Big 12 fans like heading to the desert in the winter and with teams such as Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska, the league often provides the bowl one of college football's signature programs. The ties between to the two are also relatively new, but both have benefited from the relationship. Then there is the Big 12 and the Fiesta Bowl. Would the ACC want to send its champion to Texas? The Atlantic Coast Conference's relationship with the Orange Bowl is relatively new, but it works well geographically. The Southeastern Conference has had a long relationship with the Sugar Bowl.
The Big Ten and Pac-10 have made it clear that they believe whatever is in the best interest of the Rose Bowl is in their best interest. While a decision to work a fifth site into the BCS or possibly replace one with the Cotton Bowl would ultimately be the hands of the conference commissioners, the bowls are not without influence. The Cotton Bowl's new home in Arlington, Texas, has already landed some of the biggest sporting events out there: the NCAA men's basketball tournament and the Super Bowl.īut getting into the BCS might be tougher.ĭouble-hosting is hard work, but the bowls have proved capable of pulling it off. Instead, bowl officials from the Sugar, Rose, Orange and Fiesta, wanting to ensure they would host the lucrative championship game once every four years instead of once every five, came up with the idea of double-hosting.
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With the BCS about to start a new television contract with ESPN next season, the soonest a change to the lineup could happen would be the 2014 season.īut when the time comes for the conference commissioners to open discussions about the future sites of the BCS, it would be shocking if the Cotton Bowl did not make a push to be included - again.īaker and his team made a pitch to become a BCS bowl earlier in the decade, when Bowl Championship Series officials determined it wanted to expand from four games to five. "We want to participate at the highest possible level that we are allowed to participate in college football."īaker shies away from talking directly about the Cotton Bowl making a bid to become a BCS game down the line. "We are very proud of our game and are very excited about our new home," Cotton Bowl president Rick Baker said during the season. The Cotton Bowl, once one of the jewels of college football's postseason, is ready to rise again. Not only will the game now be played in Jerry Jones' palatial new home for his NFL team but Cotton Bowl officials also have offices in the stadium. The Cotton Bowl Classic ditched the antiquated Cotton Bowl Stadium after last season, which saw the Rebels take down heralded Texas Tech 47-34. 2 when Ole Miss plays Oklahoma State at the $1.2 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium. RUSSO, AP College Football WriterĪ new era for the Cotton Bowl begins Jan. Originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chandler and his wife, Joni, have four children, Katie, five, Jack, four, Sarah, two, and Matthew, newborn.By RALPH D. Chandler's honors include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal and the Joint Service Achievement Medal. Prior to his assignment at Nellis AFB, he was a student at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. We're very proud of what Mike has accomplished."Ī command pilot, Chandler has logged more than 3,400 hours as an Air Force pilot, with more than 3,000 hours in the A/OA-10, F-15C/D and the F-16C/D. Mike was a great football player and leader and he's doing the same thing now in the Air Force. "I don't know of a better example of the kind of young people who have gone through this program to become outstanding officers. "Mike Chandler is a tremendous person," Air Force head football coach Fisher DeBerry said. A standout linebacker, Chandler was second on the team in tackles during the 1985 season with 92 while helping the Falcons to a 12-1 record and Bluebonnet bowl victory over Texas. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, "Thunderbirds." Chandler assumed his duties earlier this month and is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nev.Ĭhandler is a 1986 graduate of the Academy, where he was a three-year letterwinner on the football team. Mike Chandler has been named Commander of the U.S.
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