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07.21.05: Cal,
AF, road trip to Memphis on Vols' 2006 slate ... Mississippi
Valley State hires former USM coach |
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07.20.05: Revamped
Big East striving to hold on to respect |
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07.19.05: Rocky
Mountain football rivalry up in the air |
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07.18.05: 'One-year
rule' presents quandary for recruiters |
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07.17.05: Williams
unaware 'graduation gifts' prohibited |
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07.16.05: Kansas
acknowledges violations under Williams |
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07.15.05: Big
12, Big East divvy up Gator, Sun Bowl spots |
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07.14.05: South
Carolina fesses up to "major" infractions ...
Player nabbed for trying to pass funny money |
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07.13.05: Football
player dies after conditioning drills |
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07.12.05: BCS
rolls out new 'human poll' to plug AP void |
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07.11.05: Arsonist
sues school for barring him from team |
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News Nuggets, 07.22.05
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Big Ten stirs the pot of
shifting bowl alliances
The Big Ten's decision to change its
postseason lineup is likely to tip several other dominoes as leagues
scramble to protect their flanks or improve their lots regarding ties to
bowl games.
The Big Ten reached a four-year deal
that adds the Insight Bowl in Tempe, AZ, and the Champs Sports Bowl in
Orlando, FL, to its list of bowl partners, starting in 2006.
The change is viewed by many observers
as an upgrade for the conference, which will drop the Sun Bowl in El Paso,
TX, and the Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN, after the upcoming season.
The Big East appears to have dropped a
notch in the postseason pecking order with with word last week that it would
have a team invited to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL, only two times
over the four-year period starting in 2006. The league has sent a team — or
its proxy in Notre Dame — to the Gator Bowl each year since 1994.
In the years when it doesn't send a
team to the Gator Bowl, the Big East or Notre Dame will fill the Sun Bowl
spot being vacated by the Big Ten. The Big East, Notre Dame and the Big 12
have reportedly negotiated an arrangement by which a Sun Bowl bid will be
alternated among them over the four-year period starting in 2006, with the
Pac-10 annually sending a team to fill the other spot.
The Music City Bowl has not announced a
future replacement for the Big Ten in its game, which this year will pit a
Big Ten team against a Southeastern Conference team. Some reports have
indicated the bowl is having discussions with the Atlantic Coast Conference
and the Big East.
The Big Ten also extended its agreement
with the Alamo, Outback and Capital One bowls for four more years. It
already had signed an eight-year extension with the Rose Bowl through 2013.
``With a heavy concentration of Big Ten
alumni in the states of Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, this bowl
lineup is a natural fit for the conference and should provide some great
matchups on the field,'' Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said earlier this
week.
The Champs Sports Bowl, scheduled for
the final week of December, will have the fourth choice of Big Ten schools
for two years and the fifth choice the other two years. The Big Ten's
opponent for the bowl has yet to be determined.
The Insight Bowl will pit the Big Ten
against the Big 12.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
other sources. Copyright 2005
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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