[NU Sports] Say it ain't so.................

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> This raises a question that came up implicitly earlier this
> year but was never addressed.  Assume PSU wins out AND gets
> into the National Championship game.  Does PSU's
> selection count as the Big Ten automatic bid to the BCS?  If

Yes. That is our one automatic bid.

> so, then the Big Ten's normal Rose Bowl/BCS automatic
> bid selection rules never come into play.  If they did, then
> we would go over Minnesota and OSU because we will have

For the at-large team, the BCS can then select any Big Ten team that's eligible (probably only OSU will finish high enough to be in that category). But since they're limited to only two per league, we're in good shape because the Big XII can only get two.

> To respond to one of your other points, if we should win
> out, I predict that we will be ranked in the top 12.  After
> this weekend, with a win against OSU and a record of 8-2,
> our ranking would shoot way up.

And the other thing is that much of the top 12 still has to play each other. Texas Tech alone faces Okie State and Oklahoma in the next three weeks, plus the league title games, LSU vs. Bama, etc.

But first, beat the Buckeyes!:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT