05-07-2014, 10:12 PM
05-08-2014, 05:43 AM
Remember the Alamo....
05-08-2014, 04:03 PM
Interesting. Both the Alamo and Taxslayer (fka Gator) have now moved to January 2. With the Alamo featuring the B12 runnerup vs. the P12 runnerup, and claiming the 6:45 pm ET time slot, it seems pretty likely that the Taxslayer will be a late afternoon start or possibly be moved to ESPN2.
05-08-2014, 04:17 PM
(05-08-2014 04:03 PM)orangefan Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting. Both the Alamo and Taxslayer (fka Gator) have now moved to January 2. With the Alamo featuring the B12 runnerup vs. the P12 runnerup, and claiming the 6:45 pm ET time slot, it seems pretty likely that the Taxslayer will be a late afternoon start or possibly be moved to ESPN2.Do these bowls really get that much more money by being the TaxSlayer bowl instead of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl?
05-09-2014, 03:27 AM
The B12 has set up a nice configuration of football bowl games. "Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said "We have maintained a strong postseason presence in Texas, added a Florida destination, continued our exposure in the West, and added a driveable destination.""
Big 12 Football Bowl Agreements
Big 12 Football Bowl Agreements
05-09-2014, 07:29 AM
The no opposing Network is very interesting. Does ESPN still have the Taxslayer Bowl? 6:45 EST seems like an odd time. You would think they would have tried for to have the Jacksonville Game at 5PM EST and the Alamo 8:30 EST. But like the bowl tie-ins, I doubt anything it truly set in stone.
05-09-2014, 08:12 AM
(05-09-2014 07:29 AM)msm96wolf Wrote: [ -> ]The no opposing Network is very interesting. Does ESPN still have the Taxslayer Bowl? 6:45 EST seems like an odd time. You would think they would have tried for to have the Jacksonville Game at 5PM EST and the Alamo 8:30 EST. But like the bowl tie-ins, I doubt anything it truly set in stone.
The 6:45 EST start time makes me think ESPN could be aiming for a quadruple-header (!!!) on 2-January. Something like this:
12:00 Gator or some other Bowl (e.g., Belk, Independence, Liberty)
3:30 As above
6:45 Alamo
10:00 Insight
The Liberty Bowl had a 2-January date the last time the 2nd fell on a Friday (2009), so I would lean to that as your "other" bowl.
05-09-2014, 10:39 AM
Sounds logical.