MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL DON'T COME CHEAP, PLAYER.

The St. Pete Times details just how much even a bottom of the rung bowl like the Meineke Car Care Bowl costs a smallish program like USF. The greatest cost for USF: spending $380,000 to purchase guaranteed USF tickets that did not sell for the game. USF's football program only turned a profit thanks to the program payout, and without the Big East payout would have finished the year in the red.