I believe these figures are correct.. If not, someone let me know... 2.5M payout for the Cotton Bowl 2.3M payout for the Peach Bowl
But all of the bowl payouts get divided among the teams of the SEC, so the money is a wash. The only time we get the short end of the stick is when the SEC can't fill all of it's allotted bowls--which happened this year, right?
You are correct! Buddy Songy is not and neither am I for listening to him. New Orleans Bowl $750,000.00 GMAC Bowl $750,000.00 Las Vegas Bowl $800,000.00 Poinsettia Bowl $750,000.00 Ft. Worth Bowl $750,000.00 Hawaii Bowl $750,000.00 Motor City Bowl $750,000.00 Champs Sports Bowl $850,000.00 Insight.com Bowl $750,000.00 MPC Computers Bowl $750,000.00 Alamo Bowl $1,550,000.00 Emerald Bowl $750,000.00 Holiday Bowl $2,000,000.00 Music City Bowl $780,000.00 Sun Bowl $1,500,000.00 Independence Bowl $1,200,000.00 Peach Bowl $2,200,000.00 Meineke Car Care Bowl $750,000.00 Liberty Bowl $1,350,000.00 Houston Bowl $1,100,000.00 Cotton Bowl $3,000,000.00 Outback Bowl $2,750,000.00 Gator Bowl $1,600,000.00 Capitol One Bowl $5,187,000.00 Fiesta Bowl $14,000,000.00 Sugar Bowl $14,000,000.00 Orange Bowl $14,000,000.00 Rose Bowl $14,000,000.00
Looking back, prolly not the best decision, BUT had LSU won the SECCG then most here would have praised him for his pro-active stance in trying to get a New Year's Day game for his team. I too think he should have been with the team, but hindsight is 20-20.
The article stated that it was "family night," so he wouldn't have been with the team anyway, and it sounded as if it was a 4-5 hour round trip--tops. I'm not sure if I agree with the move (I mean, it didn't work), but I don't believe it took him away from the team.
Do we know for a fact that the team was aware of the trip prior to kickoff Saturday night? If they knew, then it could have influenced their psyche. If they weren't aware, I don't see where it makes much of a difference in the players minds at this point.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around, does it make a noise? Does it really matter if the players knew or not? It was a bad move on his part.
