather.

John Scovell, chairman of the Cotton Bowl stadium committee, said yesterday that Dallas County commissioners must place a referendum on public financing for the stadium on the November ballot because the BCS bid proposals are due in January.

"We have to get something done by the end of this year or our window of opportunity closes," Scovell said. "If we don't have the vote, we're wasting our time."

Should the attempt to lure the Cowboys to Fair Park fail, Scovell said the Cotton Bowl would survive.

"Just as we recovered from a setback 10 years ago, this is a resilient organization," he said. "I'm not worried about the Cotton Bowl going away. It's just a question of trying to go to another level."

[Lakewooder]

BCS officials won't speculate on Sugar Bowl

04:20 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 31, 2005

By BRIAN DAVIS / The Dallas Morning News

Bowl Championship Series coordinator Kevin Weiberg spoke with Nokia Sugar Bowl president Mark Romig on Wednesday. But no decision was made about whether the Sugar Bowl would be played at the Louisiana Superdome this January, BCS spokesman Bob Burda said.

"At this point, it's just too early to speculate," Burda said.

Romig said he hoped to have a conference call with the Sugar Bowl board of directors in the coming weeks. At that time, they would be better suited to comprehend the damage to the city and stadium.

The Sugar Bowl's roots can be traced back to 1934 when the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association founded the game as a way to stimulate tourism. The game moved into the Superdome in 1975.

According to the bowl's web site, the game and various related events have a $175-million impact on the city's economy.

[CTroyMathis]

By the way, it looks like Tulane football is setting up 'home' in Dallas (@SMU) for some time to come according to DMN.

Straight from Tulane's website, w/o mention of football:


August 30, 6:15 p.m.

Special Information for Students Evacuated to Jackson and Their Parents:

The approximately 400 students that Tulane University evacuated to Jackson State University are safe and secure after the remnants of Hurricane Katrina struck the city of Jackson.

Jackson State has committed to sheltering and feeding all of the evacuated Tulane students for as long as necessary. The students are in very safe quarters and are accompanied by senior officers of the university.

The situation in the city of Jackson is that there is a power outage and Internet service is erratic. The airport is closed but is expected to reopen within 24-48 hours and other modes of transportation will also resume in that timeframe. Once those services are operational we are recommending that all Tulane students at Jackson State make plans to return home until the university can resume normal operations.

Tulane has arranged bus service to Dallas and Atlanta so that students can make travel arrangements from other cities if they choose. The buses will depart Jackson, MS at 8 p.m. CST tonight. Students sent to Atlanta will be hosted by Georgia Tech; students sent to Dallas will be hosted by Southern Methodist University.

[rantanamo]

According to the bowl's web site, the game and various related events have a $175-million impact on the city's economy.

Dallas shouldn't be doming the Cotton Bowl to gain that 5th BCS birth? Of course I wouldn't expect that kind of impact in Dallas because of the NOLA coolness factor, but even half or a fourth of that would be awesome.

[JBB]

Finally, SMU will have a real football team.

[big-tex]

Finally, SMU will have a real football team.

lol

When is the BCS expected to pick could Cowboys Park in Arlington be a contender?

If the Sugar Bowl isn't played in NO I would think Reliant would have a pretty good shot at getting it for a year. I believe the bowl in Houston is one of the earlier ones datewise.

[tamtagon]

I found this:
Sport Briefs: Cotton Bowl eyes BCS spot
Saturday, March 13, 2004

From local and wire dispatches

The 68-year-old Cotton Bowl wants to become the fifth game in the Bowl Championship Series championship-game rotation, joining the Sugar, Orange, Rose and Fiesta. The BCS announced March 1 that it plans to add the fifth game for the 2006 season.
....
"Just as we recovered from a setback 10 years ago, this is a resilient organization," he said. "I'm not worried about the Cotton Bowl going away. It's just a question of trying to go to another level."


So I guess all the plans and positions of confidence from 2004 were mostly media posturing. There's no additional BCS game, and publicists for the Cowboys stadium in Arlington have been foreshadowing relocation for the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Considering that the new Cowboys Stadium probably will be one of the best venues, I'm curious if John Scovell, chairman and/or the Cotton Bowl stadium committee have a "confidential & BCS eyes only" working plan for futher upgrades to the Fair Park venue.

[tamtagon]

So, it's looking like Cowboys Stadium has a good chance to be among the hosts of college football's new playoff set up. Good.

