(08-12-2017 07:31 AM)DowdyPirate2 Wrote: ECU Peach Bowl, traditional New Year bowl
"TRaditional" New Year Bowl pffft. Try "Two-Time New Years Day Bowl." Doesn't sound as impressive, does it?
Quote:Way back in 1992 there were a grand total of 18 Bowl Games. The 10 minor ones were played prior to New Years Day and the Major ones were played on New Years Day. The Peach was one of those played on New Years Day.
So the Peach Bowl was minor in 1990-91, major in 1991-92, minor in 1992-93?
(08-13-2017 07:16 AM)8BitPirate Wrote: Always happy for our younger sister service to chime in but your endorsement doesn't change facts. Never said the Peach was at Rose Bowl status (and no bowl is regardless of what Tostitos would like you to believe) but it was at the time a major bowl. Don't know why some folks on this board have gotten their panties in a wad over a 1992 bowl.
IF you're saying "it's a major bowl", you're saying it's comparable to the Rose Bowl. As in, a bowl that in any given year might have the national champion playing in it.
Do you remember the time the AP National Champion played in the Peach Bowl? No you don't, because it was a minor bowl. The Fiesta Bowl became a major bowl once they dropped big money on the table to host Miami vs PEnn State, No 1 vs No 2, in 1986-87. And then hosted the national champions again in 1989.
And when the Cotton Bowl lost the SWC champion as their anchor, they weren't going to be hosting a national champion anymore either and they stopped being a major bowl.
(And BYU and the Holiday Bowl were widely mocked and derided as "B Y Who?" Partially because, even WITH a national champion, it was a minor bowl. If BYU had managed to get out of the Holiday Bowl contract, or had attracted a better opponent than 6-5 Michigan, BYU's championship would have been more respected.
Major bowls are ones that commonly have "national title implications."
The Peach Bowl was a nice bowl, but it was never a major bowl until the CFP, when it's a semifinal every 3 years.