12 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 3,1999 FRIDAYFocus 01 OWLING FOR, (L)ALARS mpjrange HISTORY: The Orange Bowl began Jan. 1, 1935, with Bucknell's 26-0 pasting of Miami, Fla. The game has since determined four national champions in this decade. CURRENT MATCHUP: No. 9 Michigan vs. the winner of Saturday's Alabama-Florida SEC Championship game. LAST YEAR: Florida 31, Syracuse 10 MOST RECENT MICHIGAN VISIT: 1976: No. 4 Michigan fell to No. 2 Oklahoma, 14-6, in the Big Ten's first-ever non-Rose Bowl postseason appearance. Ever since 1902, when the organizers of the Tournament of Roses decided to spice things up a but with a college football game, bowl games have been about more than just a warm place to play a football game. THE BIG TEN's BOWLS 6Citrus HISTORY: Started in 1947 as the Tangerine Bowl. The title of the game was changed to the Citrus Bowl in T981 and has been a New Year's Day fixture since 1987. CURRENT MATCHUP: No. 10 Michigan State (Big Ten No. 2) vs. Florida-Alabama loser (SEC No. 2). LAST YEAR: Michigan 45, Arkansas 31 MOST RECENT MICHIGAN VISIT: 1999, when Michigan scored three touchdowns in game's final six minutes to register a corneback victory in its first-ever matchup against Arkansas. Outback HISTORY: The bowl began in 1986 as the Hall of Fame Bowl and then assumed its current meaty sponsorship in 1996. CURRENT MATCHUP: No. 19 Purdue Ten No. 3) vs. SEC No. 3 (most likely1 16 Mississippi State). (Big No. LAST YEAR: Penn State 26, Kentucky 14. MOST RECENT MICHIGAN VISIT: 1997 - Behind an 88-yard interception return by linebacker Dwayne Rudd, Alabama beat Michigan, 17-14 The Wolverines finished the season 8-4. Alamo HISTORY: The bowl game started in 1993, and since then, has seen some pretty for- gettable games with the exception of last year's Purdue-Kansas State thriller. CURRENT MATCHUP: No. 14 Penn State (Big Ten No. 4) vs.No. 18 Texas A&M (Big 12 No. 4) LAST YEAR: Purdue 37, Kansas State 34 . MOST RECENT MICHIGAN VISIT: 1995 - As Michigan's current fifth-year seniors looked on as redshirt freshmen, the Wolverines dropped a 22-20 decision to Texas A&M. Sun ROSE Pasadena, Calif. FIEST 5 p.m.. Tempe Jan. 1 8 p.m. ABC Jan. 2 ABC No matt money 4 By Marta Brid Daily Staff Reporter It all comes back to the money. All season long, football coaches stru games, improve their record and land th one of 23 bowl games. Just one game national title, the Sugar Bowl in New Orle 4. So why are there so many different b They don't make up a tournament or play do not advance to the next round if they tain amount of prestige may come with a ry, but in the end, bowl games are ultim itable. This year, each team in the Big Ten sta at least $750,000 from Michigan's particip Orange Bowl, said Michigan Assista Director Bruce Madej. This is because the Big Ten divides al enue equally amongst the 11 schools in ence. Even teams not invited to play in a such as Ohio State, will receive the same each other team. With seven Big Ten teams playing in b this year, that's a great deal. Two of th Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and Micl Orange Bowl, are playing in one of the fo Bowl Championship Series games. "It benefits the conference and it also : student-athletes because they have the ex playing in a bowl game," said Lisa Jusc Ten's Communications director. The BCS is an organization that links c ball's six most powerful conferences, the B Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big Southeastern Conference, the Big 12 and It sponsors four bowls, which get to pick t those conferences based on a complicat known as the BCS rankings. The rankings based on eight computer rankings and t the Associated Press poll and the ESPN/ Coaches' Poll. BCS games - the Orange Bowl, the F the Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl - pay ing schools anywhere from $11 million 1 lion- Madei said. rA , Ariz. SUN El Paso,_Texas . 