[NU Sports] Penn State and Bowl hopes

[cherron604 at aol.com]

Saw that this weeks game is opening at 13.5, that seems a little low.  Also, unless we can pull off a major upset either hosting Penn State or hosting Wisconsin, It looks like we are destined to spend Saturday, December 26 in Detroit (or at least from 1 to 4 pm).  Has this game typically been a day game ?

I'm assuming 

Iowa           12-0  BCS-1
Penn State  11-1 BCS-2
Wisconsin   10-2 Citrus (or whatever they call it now)
Ohio State    8-4  Outback
Michigan      7-5  Alamo
Michigan St  7-5  Tempe
Minnesota    6-6  Champs
NU               6-6   Detroit

I'd love Tempe or Orlando #2, but without the upsets, I don't see any possibility.  Not even a shot at an exotic wildcard berth - Indiana, Purdue and Illinois won't reach 6.  Does anybody think that we might beat out the Gophers for the 6th Big Ten Bowl ?  Or does 20,000 attendance make that impossible ?

Well at least the travel might work out ok - flights to Detroit should be light on Christmas night, and return flights shouldn't be bad on a Saturday night.

I really wish we'd drop this Detroit bowl - most don't want to attend at all, and those that do will probably spend about 24 hours in Detroit, maybe one hotel night and 2 meals.

Another sad fact is that had we gone 9-3 this year, like last year, we probably would have been bumped down below the two 7-5 teams, and fallen to the Champs bowl instead of the Alamo.

Chuck Herron   Tech '85