re: Is the SEC/A&M ducking Horns in Cotton Bowl?

I doubt there is a noticeable discrepancy if at all in terms of the amount of attention either bowl gets. If A&M is what you think it is then their name should determine the attention.

Remember, its the COTTON BOWL and the CAPITAL ONE BOWL, both non-BCS bowls that people aren't going to care a lot about. Most average college football fans will inevitably divide their attention between the BCS/ non-BCS, and the level of coverage is divided in that way as well with the BCS bowls getting more pub because those are the best teams of course. So ultimately its a wash in determining whether the Cotton or Capital one is better than the other, A&M is going to a solid bowl, and had a solid season. Just win your game, get to 11 wins, then take that into your next seasons' rankings. No one is going to care about your capital one bowl win 2 years from now if you are playing for championships. Now, if you proceed to suck then I'm sure you'll have to look back on it as your most successful moment.

Both games are played early in the day and actually the cotton bowl's ratings were a 4.3 last year and the Capital One was a 2.86. Depends on who is in the game and either game will be equally intriguing considering the potential matchups for A&M.