Which bowl game will we go to?

[huKSer]

BCS National Championship Bowl!!!!

Oh, this is November and not August - never mind.

 

[NebraskaShellback]

Take it for what it's worth, I don't have a link or anything, but I was watching ESPN, and they said a Bowl game for Nebraska could be(and I kid you not) Nebraska vs. Washington in the Holiday Bowl...

4 times playing the Huskies in two freakin' season. They on crack or did they inhale Ajax?

 

[Hunter94]

Take it for what it's worth, I don't have a link or anything, but I was watching ESPN, and they said a Bowl game for Nebraska could be(and I kid you not) Nebraska vs. Washington in the Holiday Bowl...

gag...puke, no way in hell.

 

[VA Husker Fan]

I don't think the Big 10 championship game loser will finish in the top 14, which means only 1 team in a BCS bowl, and that knocks everyone down a notch.

 

[Mulletpelini]

Arky or Georgia would be good games, drop back passers are Bo's specialty. Wouldn't mind Texas either.

 

[Hercules]

I don't think the Big 10 championship game loser will finish in the top 14, which means only 1 team in a BCS bowl, and that knocks everyone down a notch.

Michigan could finish in the top 14 though, if they win tomorrow. Of B1G teams, they have the best shot at an at large BCS bid, not the CCG loser. The pecking order will probably be:

Rose Bowl - ccg winner

At large BCS - Michigan

3 - ccg loser

4 - Nebraska

(that sort of assumes that Wiscy takes care of PSU tomorrow... if PSU wins, Nebraska probably drops down further)

So that'd put us in the Outback?

 

[Branno]

I don't think the Big 10 championship game loser will finish in the top 14, which means only 1 team in a BCS bowl, and that knocks everyone down a notch.

Michigan could finish in the top 14 though, if they win tomorrow. Of B1G teams, they have the best shot at an at large BCS bid, not the CCG loser. The pecking order will probably be:

Rose Bowl - ccg winner

At large BCS - Michigan

3 - ccg loser

4 - Nebraska

(that sort of assumes that Wiscy takes care of PSU tomorrow... if PSU wins, Nebraska probably drops down further)

So that'd put us in the Outback?

If the B1G gets an at large BCS bid, I don't see Nebraska not getting an invite to the Capitol One bowl. Just way too much money to be made if a bowl chooses NEB.

 

[krill]

So...anyone remember last year when the Insight Bowl screwed us over and picked Mizzou? Never heard whether that was Beebe leaning on them or what but it sucked. I am afraid of a scenario this year where were positioned for the Insight (#3 pick) or Gator (#4), and the Insight takes us to play Texass or Baylor, a game nobody wants...

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

I don't think that happens this year [us getting passed over because of conference politics]. The Insight Bowl wanted us, the Big XII didn't want us there.

A key thing to remember here: record doesn't predicate bowl selection. So long as the teams are within 2 wins of each other, they can be selected by that bowl. Most of the times it's just the bowls wanting a team/matchup more than it is the record of the school.

We could get picked over Michigan, regardless of them beating us 45-17.

 

[QMany]

I don't think the Big 10 championship game loser will finish in the top 14, which means only 1 team in a BCS bowl, and that knocks everyone down a notch.

Michigan could finish in the top 14 though, if they win tomorrow. Of B1G teams, they have the best shot at an at large BCS bid, not the CCG loser. The pecking order will probably be:

Rose Bowl - ccg winner

At large BCS - Michigan

3 - ccg loser

4 - Nebraska

(that sort of assumes that Wiscy takes care of PSU tomorrow... if PSU wins, Nebraska probably drops down further)

So that'd put us in the Outback?

If the B1G gets an at large BCS bid, I don't see Nebraska not getting an invite to the Capitol One bowl. Just way too much money to be made if a bowl chooses NEB.

Michigan State has played in Orlando 3 of the last 4 years. I don't see the Capitol One Bowl picking them.

Drawing Arkansas in the Capitol One will be TOUGH. They have A TON of speed on offense.

 

[Saunders]

I don't think the Big 10 championship game loser will finish in the top 14, which means only 1 team in a BCS bowl, and that knocks everyone down a notch.

Michigan could finish in the top 14 though, if they win tomorrow. Of B1G teams, they have the best shot at an at large BCS bid, not the CCG loser. The pecking order will probably be:

Rose Bowl - ccg winner

At large BCS - Michigan

3 - ccg loser

4 - Nebraska

(that sort of assumes that Wiscy takes care of PSU tomorrow... if PSU wins, Nebraska probably drops down further)

So that'd put us in the Outback?

