a NY6 Bowl ... what are we needing to happen this week?

[Kiber]

No, No, No, No way in h$ll. It means a lot to say to recruits that we have played in a NY6 Bowl 3 out of 4 years. That recruit "could be" the one that gets us over the hump and to the playoffs.

Exactly. Playing Auburn or Florida or an SEC team in the Outback Bowl is short-term gratification. For 3-hours on January 1st it is a better game than Boise State or Virginia. But that's it. It is 3-hours of gratification.

The long-term view is that playing in ANY of the NY6 bowls is better than the Outback. Look at all of the tweets, ads, banners, marketing campaigns... put out any the university. You watch a game on TV and they'll show statistics like "Most wins by programs over last 4 years", or "NY6 Bowl Games last 4 years".

You sure as heck know that when James Franklin goes and talks to a recruit, he is very quick to say "We are one of only X number of programs that has been to 3 NY6 bowl games over the last 4 years...." ....... That is a selling point.

 

[Cosmos]

I'd agree. But no matter what the Rose (or any bowl) says, there is a 'human element" involved that includes $$$$$. Nobody alive has seen MN in a Rose Bowl. They'd have to think that given the opportunity, the MN fan base would be crazed lunatics for the Rose Bowl. .... Rose Bowl sees $$$$$. They could literally sell a pile of dog crap, if it had the Minnesota & Rose Bowl logos.

I just have a feeling that the Rose Bowl comes up with some BS reasoning to pick MN

It comes down to which fan base "travels well." They will roll over in accommodating just like a $5 hooker at a point of call.