[tamtagon]

mostly refreshing what's already been stated:

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/arlington/headlines/20120714-cowboys-stadium-hopes-to-bid-for-super-bowl-new-college-football-championship.ece


Cowboys Stadium hopes to bid for Super Bowl, new college football championship

By JEFF MOSIER
14 July 2012

...“We’re definitely going to bid,” said Rick Baker, Cotton Bowl president and CEO. “We’re going to do everything we can to play at the highest level.” But until more details are finalized by the Bowl Championship Series, there are limits to what Cotton Bowl officials can do ... Bill Hancock, executive director of the BCS, said the contracts with the Rose, Orange, Fiesta and Sugar bowls give them first negotiating rights for a playoff rotation. In national media reports, the Cotton Bowl has been mentioned as a favorite for one of the other two slots.

...Bill Hancock, executive director of the BCS, said the contracts with the Rose, Orange, Fiesta and Sugar bowls give them first negotiating rights for a playoff rotation. In national media reports, the Cotton Bowl has been mentioned as a favorite for one of the other two slots ... Hancock said he expects bid specifications for the playoffs and championship to be finished and available this fall.

...Cotton Bowl officials also are waiting on bid specifications for the newly announced Champions Bowl, which would feature the best available teams from Big 12 and Southeastern Conference.

[tamtagon]

Some pretty big news here:

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/01/cotton_bowl_will_get_college_f.php


By Eric Nicholson Mon., Jan. 7 2013

ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported the news today, saying that the Cotton Bowl Classic is the "prohibitive favorite" to host the national title game on January 12, 2015.

... college football's playoffs for the next dozen years ... six sites expected to rotate as hosts for the semifinals, the Cotton Bowl Classic reportedly among them.

I totally missed this one. Las Colinas will probably get picked for this office just because it's so airport convenient, but it would be pretty sweet to have the small but high profile operation in the downtown area. Probably, a whole bunch of influential college football types will visit the office during the year, and downtown Dallas certainly has the most extra-curricular activities to offer.....

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/college-football-playoff-executives-pick-dallas-as-headquarters-for-bcs-successor.html/


By Chuck Carlton
December 18, 2012

The administration for the BCS successor will be headquartered in the Dallas metropolitan area, BCS executive director Bill Hancock confirmed Tuesday ... The organization hopes to find a location convenient to both D/FW International Airport and Love Field, Hancock said.

And, really, since volume control parameters on Love Field change in 2014, the downtown Dallas area might be more convenient.

[mjblazin]

Surprisingly few of the BCS heavyweights are near very large cities. That means connections and DFW US Air/American will likely be better fit. I thought the number of flights at Love would not change very much. The flights could just fly further. Airlines will not waste those flights on smaller airports. Besides, being a manager or exec at BCS seems like a second career thing. They come up from the conferences. Not many 29 year olds with no children looking for the urban experience.

[profbarium]

According to this DMN blog post (http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/03/sources-cowboys-stadium-an-overwhelming-favorite-has-just-one-rival-bid-to-host-first-major-college-playoff-championship-game.html/), the 2015 BCS championship game at JerryWorld is practically a fait accompli:


College football officials have pointed to Cowboys Stadium as an overwhelming favorite to host the first title game for months. One source indicated those previous predictions “will prove be accurate.”

Translation: it would be a huge upset if the title game isn’t in Arlington

[tamtagon]

Dude, Sweet

Hopefully, Dallas has a proposal ready for Fair Park, AAC and The Convention Center to host most of extracurricular programming. Properly concentrating the most of the pregame activities in one place, Downtown Dallas, will erase the spread out dud of a Superbowl.

[tamtagon]

According to this DMN blog post (http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/03/sources-cowboys-stadium-an-overwhelming-favorite-has-just-one-rival-bid-to-host-first-major-college-playoff-championship-game.html/), the 2015 BCS championship game at JerryWorld is practically a fait accompli:

Saying the same thing, simply saying it hours before the actual announcement:


http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/despite-tampas-surge-cowboys-stadium-likely-to-nab-2014-national-title-game-on-wednesday.html/

Sources: Cowboys Stadium to land 2014 college football national title game on Wednesday
By Chuck Carlton
10:50 pm on April 23, 2013

...Cowboys Stadium has planned years for this moment, forming a non-profit entity in late 2011 with the Cowboys and Cotton Bowl Classic to bring the title game to Arlington....

I'm more interested in how the non-profit entity plans to organize the weekend events before the game. Cowboys Stadium is a formidable venue during any decision making process about where to play these big games and just about the only reason North Texas has been selected as a host, but the fan experience surrounding this NCAA football game must improve. In good winter weather, the Metroplex is fantastic, in bad weather it's better than most, in an ice storm the place sucks. But in all weather conditions, people have to leave town feeling good about the where they spent the night.

For the good of the region's tourist industry, almost all the events must be concentrated in the exhibition space at Fair Park and the Dallas Convention Center (perhaps a successful venue coop will convince whoever to reposition the ConvCtr light rail station).

