Tough draw for UCF

[Charleston Pony]

I don't know what the AAC's revenue sharing plan might be, but this just doesn't make any sense to me. I thought most conferences allowed the school that actually qualified for a BCS game to keep 50% of that revenue before sharing. Anyone know what the Fiesta pays and what the AAC is allowing UCF to retain?

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... -allotment

[GiddyUp]

Bowls are dumb if the fans cant go- but mostly dumb from a financial standpoint. ESPN has you by the balls

[Charleston Pony]

can't blame the Orange and Sugar for picking "name brands" so unless they profit from it, UCF actually gets hosed in this deal...although it should certainly help their recruiting if they put on a good show against Baylor, though

[PonyKris89]

Ever heard of a road trip UCF people? Pack the car, stay with friends/relatives cheap hotel. The game is before school starts back up, right?
This is really embarrassing if a large school can't do better than this.

[PonyKris89]

Bowls are dumb if the fans cant go- but mostly dumb from a financial standpoint. ESPN has you by the balls

Yeah, I think Fiesta probably knew they had a stinker of a draw.
Too bad, I think it will be a good game.

[smusic 00]

They have over 100,000 alumni and 60,000 students. C'mon.

[SMU 86]

Since the AAC is a BCS conference this year their share will be like any other BCS school.

[HarvCrimYaleBlue]

Boo-flippin-ho. In 2009 flights from Dallas to Honolulu went from $1,000 to over $2,000 during bowl week. Suck it up and drive for the day.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

If they don't like it they should have let someone else win the conference.

[GiddyUp]

Boo-flippin-ho. In 2009 flights from Dallas to Honolulu went from $1,000 to over $2,000 during bowl week. Suck it up and drive for the day.

wow you got ripped off - lol

[GiddyUp]

Not just this game - we hear this yr after year from dozens of schools

[lwjr]

Living in Texas we have been pretty insulated from the economic down turn and recovery problems some states have had to deal with. Having said that, I do not know what the overall situation is in Florida. I'm not saying that is the reasons for slow ticket sales but just throwing it out there. Maybe someone a with a little more insight can comment about where Florida stands economically.

[mrydel]

Real estate in Florida and California usually lead the nation in sucking whenever there is a downturn.

[redpony]

IMO we had a lot more people at the hawaii bowl than they are talking about going to the fiesta bowl.
they need to suck it up and go. I am sure prices are less than to hawaii.

[stc9]

Real estate in Florida and California usually lead the nation in sucking whenever there is a downturn.

Florida was really overbuilt as well. So when the downturn hit, the supply far out paced the demand. There were a couple of years where Florida had negative growth, a first in the State's history (more people moving out of the state than in). As the nation's economy improves, FL will recover (tourism).