05-25-2006, 10:27 AM
nice read - I don't know if this was posted previously or not
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Another one of the pre-New Year's Day bowl games, the Independence Bowl, does not have any current plans change its date, according to Patrick Meehan, a spokesperson for the game. But again, if the network that televises the game wanted to change it to a date similar to the International Bowl -- expect it to happen.
"We're happy falling between Christmas and New Year's, Meehan said. "But if ESPN told us to change the date, then we would. It's pretty much what they tell us is what we go with."
So the question remains, is the International Bowl just the start of the breakup of the traditional bowl schedule that college football fans have grown accustomed to? Will we see more of these non-BCS bowls move to dates after New Years and before the BCS title game in this newly created "BCS window?"
The answer to that may just rest with the fans, whose interest translates into the ratings that might push other games to that first week of January.
http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stor...06aaf.html
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Another one of the pre-New Year's Day bowl games, the Independence Bowl, does not have any current plans change its date, according to Patrick Meehan, a spokesperson for the game. But again, if the network that televises the game wanted to change it to a date similar to the International Bowl -- expect it to happen.
"We're happy falling between Christmas and New Year's, Meehan said. "But if ESPN told us to change the date, then we would. It's pretty much what they tell us is what we go with."
So the question remains, is the International Bowl just the start of the breakup of the traditional bowl schedule that college football fans have grown accustomed to? Will we see more of these non-BCS bowls move to dates after New Years and before the BCS title game in this newly created "BCS window?"
The answer to that may just rest with the fans, whose interest translates into the ratings that might push other games to that first week of January.
http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stor...06aaf.html