[Husker] Fiesta Bowl conference ties

[Killmar, John]

I saw this.  Hence the confusion.  It still implies a Big East tie to the Fiesta Bowl.

John Killmar

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From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Don Mares
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:18 AM
To: Jerry Meyer
Cc: List NU
Subject: Re: [Husker] Fiesta Bowl conference ties

Courtesy of wikipedia....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_bids_to_college_bowl_games

At the end of the season, the top two ranked teams meet in the championship
game; the remaining eight slots are filled by the champions of six
conferences (the Big Ten
Conference<http://mail.google.com/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference>,
Pacific-10 Conference
<http://mail.google.com/wiki/Pacific-10_Conference>, Atlantic
Coast Conference
<http://mail.google.com/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference>, Southeastern
Conference <http://mail.google.com/wiki/Southeastern_Conference>, Big 12
Conference <http://mail.google.com/wiki/Big_12_Conference>, and Big East
Conference <http://mail.google.com/wiki/Big_East_Conference>) and up to four
"at-large" selections who finished the season ranked in the top 14 in the
BCS rankings. These at-large selections can be granted to any FBS team, even
those that aren't members of the six BCS conferences, though no conference
may have more than two BCS teams in any given year with the sole exception
being if two at-large teams from a BCS Conference finish No. 1 and No. 2 in
the BCS Poll, they will qualify for the National Title Game while their
Conference Champion will play in another BCS Game.

Even in the five BCS bowls, consideration is given to historic associations
between the conferences and the bowl games themselves. Tie-ins still apply,
unless a team obligated to a certain bowl game is selected for the BCS
Championship Game. In that case, their slot is filled by an at-large school.
Any bowl that loses a contracted team to the Championship Game gets first
pick of the eligible at-large schools.
  *BCS Games* Conference Conference Rose Bowl Game presented by
Vizio<http://mail.google.com/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game>
Pac-10 Big Ten Tostitos Fiesta
Bowl<http://mail.google.com/wiki/Fiesta_Bowl> Big
12 Big East Discover Orange
Bowl<http://mail.google.com/wiki/Orange_Bowl_(game)>
ACC At-Large Allstate Sugar Bowl <http://mail.google.com/wiki/Sugar_Bowl>
SEC Highest ranked non auto-bid team BCS Championship
Game<http://mail.google.com/wiki/BCS_Championship_Game> BCS
#1 BCS #2


*NOTE: The Big East is in the "At-Large" pool.*
Don




On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Jerry Meyer <jerry0315 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Isn't it that Big East does not have a tie in to any bowl and Fiesta has
> the
> last (and therefore most unattractive) pick to play the Big 12 champ?  This
> essentially makes the Big East champ an at large pick and Fiesta may or may
> not
> end up with this, depending on who wins Big East (South Florida would
> probably
> be more attractive to the Orange Bowl thus freeing up another at large team
> for
> Fiesta, Pitt is unattractive no matter where they go so Fiesta would
> probably
> get them by default).  Anyone with any better info, please feel free to
> chime
> in, I'm definitely not the expert reference on this.
>
> Jerry Meyer
> Murfreesboro, TN
>
>
>
>
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> To: List NU <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Wed, November 17, 2010 9:31:33 AM
> Subject: [Husker] Fiesta Bowl conference ties
>
> I'm a little confused about the Fiesta Bowl conference tie ins.  I have
> read
> that the Fiesta Bowl does have the Big 12 champ for sure (unless that team
> is in
> the BCS Championship).  It's the other tie in I'm confused about.  I have
> read
> that the other tie in is the Big East champ and I have also seen that it
> will be
> a BCS at-Large pick.  The Big East does not have a team that is currently
> in the
> top 25.
>
> Can someone clear this up for me?
>
> John Killmar
>
>
>
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