1 4f CITRUS Orlando, Fla. 1pC. Dec CBS 3m. ALAMO San Antonio 7:30 p.m. ESPN SUGAR ew Orleans p.m. Jan. 4 ABC OUTBACK Tampa, Fla. 11 a.m. Jan. 1 ESPN I Ma MICRON PC ORANGE Miami Miami 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Dec. 30 Jan. 1 TBS ABC el ter what size, dives bowls HISTORY: The first Sun Bowl, played Jan. 1, 1935, saw El Paso High School All-Stars beat Ranger, Tex. 25-21. The next year, the game was made into a collegiate event. It was the Hancock Bowl from 1989 until 1996. CURRENT MATCHUP: No. 13 Minnesota (Big Ten No. 5) vs. Oregon (Pac-19 No. 3). LAST YEAR: Texas Christian 28, USC 19 MOST RECENT MICHIGAN VISIT: Michigan has never been to the Sun Bowl. FUN FACTS: The Sun Bowl, along with the Orange and Sugar, is second in longevity to the Rose Bowl. flNran PC ggle to win eir team in decides the ans, on Jan. owl games? offs. Teams win. A cer- bowl victo- nately prof- ands to gain ation in the nt Athletic 1 bowl rev- the confer- bowl game, amount as bowl games hese teams, igan in the ur lucrative benefits the perience of ik, the Big ollege foot- 3ig East, the Ten, the the Pac-10. eams from ed formula order teams wo polls - USA Today iesta Bowl, participat- to $13 mil- Since the Fiesta was last year's national championship game, it paid out more than the other BCS games, but not much more. Second-tier bowls, such as the Citrus or the Outback, pay closer to $100,000 than the $1 million or so of a BCS bowl. Every year, Michigan - and the other 10 schools - get a piece of the profits of the Rose Bowl, which this year will total $1.4 million each, Juscik said. Since the Big Ten champ usually plays the Pac-10 champ, it's a sum of money that both conferences can count on year after year. Even if teams from other conferences with BCS ties play in the Rose Bowl, the Big Ten's payout is guar- anteed. For example, every four years, the Rose Bowl will host the teams ranked No. I and No. 2 in the BCS rankings. If those teams aren't in the Big Ten or the Pac-10, other BCS bowls will take the Big Ten and Pac-10 champs. The University's Athletic Department depends on those guaranteed funds, raised largely through bowl sponsors and ticket sales. The Department does not receive funds from students or the State of Michigan, and uses the revenue raised in bowl games to build and maintain facilities and provide teams with uni- forms and equipment, Madej said. It is also put towards athletic scholarship funds. But profits don't just come from the money that the bowls pay to schools, Pac-l0 Assistant Commissioner Jim Muldoon said. "Bowls are very helpful for universities in fundrais- ing," he said. Bowl games give an opportunity for fans and alum- ni to rally around their team, Muldoon said. The enthusiasm and excitement of winning a bowl game increases the donations made to the school. Other benefits, Muldoon said, are national expo- sure, which ultimately helps in recruiting, and the lengthening of the season. Teams also get to practice for a close to a month longer than teams not playing in bowl games, Muldoon said. This strengthens the team for next year. The Pac-10 conference also divides all revenue made from bowl games amongst the members of the conference. "It's one of the reasons you are in a conference, every team benefits" Muldoon said, adding that snlit- THE BCS BOWLS sug HISTORY: The Sugar Bowl has assumed national prominence since beginning in 1935, deciding eight national champions since 1972. CURRENT MATCHUP: No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Virginia Tech LAST YEAR: Ohio State 24, Texas A&M 14 MOST RECENT MICHIGAN VISIT: 1984 - the Wolverines kept Auburn's potent offense, led by Bo Jackson, out of the end zone, but lost, 9-7, thanks to three Al Del Greco field goal. Fiesta HISTORY: The Fiesta Bowl started in January 1971, and has hosted four national championship games since 1987, including Tennessee's 23-16 victory over Florida State last season. CURRENT MATCHUP: No. 6 Tennessee vs. Big 12 Champion LAST YEAR: Tennessee 23, Florida State 16 MOST RECENT MICHIGAN VISIT: 1986: The Wolverines, led by quarterback Jim Harbaugh, beat Nebraska, 27-23, for their first bowl victory since 1981. SRose 0 HISTORY: In the first bowl game ever - hence it's nickname, "The Granddaddy of Them All,"- Michigan crushes Stanford, I I I