If the B1G gets an at large BCS bid, I don't see Nebraska not getting an invite to the Capitol One bowl. Just way too much money to be made if a bowl chooses NEB.

Michigan State has played in Orlando 3 of the last 4 years. I don't see the Capitol One Bowl picking them.

Drawing Arkansas in the Capitol One will be TOUGH. They have A TON of speed on offense.

2 of the last 3, but yeah, I don't think they'll be back there.

 

[Landomatic]

We don't want any part of Akansas or Georgia. I'll be scared if we have to play most anyone rated in the top 25 right now. I guess I wouldn't mind another shot at Texas.

 

[The Dude]

I think we can beat any team in the country.

..so long as they don't have a QB who can run it.

 

[huKSer]

I don't think the Big 10 championship game loser will finish in the top 14, which means only 1 team in a BCS bowl, and that knocks everyone down a notch.

Michigan could finish in the top 14 though, if they win tomorrow. Of B1G teams, they have the best shot at an at large BCS bid, not the CCG loser. The pecking order will probably be:

Rose Bowl - ccg winner

At large BCS - Michigan

3 - ccg loser

4 - Nebraska

(that sort of assumes that Wiscy takes care of PSU tomorrow... if PSU wins, Nebraska probably drops down further)

So that'd put us in the Outback?

If the B1G gets an at large BCS bid, I don't see Nebraska not getting an invite to the Capitol One bowl. Just way too much money to be made if a bowl chooses NEB.

Michigan State has played in Orlando 3 of the last 4 years. I don't see the Capitol One Bowl picking them.

Drawing Arkansas in the Capitol One will be TOUGH. They have A TON of speed on offense.

I know a Nebraska-Arkansas couple - ouch

 

[wol-va-rine]

It all depends on what happens tomorrow with Michigan-Ohio State and Penn State-Wisconsin, and then with the B1G championship game. Just like that 14 all in Baton Rouge.

There are 9 teams in the Big Ten who are eligible for a Bowl Game. Should Purdue defeat Indiana tomorrow, there will be 10 teams eligible for a Bowl Game. I think that's pretty good.

Let's say that Michigan State beats Northwestern, Ohio State beats Meatchicken, and Wisconsin beats Penn State. This puts Wisconsin and Michigan State in the B1G championship game. Meatchicken finishes 9-3 (5-3), Penn State finishes 9-3 (6-2).

Wisconsin beats Michigan State in the B1G Championship Game. That puts them in the Rose Bowl to face Oregon.

So here are my projected final conference standings for all the B1G:

Wisconsin 11-2 (7-2)

Michigan State 10-3 (7-2)

Penn State 9-3 (6-2)

Michigan 9-3 (5-3)

Nebraska 9-3 (5-3)

Ohio State 7-5 (4-4)

Iowa 7-5 (4-4)

Purdue 6-6 (4-4)

Northwestern 6-6 (3-5)

Illinois 6-6 (3-5)

Minnesota 2-10 (1-7)

Indiana 1-11 (0-8)

With that, I do think the B1G gets an at-large BCS birth for Michigan State, who will be sent to the Sugar Bowl to face Houston.

The Capital One Bowl can now select Penn State, Michigan, or Nebraska to face their SEC team. Penn State was their recently and with their scandal I don't see them being selected. Michigan State was there last year, so maybe they don't choose Michigan.

Capital One Bowl selects Nebraska who is looking like they will face Arkansas [who is now down 21-14].

This leaves Michigan and Penn State to duke it out for a spot in the Outback Bowl to face another SEC team. This is where Michigan goes. They will face South Carolina.

So Penn State goes to the Insight Bowl to face a Big 12 school, who I'm thinking will be Kansas State.

Here are my projected bowl standings [this is surprisingly a lot of work]:

Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs Oregon

Sugar Bowl: Michigan State vs Houston

Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs Arkansas

Outback Bowl: Michigan vs South Carolina/Georgia

Insight Bowl: Penn State vs Kansas State

Gator Bowl: Iowa vs. Auburn/Georgia/South Carolina

Meinke Car Care Bowl: Ohio State vs Texas

Ticket City Bowl: Northwestern vs Marshall

Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl: Illinois vs Toledo

Purdue goes somewhere that doesn't have enough teams.

there is no way MSU gets an at large berth with 3 losses, none, the only way there will be two B1G BCS teams is if we beat OSU...