[NU Sports] Standings/Bowl eligibility

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I'm with John although there's a bit of self-interest involved since I can
probably get to Nashville without too much difficulty.  It's only a short hop
down I-65 from Louisville and I have no desire to go to El Paso no matter who we
might play there.  Yeah, we might have to get used to hearing Rocky Top although
word out of the SEC is that Music City folks would really rather have someone
else - not a lot of tourist dollars coming into Nashville from all those
homegrown UT fans you know.  As things are shaping up, I don't really see who
else it would be other than possibly South Carolina.  The Music City and
Independence share the 6th and 7th choices from the SEC and the conference and
the bowls work together to decide on which schools go where.  Still, UT is the
most likely choice.
Mark

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> 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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