Fiesta Bowl pleads case to BCS

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    Tostitos Fiesta Bowl representatives are telling BCS commissioners and athletic directors they are taking the steps necessary to prove they deserve to keep their BCS status.

    "What they want to understand is what happened but also what changes have you created in oversight to ensure that it won't happen again," said Duane Woods, the Fiesta Bowl's chairman of the board.

    Fiesta Bowl representatives had a formal session Tuesday and will continue to engage college football's power brokers Wednesday and Thursday, including a meeting with the NCAA bowl licensing committee Thursday morning.

    The Fiesta Bowl fired its longtime CEO, John Junker, in the wake of a scandal that uncovered misappropriation of funds, including illegal reimbursement of political contributions.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6436682
     

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