Let’s be clear and realistic. The College football bowl makers were not begging BYU to please come and play in the Vegas bowl or the Holiday bowl or just about every other bowl game this year. A good bowl game was not in the cards for us this year as it has been most every year since being independent. When we look at the most probable bowls destinations the New Mexico Bowl has the largest payout

New Mexico Bowl: 1,050,000
First Responders Bowl: 824,545
Frisco Bowl: 650,000

Comparing the NMB vs FRB there is an additional $225,000 involved.

Made it an easy decision