[Roberton3]

Interesting. I knew that minor bowl games were often unprofitable for schools, but I thought BCS ones were definitely money makers.

The payout from a BCS bowl is way more than the expenses of going to the bowl.  But the conference splits the bowl payouts (after giving an allowance to each bowl-bound team to cover expenses).  So having a Pac-12 team go to a BCS bowl makes a lot of money for the conference, but it could be a money-loser for that particular school.

[Roberton3]

Interesting. I knew that minor bowl games were often unprofitable for schools, but I thought BCS ones were definitely money makers.

The payout from a BCS bowl is way more than the expenses of going to the bowl.  But the conference splits the bowl payouts (after giving an allowance to each bowl-bound team to cover expenses).  So having a Pac-12 team go to a BCS bowl makes a lot of money for the conference, but it could be a money-loser for that particular school.