Report: New Orleans/Sugar bowl to host Champions Bowl

[BigJCy]

@McMurphyESPN:
Sugar Bowl is site of new Champions bowl game b/w SEC & Big 12, sources told @ESPN

Leagues will receive $80M, same as Rose Bowl payout RT @mchclark: @McMurphyESPN @espn any $ info

[MNCyGuy]

@McMurphyESPN:
Sugar Bowl is site of new Champions bowl game b/w SEC & Big 12, sources told @ESPN

Leagues will receive $80M, same as Rose Bowl payout RT @mchclark: @McMurphyESPN @espn any $ info

So, is this still a separate game from the Sugar Bowl, or has the Sugar Bowl officially become a Big 12/SEC tie-in game?

[alarson]

So how does this work with the existing bowl picks?

Playoff
Champions
Cotton
etc?

Does one of the existing tie ins go away?

[BigJCy]

So, is this still a separate game from the Sugar Bowl, or has the Sugar Bowl officially become a Big 12/SEC tie-in game?

Per McMurphy:
Sugar Bowl name will stay; Champions bowl was "placeholder" RT @LongUteDong: @McMurphyESPN Will "sugar bowl" survive or just change name?

[alarson]

So the question is, is how does this affect any other bowls the big 12 is tied with. Fiesta, Cotton, all the way down.

[MNCyGuy]

Per McMurphy:
Sugar Bowl name will stay; Champions bowl was "placeholder" RT @LongUteDong: @McMurphyESPN Will "sugar bowl" survive or just change name?

Cool that makes sense. It will be interesting to see how the bowl landscape continues to evolve in a post-BCS world. The Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl are basically set, now it will be interesting to see how the other big games react (Orange, Fiesta, Cotton)

[isuchicago]

I love this. Getting to see #1 big 12 team against the #2 SEC team(since they seem to basically get an automatic bid to the NC game) will bring some exciting match ups.

[MNCyGuy]

Also, wasn't the "Champions Bowl" pegged as part of the rotating 6 bowls associated with the playoff? How does it becoming the new Sugar Bowl affect that?

[CyclonesForever]

So am I correct on my math here?
$20 million for Tier 1/2. We keep Tier 3 and sell them to whoever. Then the Big 12 gets half so $40 million which mean Iowa State gets an additional $4 million from this game putting us up to $24 million/year while keeping Tier 3?

[BigJCy]

Here is the article about it with a few more details: New Orleans chosen as site for Champions bowl game - ESPN

[chuckd4735]

So the question is, is how does this affect any other bowls the big 12 is tied with. Fiesta, Cotton, all the way down.

I would imagine the Sugar will just swap with the Fiesta, and the Fiesta will no longer have any conference-tie ins. Cotton will still be 2nd.

[chuckd4735]

So am I correct on my math here?
$20 million for Tier 1/2. We keep Tier 3 and sell them to whoever. Then the Big 12 gets half so $40 million which mean Iowa State gets an additional $4 million from this game putting us up to $24 million/year while keeping Tier 3?

Plus another probably $3-$4 Million per school from all the other bowl games. Also, I doubt that's $80 million per year.

[MNCyGuy]

The Fiesta Bowl is really getting screwed in this whole deal.
-You have to figure the playoff is likely to take the SEC #1, Big 12#1, Pac-12 #1, Big Ten #1/ACC #1/Notre Dame.
-Rose Bowl will take Pac-12 #2 and Big Ten #1/#2.
-Sugar Bowl will take Big 12 #2 and SEC #2.
-Orange Bowl will take ACC #1/Notre Dame, maybe even the ACC #2 in a weird year where Notre Dame is awful and the ACC is up.
-The Big 12 #3 is probably going to the Cotton Bowl.
-I would assume playing the ACC team or Notre Dame is more attractive to the #2 Big Ten Team or #3 SEC team.

So who is left for the Fiesta Bowl now? That game's prestige is really going to suffer now.

[aauummm]

Plus another probably $3-$4 Million per school from all the other bowl games. Also, I doubt that's $80 million per year.

Looks like it is $80 million per year:

"ESPN will pay $80 million a year for the Sugar Bowl, sources said. That's the same amount ESPN will pay annually for the Rose Bowl. The Orange Bowl is expected to be worth $55 million, sources said."

Sugar Bowl in New Orleans to be site of new Champions Bowl: sources - ESPN

[ISUAgronomist]

The Fiesta Bowl is really getting screwed in this whole deal.

That happens when you have internal scandals IMO.