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Originally Posted by Poppinjay
Bowl Championship Series. It essentially created another division in what was D1 football. There used to be D-1A, and D-1AA. Now there's FBS (All D-1A teams), BCS conferences (SEC, ACC, Big 12, 10, Big East, and the PAC 10), non-annointed conferences, and the FCS (formerly D-1AA).
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Okay, thanks! My first exposure to the bowl games was the 1982 (Jan 1/ 82) Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Our University marching band was invited to play in the Cotton Bowl Parade, and were given complimentary tickets to the game (right down at the field). We also got a complimentary tour of Southfork Ranch (remember Dallas??).
As I recall, the teams that played were Texas & Alabama - everybody cheering "when I say Ala, you say Bama!" or "When I say Bear, you say Bryant".
I think Texas won that game. But it sure showed me how big football was/is in the States relative to here in Canada. Even the stadiums are bigger than our pro-football stadiums. Must be a lot of alumni money in them.