[NU Sports] Uh Oh! BCS Poll Warnings

[Jonathan Hodges]

Indeed, there is a lot of football to be played.  But the fact is that as of
right now it looks like there may very well be 9 Big Ten teams bowl eligible
by the end of the year.  I would say that if NU can reach 7-5 they will have
a strong chance of getting into one of the guaranteed 7 bowl slots for Big
Ten teams.  Last year, I believe every 7-5 (or higher) team got a bowl
berth, and although parity/upsets are reigning this year, I would imagine
that a Big Ten team with a winning record would have a very good chance of
getting into a bowl.  6-6, though, would almost definitely leave NU out in
the cold since all teams with a winning record must be selected before a 6-6
team (and that's only when a conference tie-in is available).

In any case there is a long way to go, although every game left on the
'Cats' schedule is "win-able," although none of them (outside of EMU) are
going to be easy (and even that isn't going to be a cakewalk).  Given what
we've seen this year around the country, you just never know.

Jonathan

On 10/15/07, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Good points and I was a bit surprised and concerned
> when the first BCS came out yesterday and the Big Ten
> had only one team in the top 20, period. It goes to
> show what damage the early couple weeks and "down
> year" talk did for the league, unfortunately. Because
> really, PSU, Illinois, Michigan and OSU should all be
> top 25 teams right now.
>
> The only good things, I guess, are that a lot of the
> teams ahead of us play each other and a lot of them
> are SEC schools - and the BCS can only take two of
> those.
>
> We'll see what happens after a couple more wild weeks.
> But yeah, this could be a snag in bowl plans for a few
> Big Ten teams.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
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> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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> GO CATS!!!
>
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