[NU Sports] heading in to conference play

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

You're right on the Rose Bowl (unfortunately), but another BCS bowl still could - and almost certainly WOULD - take a Big Ten team. Iowa, Wisconsin, PSU or Michigan would bring hordes of fans and ratings ... better than anything they'd get from any other league save for the Sugar's hold on the SEC. So we're still pretty safe for two BCS teams. The interesting thing could be whether we see two BCS busters again with Boise and the TCU/Utah winner. And if one of them gets left out, look for an uproar over why the Big East winner gets in automatically while a 12-0 Utah or TCU gets left out.
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--- On Thu, 9/30/10, Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] heading in to conference play
To: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
Cc: tkmaycock at yahoo.com, nwu-sports at tssi.com, cherron604 at aol.com
Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 6:30 AM

I think the bowl order gets pushed back one this year assuming OSU is in title game and Boise is not.  If that is the case, the Rose Bowl is contractually obligated to take a non-automatic qualifying school, which in my scenario would be Boise.  With that in place, the Cap-One would become the number two bowl, and on down the line.  We just need to go 6-2 in the conference and then not worry about how it all shakes out.  That puts us on New Years Day/Week in a top 4 bowl.

Mark

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:32 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:


> I liked the 4-4 prediction, definitely dropping the PSU an

> Wisconsin road games, and probably losing to Iowa and MSU at



I like that we have a bye week before MSU to help ... however, Purdue has the bye this week before our night game. But for now, I'll worry about Minny.



> 4-4, 8-4 would net a nice Bowl, I would

> think.   Speaking of which, what is the

> official bowl pecking order ?

> I am pretty sure about:

>

> 1  BCS Title  OSU

> 2  Rose        Iowa

> 3  Cap-One   Wisconsin

> 4  Outback   Penn State



Don't forget Michigan ... their schedule toughens up at the end, but if they can get 7 or 8 wins, they will certainly be in the Gator at #5 and maybe even jump PSU for the Outback with an exciting offense and the return of a big-time program to New Year's Day. Besides, PSU is vulnerable with the rookie QB. They could surprise a team and then lose to a Purdue or Illinois the next week (or hopefully, NU!:) ).





> All guesses...what are the remaining bowls

> ?   I think Gator, old Cotton Bowl, Tempe are

> involved ?



After the Gator comes Phoenix, I believe, which is a pretty sweet deal in December (if they fill up the lake that emptied this summer when the rubber dam burst :) ).



> I also ran the Sagarin numbers from USA Today, just to see



Well, you know how I feel about computer rankings. One this weekend showed the Big XII as the #2 rated conference ... despite how Nebraska appears to be their only team capable of beating another top 25 foe and the Big Ten was #4 down by the top 25-less Big East and ACC.





> Meaning Sagarin right now likes us to go 6-2,

> 10-2   which I would love to see, but having

> watched these guys in games 1-4, I think that that is too

> rosy a picture



Yup - gotta get a solid ground game before I see us with 10 wins.



> PS  Been reading the Star Tribune stories and message

> boards all week.  Brewster sounds like 'dead man

> walking', which adds to my fear of Saturday's opponent



Exactly - we'll probably be facing Zooker with nothing to lose either, which throws the playbook out the window and opens up all kind of 4th down gimmick plays. Ugh.



Like I said, Minny hasn't been a great place for us to play recently - but hopefully a new stadium means a new start for NU in Minny.



GO CATS!!!

-SjT









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