[NU Sports] Will Iowa leap us?

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> This has been a great season and now we can all look
> forward to the bowl game. As I see it now, Minnesota and
> Wisconsin are 7-5 and we are 9-3, so neither of them can be

I'm still not sure about the rules on that - I know some bowls would probably love to take the cheeseheads over us, so if there's a loophole, they'll find it.

Translation - I won't say it's over until the bids are secured.:)

> chosen over us. We have no 6-6 teams (does Notre Dame count?
> :-) so that part of the mystery is resolved. 

I wanna see the rules there, too - do they weasel in as part of the Big Least (meaning they can go at 6-6 ahead of 7-5 teams if there's a Big Least tie-in?)?
> 
> With Utah and Boise State unbeaten, it seems all but
> certain that the Buckeyes go to Orlando, the Spartans go to

I don't think Boise State is an issue as much as Oregon State. As I understand it, the BCS only has to take one buster, so Utah's is and BSU's out. That leaves the Fiesta free to take OSU ... unless USC is suddenly an at-large team because Oregon State is headed to Pasadena.

> picked over us to go to San Antonio. I just can't get
> excited about the Alamo Bowl. I'm fine with the Champs

I think we could play Mizzou or even Okie State pretty well -- though Okie State would pack the place in orange. I'm still less sold on the Champpppps Bowl - facing Miami or FSU in Orlando would not be as easy as some folks think it would be this year. And again, San Antonio isn't that bad!:)

Plus, if we go to the Champs Bowl, you might have to spend the week hanging around Buckeye fans in Orlando. Yuck!:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT