Cotton Bowl moves to new Cowboys stadium...
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It will be a smart move.........imo
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trickblue;1393624 said:
This past year the bowl system did have a twist, you had the TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL and then a week later the BCS championship bowl game held at the same venue. I assume the championship game will be moved around but unlike past season this was a bowl game in and of itself.
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That's like going from driving a yugo to a top of the line ferrari. 
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Doomsday101;1393634 said:
This is the current system, where all 4 of the bowls will still be played, but the championship game will rotate between those 4 sites. Basically the BCS figured out how to add another game to their revenue stream.
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c0wb0y_m0nkey;1393772 said:
That is what I thought. The Bowl games remain the same but the BSC Championship Bowl game is a game in and of itselfs. This past year was the 1st year they did this correct?
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trickblue;1393604 said:
I think we all knew that would eventually happen. It was just a matter of time when they would decide and announce it. This is sooner than I expected.
The other question is now....when, if it doesn't go home & home series, when will the Texas- Oklahoma game move there.
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calico;1393870 said:The Texas OU game will probably not make the jump to Jerry World. It will either stay at the Cotton Bowlor go home and home
In 2009, Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, plans to open up a new stadium in Arlington that could host around 75,000 fans. This figure is 7,000 more than the Cotton Bowl, and for the countless fans who are forced to stay home during Texas-OU weekend because of lack of seating, this could mean 7,000 more chances to score a ticket.
According to both schools' athletic departments, this could potentially be a future site of the game, though both sides agree that it is too early to tell.
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calico;1393870 said:The Texas OU game will probably not make the jump to Jerry World. It will either stay at the Cotton Bowl
Im not a Texas fan and im sure as heck not a OU fan but that game has got to be played on a neutral field because OU fans make more excuses about where the game is played than any other team in history.
You pretty much have to go to OU and win in Norman to get any respect from the Sooner faithful.
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Doomsday101;1393784 said:
Correct.
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trickblue;1394168 said:
Not sure I saw the artical talking about the Texas/OU game. However Dallas website on the stadium does show the following:
Welcome to the Dallas Cowboys new stadium. This tour will give you a feel for the enormity of the structure which will seat approximately 80,000 but can be expandable to up to 100,000 for major events, like a Super Bowl, which could be held in the Metroplex as early as February of 2011. The retractable roof stadium will incorporate some of the historical features of Texas Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys for the past 35 years.
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Cotton Bowl board votes to move game
MATT CURRY
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DALLAS - Hoping to get the Cotton Bowl back on college football's national stage, the board that oversees the game voted Tuesday to move it to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium starting in 2010.
Cotton Bowl Athletic Association chairman Bruce Gadd declined to reveal details of the contract with the Cowboys but said it will last more than a decade.
"This is one of the most important decisions in the 71-year history of the AT&T Cotton Bowl," Gadd said in a statement. "Moving the Classic preserves the Classic's legacy and, at the same time, secures its future as one of college football's best postseason bowl games."
Backers want to get the Cotton Bowl into the Bowl Championship Series mix and make it the future location of a national title game.
The move was approved by a voice vote during a somber regular meeting of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association board of directors, Gadd said. He said no negative votes were voiced, although some board members may have declined to vote.
"There were tears in the room," he said. "When it was over it was unanimous, and there was some applause. ... It was a move we had to make. There was not one incident of someone standing up and saying maybe we shouldn't do this."
The first game at the new venue in Arlington, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, will be New Year's Day, 2010.
"It's unfortunate. It's disappointing, but it's not surprising," Dallas Mayor Laura Miller said. "It has always been a hard sell for us to keep the Classic because we don't have the one thing they want - a roof. I begged them not to do it, but that's their call."
Plans for the $1 billion stadium, scheduled to open in 2009, include a retractable roof that would cover a hole similar to the one at Texas Stadium in Irving.
A domed stadium is important to bowl game officials because of Dallas' sometimes cold January weather. Gadd said weather was a key factor that kept the Cotton Bowl from being included in the BCS when the postseason format was adopted in 1994.
"As anyone can imagine, this decision was difficult, but after completing our due diligence, we determined that a move to the new stadium would remove all weather concerns, keep us competitive in a changing college postseason landscape and provide a world-class facility for our partners, the players and fans," Gadd said.
The game, first played in 1937, has always been held at the Cotton Bowl, which opened in 1932. The stadium is also home to the annual Texas-Oklahoma and Grambling State-Prairie View A&M games. Both are under contract there through 2010.
Gadd said the game's name won't change because it is trademarked by the association.
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MATT CURRY
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DALLAS - Hoping to get the Cotton Bowl back on college football's national stage, the board that oversees the game voted Tuesday to move it to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium starting in 2010.
Cotton Bowl Athletic Association chairman Bruce Gadd declined to reveal details of the contract with the Cowboys but said it will last more than a decade.
"This is one of the most important decisions in the 71-year history of the AT&T Cotton Bowl," Gadd said in a statement. "Moving the Classic preserves the Classic's legacy and, at the same time, secures its future as one of college football's best postseason bowl games."
Backers want to get the Cotton Bowl into the Bowl Championship Series mix and make it the future location of a national title game.
The move was approved by a voice vote during a somber regular meeting of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association board of directors, Gadd said. He said no negative votes were voiced, although some board members may have declined to vote.
"There were tears in the room," he said. "When it was over it was unanimous, and there was some applause. ... It was a move we had to make. There was not one incident of someone standing up and saying maybe we shouldn't do this."
The first game at the new venue in Arlington, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, will be New Year's Day, 2010.
"It's unfortunate. It's disappointing, but it's not surprising," Dallas Mayor Laura Miller said. "It has always been a hard sell for us to keep the Classic because we don't have the one thing they want - a roof. I begged them not to do it, but that's their call."
Plans for the $1 billion stadium, scheduled to open in 2009, include a retractable roof that would cover a hole similar to the one at Texas Stadium in Irving.
A domed stadium is important to bowl game officials because of Dallas' sometimes cold January weather. Gadd said weather was a key factor that kept the Cotton Bowl from being included in the BCS when the postseason format was adopted in 1994.
"As anyone can imagine, this decision was difficult, but after completing our due diligence, we determined that a move to the new stadium would remove all weather concerns, keep us competitive in a changing college postseason landscape and provide a world-class facility for our partners, the players and fans," Gadd said.
The game, first played in 1937, has always been held at the Cotton Bowl, which opened in 1932. The stadium is also home to the annual Texas-Oklahoma and Grambling State-Prairie View A&M games. Both are under contract there through 2010.
Gadd said the game's name won't change because it is trademarked by the association.
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It's unfortunate. It's disappointing, but it's not surprising," Dallas Mayor Laura Miller said. "It has always been a hard sell for us to keep the Classic because we don't have the one thing they want - a roof. I begged them not to do it, but that's their call."
Well Ms Mayor you had a call to make and made the wrong choice.
Well Ms Mayor you had a call to make and made the wrong choice.