Primetime on ESPN exclusively vs ESPNU 11 am against 3-4 other games...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhoadhoused
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Primetime on ESPN exclusively vs ESPNU 11 am against 3-4 other games...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhoadhoused
I guess that is nice but I don't really thing that is a huge deal with such a low prestige bowl.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyclonepower
We seem to play better at night too
Exhibit A: The Humanitarian Bowl in 2002. :realmad:Quote:
Originally Posted by alarson
The big 12 really does suck in the bowl affiliation dept. One more reason to expand into the east, hopefully get a bowl in FL again or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by LindenCy
Yeah, that was especially horrible for all involved. I actually would be fine with Dallas as a destination against a very beatable team.Quote:
Originally Posted by alarson
The bowls don't really suck, the top few are pretty nice. After the Holiday bowl they suck, but that's kind of the point, right? Win more and get a better bowl?Quote:
Originally Posted by alarson
I think it would be a lot better for ISU to be on ESPN as the only football on at night time around the holidays than being one of the many 11am games that is on ESPNU...give me the Meinke bowl!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhoadhoused
Sure, but even our top bowls are a bit lower than other conference's top bowls. Fiesta is probably the least of the BCS bowls. We have or have had a million bowls in texas and not a single florida bowl, which would be nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by istater7
11am on a day everyone has off, vs friday night where many are out and about.Quote:
Originally Posted by istater7
True. Also the MCC Bowl won't kick off until 8:00pm Central time. That's fine for us but there are a lot of eyeballs on the East Coast that won't bother tuning in to a game on a Friday night that starts at 9:00pm - If it's exposure you're interested in.Quote:
Originally Posted by alarson
For a couple years the Big 12 had a tie to the Tangerine/Champ Sports bowl, but your point remains. Wasn't the Orange Bowl a Big 8 bowl? Would have been nice to keep that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by alarson
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Originally Posted by CyFan61
Agreed. I think it is a little bit overblown. Like having somebody flip past ISU playing and thinking "oh I should be an ISU fan now". TV exposure is a marathon not a sprint when it comes to lower tier football games. You get exposure two ways:Quote:
Originally Posted by alarson
1. Winning singular big games like us vs #2 OSU
2. Being on TV every single week even when playing inferior opponents.
If we wan't exposure we are going to have to go to actually relevant bowls that carry a little weight. At the point we are at I don't think it really matters.
Since the Music City Bowl is also in discussion, here are all the vitals of all three.
***Meineke Car Care Bowl: Friday, Dec. 27 @ 8:00pm on ESPN vs. Big Ten (probably Minnesota) in Houston, TX at the Houston Texans' stadium
***Music City Bowl: Monday, Dec. 31 @ 11:00am on ESPN vs. SEC (probably Vanderbilt) in Nashville, TN at the Tennessee Titans' stadium
***Heart of Dallas Bowl: Tuesday, Jan. 1 @ 11:00am on ESPNU vs. Big Ten (probably Purdue) in Dallas, TX at the old Cotton Bowl (where Texas-Oklahoma is played)
If you want Music City Bowl for ISU, you're a TCU fan next Saturday against Oklahoma. To go to the MCC Bowl would just require their execs liking us more than Baylor. HoD would be if we get two in the BCS and MCC Bowl picks BU, probably. This is all just semi-educated speculation.
Well said. I think the best exposure of a lower-tier bowl is from the ISU and Cyclone Nation playing in Texas and Florida. The more games we play in those states, the better. I'd rather play in Dallas or Houston over anything other non-major bowls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhoadhoused