BOWLS
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Fiesta Bowl |
Rose Bowl Game |
Sugar Bowl
Rose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football game, usually played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the
stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday the game is then played
on the following Monday. In 2002 and 2006, the Rose Bowl game was also the BCS National Championship Game. In the
BCS alignment the bowl will host the Big Ten and Pacific 10 conference champion unless they are involved in the
national championship game.
Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips (a Frito-Lay product), is a United States college football
game played annually since 1971. Originally, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium where it
remained until 2006. Previous bowl game sponsors included Sunkist and IBM's OS/2 system.
In 1999 the Fiesta Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series, and every four years (most recently in 2003) is
the designee for the national championship game. In January 2007, the game will be played at University of Phoenix
Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, along with the new stand-alone BCS National Championship Game. In the BCS alignment
the bowl will host the Big 12 Conference champion unless they are involved in the national championship game.
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area,
in the United States. The game was played at the Miami Orange Bowl from 1935 to 1995, and was moved to Dolphin Stadium
(formerly known as Pro Player Stadium) located in Miami Gardens in 1996. The corporate title sponsor has been FedEx
(formerly Federal Express) since 1989 and the official title of the game is the FedEx Orange Bowl.
From 1968, the game featured the champion of the former Big Eight Conference (whose members formed the basis of the current
Big 12 Conference). Since 1998, however, with the creation of the Bowl Championship Series system, team selection for the
Orange Bowl is now tied into the other three BCS Bowls. From 1998-2005, the game hosted the champion of either the ACC or
Big East conferences, unless they are invited to the National Championship game. Starting with the 2006 season, the Orange
Bowl will be exclusively tied with the ACC and will use the brand Home of the ACC Champion. As one of the Bowl Championship
Series (BCS) bowl games (the others being the Sugar, Fiesta, and Rose Bowls), the Orange Bowl had hosted the national
championship game once every four years under the BCS system (as it did on January 4, 2005).
Sugar Bowl
The Allstate Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football game traditionally played in New Orleans, Louisiana on New Year's
Day. The bowl is one of the original members of the Bowl Championship Series and as such is part of the BCS title game rotation
which affects the date the game is played. The Sugar Bowl last hosted the BCS championship game in 2004. Starting in 2007, the BCS
Championship game will be a stand alone event one week following the New Year's Day games. In the BCS alignment the bowl will host
the Southeastern Conference conference champion unless they are involved in the national championship game.
The payout for the 2005-2006 game was $14-17 million per participating team.
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