re: Pre 1970 was the Sugar Bowl a lot less prestigious?

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Definitely less prestigious. Still a lot of top ten matchups and top teams. Mostly due to losing out on Bama 5 times during Bryant's prime. The Orange Bowl landed a top 5 ranked SEC champion 6 times between 1950 and 1975. That had to suck for the Sugar Bowl and they finally fixed that in 1975. But it came at the price of losing the Big Eight champ as the Orange Bowl inked a similar deal in 1976.

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