11.   The bowl can do it because it has an at-large berth available, while most other bowls have conference tie-ins.

12.   The bowl now has no alternative to playing in Sun Devil Stadium, which bowl officials think could be inadequate in a few years.

13.   The bowl could have a tie-in with one of the two conferences or both.

14.   The bowl has new money for the game.

15.   The major bowls have contracts that lock them into taking teams from the top conferences.

16.   The other bowls have conference tie-ins that fill one slot in their games, and they select BCS eligible teams for the other spots.

17.   Today, all bowls have sponsors.

18.   Three times, the bowl had to search for new sponsors.

19.   Under the old system, as many as three or four bowls might have national championship implications.

20.   With ABC in control of television and title sponsor money, the bowls will have to generate that money through ticket sales and local support.