[Husker] Fiesta Bowl conference ties

Wed Nov 17 10:50:22 CST 2010

"The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to
certain bowls, unless they are No. 1 or No. 2. (ACC: Orange; Big Ten: Rose;
Big 12: Fiesta; Pac-10: Rose; SEC: Sugar). If a *Bowl* loses a host team to
the title game, then the *bowl* gets first choice at a replacement team. The
rest of the selection *order* for 2011 is as follows: Sugar, Orange, Fiesta.

Saw this on some website.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Killmar, John <John.Killmar at stjude.org>wrote:

> I saw this.  Hence the confusion.  It still implies a Big East tie to the
> Fiesta Bowl.
>
> John Killmar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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)<http://mail.google.com/wiki/Orange_Bowl_%28game%29>
> >
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: "Killmar, John" <John.Killmar at stjude.org>
> > 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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