They usually use the Sugar, Fiesta, Orange or the Rose Bowl, to be the National Championship game. When, and why are they adding this new game. Who made the decision. It is kinda of odd, that no one really notice that this year. Also if you notice it has the Tostitos logo on it. It looks like the Tostitos Fiesta bowl.
2007-01-05 03:27:18 · 10 answers · asked by blazer 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
They added it to open up a slot for a non-BCS schools (e.g. Boise State) to have a better chance of getting a BCS berth.
2007-01-05 03:30:08 · answer #1 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the first year they went what is being called a 4 plus 1. They did not want to loose the traditions that came with the existing BCS bowls. For example, last year the Rose Bowl, as the National Championship Game, was not held between a Pac 10 and a Big 10 team. This is the standard tradition, look at it this year. So they went to a 4 + 1, the bowl locations and sponsors will continue to rotate the location of the bowl, the same as it was before. This year is held in Arizona at the same site the Fiesta bowl was held. It rotates every two years. If you have been watching the BCS games they have talking about the change and the additional money and opportunity it brings, this is why Boise State and Notre Dame were in larger bowls. Otherwise, they would have been left out.
2007-01-05 03:33:31 · answer #2 · answered by brett.brown 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a new game it was been around since the start of the bcs and has hosted the national championship before, Ohio state vs Miami was the last time. The game is shared between the bcs bowls every year and they all have a sponsor that's why the tostitos stuff all over its huge money for the sport.
2007-01-05 03:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by adamrules123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire BCS involved from when BYU won the national championship with a perfect record. However, they played only one team ranked in the Top 25. That was Michigan in the bowl game. Michigan was 7-4 and I think ranked 22. The other coaches thought that was pretty lame because they really played a super weak schedule.
2007-01-05 03:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because all tehese colleges ar making to much money with the bowls and dont want to make a playoff, really it s sad that money wins over the integrety of the game. And they added the championship game so that schools like Boise ST can make it to a BCS game if they go undefeated. Because a BCS game pays out around 20 million dollars for the schools.
2007-01-05 03:31:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tostitos is just the corporate sponsor for both events. If you go to the Tostitos BCS website it has them both listed.
2007-01-05 03:33:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all about the money. This is the best way the college presidents can come up with to make the money and not have a playoff
2007-01-05 03:30:11 · answer #7 · answered by acefra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More Bowls, More Money
2007-01-05 04:02:48 · answer #8 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the answer but I know my bf complains about the same thing and thinks that the whole BCS playoffs/ rankings etc is ridiculous
2007-01-05 03:32:02 · answer #9 · answered by mbenitez6383 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was just added this year. Before this year they just rotated it among the 4 major bowls. Why did they add the NC game? Simple, 1 more game = more $.
Hook'em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-05 03:31:31 · answer #10 · answered by Nuke Lefties 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