Two Fiesta Bowls???

[MandM_WSU]

I just noticed that they're going to have two Fiesta Bowls this year. One will be on January 1st with Boise State vs. Oklahoma and the other will be the BCS Championship game with Ohio State vs. Florida. What gives? Is this a new phenomenon? Are they going to be doing this every year (if the current BCS system stays in place... which it shouldn't)? Last year there was only one Rose Bowl. The 2008 BCS Championship will be in either the Orange Bowl or Sugar Bowl next year. Will they have two of those?

[heater]

The OSU-Florida game is not called the Fiesta Bowl.

[AngusThermopyle]

The second game is called the "National Championship Game", not Fiesta (Rose,Orange,etc) Bowl II

January 2007
Monday, January 1 - Rose Bowl (Pasadena)
Monday, January 1 - Fiesta Bowl (Phoenix)
Tuesday, January 2 - Orange Bowl (Miami)
Wednesday, January 3 - Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)
Monday, January 8 - National Championship Game (Phoenix)

January 2008
Tuesday, January 1 - Rose Bowl (Pasadena)
Tuesday, January 1 - Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)
Wednesday, January 2 - Fiesta Bowl (Phoenix)
Thursday, January 3 - Orange Bowl (Miami)
Monday, January 7 - National Championship Game (New Orleans)

January 2009
Thursday, January 1 - Rose Bowl (Pasadena)
Thursday, January 1 - Orange Bowl (Miami)
Friday, January 2 - Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)
Monday, January 5 - Fiesta Bowl (Phoenix)
Thursday, January 8 - National Championship Game (Miami)

January 2010
Friday, January 1 - Rose Bowl (Pasadena)
Friday, January 1 - Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)
Monday, January 4 - Fiesta Bowl (Phoenix)
Tuesday, January 5 - Orange Bowl (Miami)
TBD - National Championship Game (Pasadena)

[Scary_Tiger]

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The OSU-Florida game is not called the Fiesta Bowl.

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The four cities/sponsors rotate the national championship game between them. So one year it'll be the Tostitos BCS Championship in Glendale and some year it'll be the Nokia BCS Championship in New Orleans, a week after the Nokia Sugar Bowl happens there.

[MandM_WSU]

OK. This make sense now. This is the first year they've done this, right? So the next time the Rose Bowl hosts the BCS Championship game, there will be a regular Rose Bowl (probably Pac 10 vs. Big 10) and then a BCS Championship presented by CITI?

[heater]

yep