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  1. How does this work with the Rose Bowl?
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    • I assume Rose Bowl keeps the Big Ten at the top of its pecking order. Maybe the B10 gets invited to the Orange Bowl if a) there are two highly ranked B10 teams; or b) Rose Bowl bypasses the B10 for a higher ranked team. But with the new playoff setup coming, assumptions could change pretty quickly.

      In other news, I thought the Orange Bowl was torn down?
    • Your analysis sounds right. The old Orange Bowl stadium was torn down. The game is played in a different stadium now but the name was transferred over. Same with the old Cotton Bowl stadium. The game is now played in Arlington, not Dallas. The Fiesta Bowl used to be played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, now its in Glendale on the other side of Phoenix. Lets hope the Rose Bowl in Pasedena never changes.
    • Hey kc. For someone who acts like a complete know it all (even though you know very little), it's pretty pathetic you can't use common sense to figure out how this would work with the Rose Bowl.
    • Hey R Griffin. For someone who seems to have it all figured out, it's amazing that you could not use your superior intellect to explain it to us all. Of course, you have mangaged to keep that intellect well under wraps in all prior posts so guess no surprise.
    • I didn't think I needed to give you Bowl Breakdown 101 since you are the self proclaimed authority on this blog and common sense makes this a pretty simple formula regarding the big ten. Badger000 explained it at 3:48. It's just laughable to see someone like you who thinks they know everything, and bashes 99% of the other posters on these blogs can't figure out the simplest bowl breakdown given this Orange Bowl announcement. What rock have you been living under. It's the big ten, they are pretty transparent in their bowl affiliations. Apologies, next time we'll be sure to dumb it down and spell it out instead of assuming you could figure it out on your own. Sorry you couldn't keep up.
    • Awh, did I hurt your poor little feelings at some point? Let me explain something you apparently don't realize. Under the BCS system, major conferences were limited to two teams in BCS bowls. So, if that were to continue to be the case in the new system, badger000's explanation would not fully explain the setup. Everyone knows, except possibly you, that the Rose Bowl has precedence. Didn't think I needed to spell it out for you. Now maybe the 2 team limit will apply or maybe not. They may have decided this or not - nothing in my local paper or JSO on this. Now there, I've cut your blog meat into little chewable pieces for you but eat slowly as my posts obviously cause your shorts to twist badly and could cause choking. You've waited a year or so to respond to something I posted; I guess it took that long to think of something.
  2. Looks like Jim Delany just made the Big Ten's impossible bowl lineup even more difficult.
  3. the notre dame part doesn't make much sense as, although not a full member of the acc, they have agreed to play 6 (?) games a year against acc teams.
  4. The current BCS system does not permit more than two teams to play in BCS bowl games. I have never seen anything on whether that will continue to be the case in the new setup. If it isn't, easy to work out and Big 10 could have teams in national championship game plus Rose and, in some years, Orange bowls. If two team limit will still apply, then possible complications.
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    • It may, but since the Orange slot can be filled by a BIG or SEC team as well as ND, I am guessing there will always be a team available even with a two team limit, especially with relatively short time period of the agreement. Now a snag will come into play should the BIG and SEC not both put forth multiple top 10-15 teams during the contract and ND gets selected twice in the first 3 or 4 years.
  5. The first question on everyone's mind would be what about the Rose Bowl implications? Not one mention - pathetic article.
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  6. If the rose bowl takes precedence then why are you wondering what impact this has. Natnl champ, rose then orange. It's pretty sad that you have to keep tabs on when people post. Just bc you are clueless isn't anyone's fault but your own. Top four are in the playoff. After that bowl affiliations kick in and then at large teams are chosen. Hence depending on rankings a conference could have teams in multiple "bcs" bowls. Clearly if the big ten had a team in the playoff abd other teams are ranked high enough they could send teams to the rise abd potentially orange.
  7. Still waiting for someone (JSO?) to clarify whether the 2 team limit per conference will apply to new setup. It does matter as that limit is what kept the Badgers from a BCS bowl after 06 season. May have been decided but haven't seen anything. Too bad one poster can't seem to understand that a potential 2 team limit, if applied to new setup, does affect us.


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