CBS Sports has us in the Rose Bowl

The likely scenario for us in the Rode Bowl is if we only lose to Michigan, and then Michigan loses back-to-back games to tOSU. Then tOSU goes to the BCSNC game, and we're in the running for the Roses. We don't have to win our division to make it.

 
RedDenver said:
The likely scenario for us in the Rode Bowl is if we only lose to Michigan, and then Michigan loses back-to-back games to tOSU. Then tOSU goes to the BCSNC game, and we're in the running for the Roses.
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HUH?

You think Michigan is going to lose at The Shoe, go to the Big Ten Championship, lose, and we will go to the Rose Bowl? I would say that is the least likely situation that gets us to the Rose Bowl.

So you are presuming they will pick a two-loss team (UCLA and Michigan) who didn't win their division over a two-loss team (tOSU X2) that did win their division and played in the Conference Championship?

RedDenver said:
We don't have to win our division to make it.
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Yes, yes we do.

 
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It's very unlikely for a team to go to a BCS bowl when they lose their conference championship game. Odds are if we lost to an undefeated OSU team in the Big 10 Championship game we would drop to the Capital One Bowl or Outback Bowl. An at large team would take the Rose Bowl spot, which could even be Michigan at that point.

 
One thing to keep in mind is the bowls want the teams that have good traveling fanbases. This is where I think Nebraska could trump a team. However, I think these predictions are so fluid at this point in the season.

Just focus on Purdue. One game at a time.

 
knapplc said:
We have a LOT of improvement to do on defense before we even think about a BCS bowl. As it stands we're going to have to outscore Northwestern and possibly Michigan, and if we make it far enough we'll have to outscore Ohio State, too.
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We certainly must keep improving on the defensive side of the ball. We are seeing some improvement each game and find the Huskers currently ranked 6th in INTs, 31st in sacks/game and 27th in TFL.

 
Ahhhh gotta love the bi-polar fans of Nebraska. One week we are going 5-7, the next we are smelling roses. Right now its a 3, possibly 4 way toss up in our division. I honestly do not see Ohio State winning out but they will make it to the CC game. As for our division, we need to improve by the end of the month drastically before we even sniff the roses... Northwestern has momentum even after their close loss, they will play every game like they need to prove to the nation that they are a legit power this year. Michigan and Michigan State are having some serious struggles in some areas but they have good coaches to get them to a possible Division Championship. Nebraska has all the weapons they need for a special year on offense, but the defense still looks lost and confused even after the SLIGHT improvement in last weekends game, the major area where Nebraska has improved from last year is the turnover ratio... so far...

 
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