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January 2012, Newsworthy
Tulane President Still Fighting Against BCS
Scott Cowen’s 2003 crusade to change the system led to a lowering of the mathematical threshold for non-automatic qualifying schools outside of the six power conferences (SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pacific-12, Big East and ACC) to qualify for BCS bowl games. The fight continues today for Cowen.
“Absolutely I got backlash, primarily from my colleagues in what you would call the AQ (Automatic Qualifying) conferences back then because obviously they were opposed to what we were advocating back in 2003,” Cowen said. “So it was intense for about a year or two, but over time I think everyone came to realize that everyone was doing what they thought was best for their particular conferences, and we didn’t personalize it, and the relationships are excellent today, so there has been no permanent sort of damage in our relationships with others. But back in 2003, it was tense.
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