Yes, it is considered a bowl game.
The SEC send 7 teams outside the BCS line, meaning Auburn will for sure get a bowl bid but not a BCS bid. Look for them to head to either the cotton bowl or the outback bowl in Tampa. Best of Luck!
There are many different ways to determine the "best" bowl game. From a monetary standpoint, the Capital One Bowl pays out $4.25 million per team. This bowl also gets the first non-BCS selection from the Big Ten and SEC-a traditional conference rivalry, making the Capital One Bowl among the best non-BCS bowls. The Cotton Bowl classic between the first non-BCS Big 12 team and the second non-BCS SEC team is also a top bowl game paying $3.625 million for the 2013 bowl.
Yes aswell as the Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the BCS Championship Game.
The BCS began in 1998
The 2011 Sugar Bowl was Arkansas' first BCS bowl in school history.
BCS began in 1998
57 BCS bowl wins,32 other bowls win.36 bowl loses
There are 5. There is the Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and the BCS National Championship. There are a total of 35 bowls including the 5 BCS bowls.
It stands for Bowl championship series.
The SEC bowl tie-ins for the 2009 season are:Petro Sun Independence BowlPapaJohns.com BowlChick-Fil-A BowlGaylord Hotels Music City BowlOutback BowlCapital One BowlAT&T Cotton BowlAutozone LibertyThe SEC also receives an automatic berth to a BCS bowl and an SEC team may also receive an at-large bid to a BCS bowl.
The payout for the 2013 Outback Bowl is $3.4 million (US) per team. That ranks the Outback Bowl third among all non BCS bowl games for highest payout behind the Capital One Bowl ($4.25M per team) and the Cotton Bowl Classic ($3.625M per team). BCS bowls will pay out $18 million per team for the 2013 games that follow the 2012 season.