[NU Sports] Alamo not interested in Wisconsin

[Jonathan Hodges]

Most of the world, especially in Hawkeye country, believes that Iowa will be
picked above NU for the Outback bowl (virtually every projection this week
has Iowa in the Outback and NU in the Alamo).  BUT, I believe NU stands a
reasonable chance of getting into the Outback given the arguments we've gone
over here numerous times (NU has a better overall record, beat Iowa
head-to-head, travels well to bowl games and shells out the cash, while Iowa
has been to Tampa 2 of the past 6 seasons and NU has never been there and
hasn't been to Florida since the 1996 season), although it will still be a
close one.  Northwestern has been and will continue to campaign hard for
that Outback spot - as stated publicly in the Sunday Trib article on the
subject.

I also read the article from Milwaukee and given that the president and CEO
of the Alamo Bowl made that quote, if it's between NU and Wisc or Minny it
looks like NU will get the nod.

In any case we'll wait and see - I'll be glued to the TV and internet next
Sunday evening waiting for the pairings to come out.

Jonathan

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:28 AM, <cherron604 at aol.com> wrote:

> Randy Peterson of the Register in Des Moines is convinced that Iowa and MSU
> are locks for the Cap One and Outback
>
>
> http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=bc611f9901d44acc9a8848956c7825ea&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=bc611f9901d44acc9a8848956c7825ea&plckPostId=Blog%3abc611f9901d44acc9a8848956c7825eaPost%3a0f33194c-6a00-4839-a264-f9d9166f311c&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
>
> He also appears to believe that Iowa could leapfrog MSU and get the Cap One
> (seems unlikely, but maybe that's what too many years in Des Moines can do
> to?you.)
>
> Chuck Herron?? Tech '85?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Labbe <johnl at mac.com>
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com NU <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:52 am
> Subject: [NU Sports] Alamo not interested in Wisconsin
>
>
>
> According to this article, which quotes the president of the bowl, the
> Alamo
> Bowl is probably not interested in Wisconsin but will select whichever of
> MSU,
> Iowa, or Northwestern remains available after the Capital One and Outback
> make
> their selections.
>
> http://www.jsonline.com/sports/badgers/35291149.html
>
> So this would mean that if the Outback picks Iowa over us, then we're
> headed to
> the Alamo.  Frankly, I had hoped the Alamo might pick Wisconsin over us in
> this
> scenario so we could instead go to the Champs Bowl.
>
> Let's keep our fingers crossed on the Outback.
>
> Btw, this article also says that the "Outback Bowl appears poised to select
> Iowa
> ahead of Northwestern," but there's no authority cited for that
> proposition.
>
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