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Bowl games mean more than fame and a vacation
Schools profit from bowl bids
By Kristl Fogler Kansan staff writer
Today, post-season college football bowling games mean more than national exposure and a trip for fans and players to some place like Florida, California or Hawaii. To many teams and conferences, it means big payoffs and more money.
Hadi estimated that the department would spend about $327,000 on air fares, about $125 a day for each hotel room and $30 per
The $750,000 that Kansas will receive for going to the Aloha Bowl may sound big, but it is not when compared to other bowls! The money might pay only for the cost to send the team, coaches, cheerleaders and band members to Honolulu, said John Hadi, assistant athletic director.
es. The Athletic Department may run into additional costs if the almost 8,000 tickets given to Kansas by the bowl's organizers are not sold. It will cost at least $482,000 to send the Jahawks to Hawaii.
The department will net at most $288,000 for Kansas' participation, according to Hadl's estimates. In fact, Kansas also will receive money from the Big Eight Conference's participation in the Orange Bowl. Each Big Eight school will get about $355,000 when the conference champion, either Nebraska or Colorado, plays in the Orange Bowl.
There is speculation that Colorado may go to the Fiesta Bowl. If Colorado does, the payoff is $3 million per team. Colorado would deduct team expenses from that amount and turn the rest over to the conference which would divide the remaining money equally among all eight teams, said Carl James, conference commissioner. Kansas would receive about $250,000.
A contract made between the conference
none of the other Big Eight schools will profit from one team going to Hawaii because of the lower payoff.
Nebraska spent about $1 million just on travel expenses for the Orange Bowl last year, said Gary Fourier, assistant athletic director for business affairs at Nebraska.
Fourraker said the Orange Bowl was one of the more expensive bowls because of its national prominence. The bigger the bowl, the more university officials and VIPs a team needs to bring, he said. For example, the entire Nebraska football band, which has about 200 members, attended the Orange Bowl, but Kansas is paying only for a smaller pep band of about 30 Marching Jayhawks.
"It's really for the players, coaches and fans," he said. "It's for the people who made this thing happen. Besides it's prestige. It's national television on Christmas Day and it helps recruiting.
The trip to Honolulu is not about money, Holl said.
Big Ten teams headline contenders for Final Four
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The Big Ten has 11 teams, the Fab Five is back at Michigan and Indiana returns four starters. Mix up those numbers, and you see a battle for the conference title between the Big Two and nine hopefuls.
Michigan and Indiana ended last season with Final Four losses to two-time NCAA champion Duke. Both have the talent for another Final Four trip, Kansas, the NCAA runner-up to Duke in 1991, also figures as a top contender for a Final Four trip from the Midwest.
Of course, Michigan coach Steve Fisher and Indiana's Bob Knight say the Big Ten race is their primary concern.
"Our fans haven't seen that trophy since the mid-1980s," said Fisher, whose Wolverines finished 25-9.
"We had better get better," he said. "We lost nine games and finished third in the Big Ten."
Says Knight, who should record his 600th overall and 500th Big Ten victories this season, "Our season breaks down to three elements. First we get ready for the conference season, then we seek the Big Ten title and then we turn to the postseason."
The Indiana coach's record is 588-210
while his Big Ten mark is 486-160.
Knight, who has guided the Hoosiers to three NCAA titles, lost to Duke 81-78 in the NCAA semifinal and finished a game behind Ohio State in the conference last season.
He has the most experienced team in the region with senior forward Calbert Cheaney starting the season fourth on Indiana's career-scoring list. The other returning starters are Damon Bailey, Greg Graham and
Alan Henderson.
Knight's major loss was Eric Anderson, who averaged 10.9 points and was the club's No. 2 rebounder at 5.1. Redshirt freshman Brian Evans, a 6-foot-8 forward, and the return of junior guard Pat Graham — redshirtd with a foot injury last season — provide more depth along with freshman guard Malcolm Sims, who averaged 27.5 points and 11 rebounds last season.
Big Ten player of the year Jim Jackson's move to the NBA with a year of college eligibility remaining turned a renovation job for Ohio State coach Randy Ayers into a major rebuilding project. Lawrence Funderburk is the only returning starter as the Buckeyes seek a third consecutive conference crown. He averaged 12.2 points and 6.2 rebounds after becoming eligible the second semester.
Ohio State finished 26-6 last season, losing to Michigan 75-71 in an NCAA regional final. Ayers' hopes for this season are boosted by the recruiting of Indiana Mr. Basketball Charles Macon, two-time Ohio Mr. Basketball Greg Simpson and 6-6 guard Derek Anderson.
Penn State isn't expected to contend for an NCAA berth in its Big Ten debut, but Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State and Purdue should be in the chase.
Elsewhere, Miami of Ohio is the favorite to repeat in the Mid-American Conference. Coach Joby Wright returns four starters from last season's 28-NCAA qualifier.
Nore Dame, meanwhile, lost four starters, from coach John Macleod's first. Fighting Irish squad, which finished 18-15 in reaching the NIT title game as it won 11 of its last 15 games.
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