| Sam:
Sending more teams is not necessarily about w-l. It's more about perceptions by various bowls as to how much money they can make if they have participants from certain conferences. It is perceived, correctly, that having almost any SEC team will make any particular bowl lots of money. It is perceived by bowls that having Notre Dame, assuming that they can qualify, will make them lots of money. It is perceived, probably falsely, that having any ACC team will make them lots of money. It is perceived that having a Big East team will not make them lots of money. Despite its good bowl record and the fact that their teams do travel well, unlike many ACC teams, the Big East has bad bowl tie-ins unlike the SEC and ACC.
It's all about the dollar. | 
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