BE MB thread discussing a couple of articles regarding future BE bowl situation at http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=367393

Article out of Mountaineer country with comments from John Marinatto regarding the BE spring meetings scheduled for later this month.Apparently they are still working on their bowl situation.Link at http://wvgazette.com/Sports/200905050933

BE MB thread discussing article regarding BE efforts to get their #2 pick into the Gator Bowl every year.Apparently the Gator is "shopping around" and won't be able to get back to the BE until later this summer.Link at http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=368695

While the BE bowl negotiations look to drag on the ACC has announced it's bowl lineup for 2009-2010.Link at http://www.thetigernet.com/view/story.do?id=7891

Article out of Mountaineer country regarding BE bowl situation prior to next week's BE Spring meetings.Link at http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/WVUSports/200905140971

Blog article discussing whether the Big East can recruit a major bowl for it's #2 selection without the help of ND.Link at http://blecherreport.com/articles/17819 ... t-football

Article out of Jaxtown with comments from BE Commish and Gator Bowl official indicating that there is an ongoing stalemate between the BE and the Gator over using the current hybrid system in the next bowl aggreement.It should be interesting to see how this shakes out.Link at http://www.jacksonville.com/sports/othe ... on_process

BE MB thread discussing above linked article discussing stalemated BE/Gator bowl talks.Link at http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=370041

He mentions that Pitt would be acceptable for the Gator and UConn would not. I find that interesting because Pitt has a horrible record of traveling. It's why many Pitt fans like myself were happy they were selected for the Sun Bowl because that bowl does not require a lot of fans to travel. I would be surprised if Pitt would sell more than 6500 tix to the Gator.

While UConn doesn't have a great record (it's travel reputation is still not known), they did sell out their allotement to the Tire Bowl IIRC (12.5k) but did poorly last year in Toronto. UL sold out its allotment and then some for their trip to the Gator. In addition, don't discount RU. While they are an unknown commodity too, I think they would do better than TTech did they year they were selected for the Gator. JMO about this.

Anyway, the bottom line though - the point about needing ND - is valid. The question is can the BE get away with only offering ND once in 4 years in addition to the 'within 1 win' rule?

Panther,thanks for the post.

Article out of Colorado regarding Big 12 bowls.Apparently they do not like the Gator/Sun hybrid either.Looks like they will go after either the Gator or Sun separately with a September finishing date,if possible.Link at http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2009/ ... d-by-bowls

BE MB thread discussing above linked article regarding Big 12/Gator bowl situation.Link at http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=370222

I can just imagine a day coming when the only Big East bowls are limited to those near the footprint, and in St. Pete. Ugly situation.

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Quinn,thanks for the post.

Article out of Mountaineer country with update from last week's BE spring meetings to include Gator Bowl tidbits.Link at http://sundaygazettemail.com/SPORTS/WVU/200905260752

Article out of San Antonio discussing Alamo Bowl attempts to line up conferences for the next set of bowl contracts.They reportedly are looking at several conferences to include the BE.Link at http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/alam ... 72307.html

Article out of Houston discussing Texas Bowl change in tv Networks and possible conference tie-ins.Although this will probably not directly affect the BE it may do so indirectly if the upcoming Texas Bowl conference tie-in announcement causes the dominoes to fall the right way.Link at http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spo ... 45906.html