Why does the Big Ten affiliate with bowl games located in cold weather markets (even if some of the games are indoors)? There will be 42 bowl games this season and the vast majority will be in warm weather locations. Only 6 of the games will be located in cold-weather locations (New York, Detroit, Boston, Annapolis, Boise, Indianapolis), yet the Big Ten is affiliated with 2 of them. In a normal year there are only 5 cold-weather location games (national championship is in Indianapolis this season), so the Big Ten normally affiliates with 40% of them. There are so many great bowl locations the Big Ten should pursue for affiliation to replace New York and Detroit (Bahamas, Boca Raton, New Orleans, etc).
Cold Weather Location Bowls...Why?
- Thread starter Boilermade
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maybe they figure the conference is gullible, afterall they let Rutgers in.
I disagree. The Big Ten should be playing SEC teams in cities like Green Bay and Chicago. The southern teams almost always have the home field and weather advantage for bowl games.
Thought about that but we typically suck against northern teams. An LSU or Florida would probably suck worse.