[tamtagon]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-college-football-playoff-203225831--ncaaf.html


Cowboys Stadium gets 1st playoff championship game
By RALPH D. RUSSO (AP College Football Writer

...''The stadium itself was the biggest determiner,'' BCS executive director Bill Hancock said.... In the years those games do not host a national semifinal, they will stage a major, BCS-type bowl game played on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.

Nice to have the Cotton Bowl back on top. Even in the years when the playoffs are somewhere else, the Cotton Bowl will host a big game.

If the pre-game events are structured to properly, the region's appeal as a pleasure destination will improve.

[mjblazin]

The Cotton Bowl stadium will not host anything connected with this program. Cowboys Stadium will host a Cotton Bowl game and then could add either a semi or a final game in the championship series. Since, barring an alien attack on the SE US or Ohio/Michigan, none of my alma maters will never appear in them, I wish the people of Arlington good luck in being hosts. I m glad it is they and not we.

These presidential security requirements, away from the SMU, are just an example of the hassles on people in proximity to these events. Somehow, probably for security, no one got out the word of the extensive lockdowns around the Omni or the impact on the Tollway. If you live south of downtown, it is a problem. I understand these hassles are part of big events. That is why I would prefer we keep the big events to a minimum when they affect my 'hood and me. Arlington can have them.

[NThomas]

The Cotton Bowl stadium will not host anything connected with this program. Cowboys Stadium will host a Cotton Bowl game and then could add either a semi or a final game in the championship series. Since, barring an alien attack on the SE US or Ohio/Michigan, none of my alma maters will never appear in them, I wish the people of Arlington good luck in being hosts. I m glad it is they and not we.

These presidential security requirements, away from the SMU, are just an example of the hassles on people in proximity to these events. Somehow, probably for security, no one got out the word of the extensive lockdowns around the Omni or the impact on the Tollway. If you live south of downtown, it is a problem. I understand these hassles are part of big events. That is why I would prefer we keep the big events to a minimum when they affect my 'hood and me. Arlington can have them.

tamtagon is referring to the "Cotton Bowl Classic" bowl game held at Cowboys Stadium since the 2011 game, not the "Cotton Bowl" stadium in Fair Park.

[rantanamo]

The Cotton Bowl stadium will not host anything connected with this program. Cowboys Stadium will host a Cotton Bowl game and then could add either a semi or a final game in the championship series. Since, barring an alien attack on the SE US or Ohio/Michigan, none of my alma maters will never appear in them, I wish the people of Arlington good luck in being hosts. I m glad it is they and not we.

These presidential security requirements, away from the SMU, are just an example of the hassles on people in proximity to these events. Somehow, probably for security, no one got out the word of the extensive lockdowns around the Omni or the impact on the Tollway. If you live south of downtown, it is a problem. I understand these hassles are part of big events. That is why I would prefer we keep the big events to a minimum when they affect my 'hood and me. Arlington can have them.

you're trying too hard. Cotton Classic, no one is mentioning the stadium.

[profbarium]

From the DBJ College Football Playoff selects Irving for new HQ (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2013/05/14/college-football-playoff-selects.html):


The College Football Playoff leased 6,769 square feet of office space at The Summit at Las Colinas at 545 E. John Carpenter Frwy. in Las Colinas.

The four-team College Football Playoff begins with the 2014-15 season, debuting with the Jan. 1, 2015 semifinals at the Rose and Sugar bowls. The organization is expected to crown its first national champion — one of four NCAA Division I college football teams vying for the title — on Jan. 12, 2015 at Cowboys Stadium.

[F4shionablecHa0s]

The Cotton Bowl stadium will not host anything connected with this program. Cowboys Stadium will host a Cotton Bowl game and then could add either a semi or a final game in the championship series. Since, barring an alien attack on the SE US or Ohio/Michigan, none of my alma maters will never appear in them, I wish the people of Arlington good luck in being hosts. I m glad it is they and not we.

These presidential security requirements, away from the SMU, are just an example of the hassles on people in proximity to these events. Somehow, probably for security, no one got out the word of the extensive lockdowns around the Omni or the impact on the Tollway. If you live south of downtown, it is a problem. I understand these hassles are part of big events. That is why I would prefer we keep the big events to a minimum when they affect my 'hood and me. Arlington can have them.
I guess you not being inconvenienced is the important thing here.

[mjblazin]

Compared to people not living in downtown area yet opining on all the disruptive things we need to jam in there, yes it is. I get the part about diverse groups RESIDING together. I get the part about dealing with changes in residential building type and height. The other stuff as in intentionally creating large disruptions can go to places like that humongous open area in Arlington. If people are that enthusiastic about having 90-100k people drop in for an evening in your neighborhood, go for it.