It looks like the Big 12 and the Big East are getting close to a deal on a new bowl game, the Yankee Bowl, played in the new Yankee Stadium. The game would match the Big 12's seventh place team with the Big East's third or fourth place team. See http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/sports/ncaafootball/15newbowl.html -- Mike Nolan