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Show 44 Page - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Football Section, Wednesday, August 26, 1992 New wl eoalSfiion means 'outlaw' days are now over m By DENNE H. FREEMAN AP Sports Writer - PONTIAC GMC TRUCKS BUICK DALLAS (AP) The outlaw days for the bowls are over. Clandestine meetings, swectcn-the-prepayoffs and cruiting is a thing of the past. As Jim Brock, selection chairman of the Cotton Bowl puts it: "Hoss, there's no pickin' 'n choosin' anymore. It's all determined. You're going to know your date before you get to the dance." It's new, it's complicated, and it's controversial but the face of n college football has OA ot cut-thro- at 297 West Main Street American Fork MIDDLEKAUFF WE'RE NEARING inME post-seaso- changed. There are still some rough spots a coalition to smooth over-bu- t formed between the Cotton, Orange, Sugar, Gator, Blockbuster, Every Vehicle Must Be Sold! ALL NEW VEHICLES & FACTORY BUYBAGKS ARE PRICED TO LIQUIDATE! Fiesta and John Hancock Bowls and the Southwest, Southeastern, AtBig Eight, Big East, Pac-1lantic Coast Conferences and independent Notre Dame has brought some sanity to a bowl selection situation run amok. It will probably be Dec. 6 this year before the bowls in the new alliance can begin to fit together the pieces of the puzzle. That's when the final poll comes out after the SEC, championship playoff game in Birmingham, Ala., on East Dec. 5 between the West divisions. and the "It's my judgment we will wait until after that game." Brock said. "It's really too late to wait but we '' may have to do it this year. A late August meeting in New York between the bowls, conferences and teams in the alliance will draft a final game plan for the 1992 0, six-tea- m six-tea- m IAI YOU KEEP ALL REBATES BOOK YOUR OWN CAR AND USED (HAD A CARS & Ustd f I Car I Guide TRUCKS You '! Know. You PAY BETWEEN WHOLESALE a RETAIL Made a Great Buy! 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"For us it's real good,' he said. "We had been an independent with no guarantee of a bowl. We've won 10 games and been shutout of AP Photo Bowl Michigan State coach George Pertes speaks at a 1988 Rose Bowl coalition. not the Bowl did Rose The join conference. press The second tier in the bowl coathe bowfs. Now we've got a shot at lition (called coalition 2) of the three or more." The Orange Bowl would have Gator, Blockbuster and John Handrafted next by virtue of Nebras- cock will feed off second and third ka's No. 1 1 ranking and the Hus-keplace teams from the SWC, Big would likely have taken coaliEight, ACC, Big East and Pac-1The SEC has elected to send its tion member Notre Dame. In other words, the strength of a second place team to the Citrus bowl's host team determines the Bowl. By sealed bid, the Gator Bowl drafting order for that particular bowl. earned the right for first draft The Fiesta Bowl has the fourth choice this year followed by the rs 0. and fifth draft picks behind the Blockbuster and the John HanCotton, Orange and Sugar but cock. The Blockbuster already has could get a national championship Penn State in the fold as one of its game if the nation's number one teams (if the Nittany Lions win the six games against and number two teams in the polls are from the ACC, Big East and Division I opposition). Notre Dame. "We met on this coalition thing The remaining three "guest" for 15 months and I think it's better teams will be chosen from the pool than what we had in the past," NCAA-require- d for the Orange, Cotton , and Sugar based on the ranking of the host 'Fisgn'BouA team's champion. The Big Ten and the Pac-1- 0 are out of the coalition mix with their champions playing in the Rose Bowl. The Big Ten will send its second team to the Citrus Bowl and its third team to the Holiday Bowl. Brock said. "It's a nine-ye- ar deal but there are bail out options after three years." Penn State shocked the bowl world by signing before the season and the Blockbuster got some criticism. Penn State will be playing in the Big Ten in 1993. In other bowl moves, the Peach Bowl has moved to Jan. 2 and there will be eight games on New Year's Day. The Hall of Fame has moved its kickoff to 10 a.m. on New Year's Day. There has been some juggling . (See ALLIANCE, Page 46) |