| Orange Bowl tickets offer football fans and travelers | | | | championship game between the two top-ranked |
| several options. Not only is the Orange Bowl one of | | | | teams every season, and each of the four new "BCS |
| the premier college bowl games every January, but | | | | Bowls" agreed to host the new national championship |
| the game itself is located in one of the most exotic | | | | game on a rotating basis. Therefore, every four years, |
| travel destinations in the United States - Miami and | | | | Orange Bowl tickets give fans the chance to watch |
| South Florida. Fans and families alike have worked | | | | the national championship decided on the field. As of |
| their vacation and/or travel plans around this game, | | | | now, when the Orange Bowl is not hosting the "big" |
| and a look at its history and other attractions will | | | | game, they will host the ACC champion after that |
| explain why the Orange Bowl is always worth the | | | | conference's recent additions. |
| effort to see. | | | | Overall Event |
| Game History | | | | The Orange Bowl is much more than a football game. |
| The first Orange Bowl was played in 1935, when | | | | In fact, the game itself is a culmination of a week-long |
| Bucknell defeated Miami 26-0. For 33 years, the | | | | celebration in Miami. There are parades, parties, |
| Orange Bowl was basically an "at-large" bowl game, in | | | | receptions, and even a high-profile college basketball |
| that the bowl committee chose the best two teams it | | | | tournament called the Orange Bowl Classic. This year's |
| could attract. However, the Orange Bowl started its | | | | tournament will feature national champion Florida, and |
| history of tie-ins in 1968 when it began to host the | | | | the games are played in town. |
| champion of the former Big 8 Conference every | | | | Not to mention, there is an event even within the game |
| season. | | | | itself that's as famous as the football battles that take |
| This tie-in remained in place until the late-1990's, when | | | | place - the Orange Bowl halftime show is perhaps the |
| two things happened that change the landscape of the | | | | most famous halftime performance in all of sports, and |
| participants. The first was the formation of the Big 12 | | | | every year presents a new and intriguing theme with |
| Conference, as the Big 8 basically added four teams | | | | stars of music, sports and film making appearances. |
| from Texas after the now-defunct Southwestern | | | | There are many attendees who are at the game |
| Conference folded. This may or may not have had a | | | | specifically for the halftime show. |
| direct effect on the teams invited, but another event in | | | | Overall, the Orange Bowl is a legendary event. The |
| 1998 led to a shift in the game's participants. | | | | games are always battles between two highly-ranked |
| In 1998, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was | | | | teams, and several national championships have been |
| formed, and this changed the alignment for all of the | | | | decided in Miami. However, Orange Bowl tickets also |
| "major" bowl games - the Orange Bowl, the Sugar | | | | give fans the chance to see much more than college |
| Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl and ultimately the Rose Bowl. A | | | | football under the Florida sun in January. |
| system was put in place to manufacture an on-field | | | | |