ND # 11 in final AP poll

[ivan brunetti]

Of course you disagree with it. It suits your agenda.

The relative prestige of bowls can be roughly tracked by payout. IIRC, the Rose pays more than anyone. Then the other five New Year's Six. And then the Citrus.

From wiki: "As of 2015 at $4.25 million per team, the Citrus Bowl has the largest payout of all the non-CFP bowls."

Teams spend anywhere from $1-$2 million to attend a bowl. So going to a bowl where you aren't actually LOSING money is better/more prestigious than going to the Poulan Weed-Eater Bowl.

 

[NDSMC78]

The relative prestige of bowls can be roughly tracked by payout. IIRC, the Rose pays more than anyone. Then the other five New Year's Six. And then the Citrus.

From wiki: "As of 2015 at $4.25 million per team, the Citrus Bowl has the largest payout of all the non-CFP bowls."

Teams spend anywhere from $1-$2 million to attend a bowl. So going to a bowl where you aren't actually LOSING money is better/more prestigious than going to the Poulan Weed-Eater Bowl.

You are confusing relative prestige with relative payout. The two are not the same.

 

[Classic Irish]

The relative prestige of bowls can be roughly tracked by payout. IIRC, the Rose pays more than anyone. Then the other five New Year's Six. And then the Citrus.

From wiki: "As of 2015 at $4.25 million per team, the Citrus Bowl has the largest payout of all the non-CFP bowls."

Teams spend anywhere from $1-$2 million to attend a bowl. So going to a bowl where you aren't actually LOSING money is better/more prestigious than going to the Poulan Weed-Eater Bowl.

Why not use the age of the bowl to measure prestige? The Sun Bowl dates back to 1935, I believe. Why privilege payout as a criterion for "prestige"?

 

[ivan brunetti]

Why not use the age of the bowl to measure prestige? The Sun Bowl dates back to 1935, I believe. Why privilege payout as a criterion for "prestige"?

Age matters, but sometimes bowls go through hard times they become less prestigious. For example the Cotton has more history than the Fiesta, but during the BCS the Fiesta was certainly a more prestigious bowl. And a much higher paying bowl. The reason that the Cotton and the Fiesta are now considered more or less equal? They have the same payout.

 

[Classic Irish]

Age matters, but sometimes bowls go through hard times they become less prestigious. For example the Cotton has more history than the Fiesta, but during the BCS the Fiesta was certainly a more prestigious bowl. And a much higher paying bowl. The reason that the Cotton and the Fiesta are now considered more or less equal? They have the same payout.

I'm not sure why you conflate payout and prestige. Seems like a bizarre measure of "prestige" to me. I'd also add that locale has something to do with it. Dallas in January isn't exactly a warm locale. In fact, it can be freezing.