Big Ten Bowl Projections

[BigP50]

Here are mine

Rose Bowl: Wisconsin

BCS Bowl: Michigan

Capital One Bowl: Michigan State

Outback Bowl: Nebraska

Insight Bowl: Penn State

Gator Bowl: Iowa

Meineke Car Care Bowl: Ohio State

Ticket City Bowl: Illinois

Little Caesars Bowl: Northwestern

[nwfisch]

Iowa deserves to go to the Toilet Bowl

[DCguy]

Originally Posted by nwfisch

Iowa deserves to go to the Toilet Bowl

LOL good one.

[CODE_BLUE56]

michigan in a BCS bowl?

[DCguy]

Originally Posted by CODE_BLUE56

michigan in a BCS bowl?

Yea the Sugar Bowl is prepared invite them if LSU and Alabama have a rematch in the National title game.

[Uman85]

Originally Posted by nwfisch

Iowa deserves to go to the Toilet Bowl

I think you've mistaken them for Illinois. After a 6-0 start, they're the first team in college football history to lose the following 6 games to end their season.

[CODE_BLUE56]

Originally Posted by DCguy

Yea the Sugar Bowl is prepared invite them if LSU and Alabama have a rematch in the National title game.

they arent even in the top 10....i guess the argument is they're one of the best big 10 teams...but michigan really shouldnt be in a BCS bowl

[CODE_BLUE56]

Originally Posted by Uman85

I think you've mistaken them for Illinois. After a 6-0 start, they're the first team in college football history to lose the following 6 games to end their season.

cal was pretty close to doing the same in 07...

but ya that's a drop off

[DCguy]

Originally Posted by CODE_BLUE56

they arent even in the top 10....i guess the argument is they're one of the best big 10 teams...but michigan really shouldnt be in a BCS bowl

I agree and I am a Michigan fan. But to me I rather play in a non BCS Bowl. But they say that the fact that Michigan has a good fan following is what really attractive to a BCS Bowl site.

[MotorCityCub]

Originally Posted by DCguy

I agree and I am a Michigan fan. But to me I rather play in a non BCS Bowl. But they say that the fact that Michigan has a good fan following is what really attractive to a BCS Bowl site.

Aside from the "National Championship" game, bowls aren't for competition on the field, they're for making money. The reason Michigan will get a BCS bid, and more than likely lose, is that they have the largest alumni base around the country for television ratings and that base also travels well. That means big bucks for television and big bucks for the bowl's city. Neither groups care about the game.

Both the Sugar and Fiesta want Michigan. Fiesta representatives have been in Ann Arbor the last two weeks.