[NU Sports] Standings/Bowl eligibility

[John Labbe]

The one small mistake with your list is that Penn State and Ohio State 
would be tied for 1st.  There's no tie-breaker for the Big Ten 
championship.  The tie-breaker is only for determining the 
representative to the BCS.  Penn State and Ohio State would be co-Big 
Ten champs.

With respect to bowls, I'm hoping that the Music City Bowl, which was 
set to invite us last year, may still be eying us closely, and that we 
may finalize plans with the Music City Bowl as early as next week, 
before the BCS picture is all finished up.  This has happened with 
other teams in past years.  It's OK so long as the bowls ahead of them 
in the picking order don't object and wouldn't be left with no teams.

My concern is I don't think we have a shot at the top 4 Bowls now (BCS, 
Capital One, Outback, or Alamo), although in theory, if OSU were to get 
an at-large bid, we might be able to sneak into the Alamo.  But 
personally I think the Sun Bowl would be the worst scenario.  We could 
be pitted against a pretty good Pac-10 team, and who the heck wants to 
travel to El Paso?  I think a lot more fans would make the trip to 
Nashville, and we'd have a better chance at winning.





On Nov 12, 2005, at 11:12 PM, jmccull at insight.rr.com wrote:

> OK -- as predicted we tanked in Columbus. However, we do have one more
> game left. I don't think anyone will predict a loss next week. That
> leaves us at 7-4. Iowa and Minnesota could both end up 7-4 if Iowa
> wins next week in Iowa city. Wisconsin looks like they will end up 9-3
> with a win in Hawaii.
>
> I think this means the following:
>
> 1. Penn State (assuming a victory next week)
> 2. Ohio State (assuming a victory next week)
> 3. Wisconsin (5-3/9-3) (assuming a victory in Hawaii)
> 3. Michigan (5-3/7-4)
> 3. Northwestern (5-3/7-4)
> 3. Iowa (5-3/7-4)(assuming a victory next week)
> 3. Minnesota (5-3/7-4) (assuming a loss next week)
> 4. Purdue (3-5/5-6)(assuming they beat Indiana next week)
> 5. Michigan State (2-6/5-6)
> 6. Indiana (1-7/4-7)
> 7. Illinois (0-8/2-9)
>
> That leaves seven Big Ten teams bowl-eligible.
>
> Is this correct?
>
> J.R.
>
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