[NU Sports] Polls and Bowls

[Roger Beckwith]

Oops on the earlier email. 
There is an interesting piece on the Lake the Posts site about bowl selection. It is written by an NU guy and former bowl selection committee person (Green Jacket). Good comments on what the committees want, why they select a particular team and his own thought on where we end up - Ticket City. He stays around to answer a number of questions. 
www.laketheposts.com

Roger

On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:40 AM, Mark Ament <sportsbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> San Francisco is a wildcard and would only be available if all B1G slots are filled. With Michigan sitting outside the top 14, it's looking increasingly likely that there will only be one team make a BCS bowl.  If that's the case, would all the B1G bowls be filled without NU? 
> Mark
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> Mark S. Ament
> sportsbiz at gmail.com
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> On Nov 27, 2011, at 10:11 PM, Eric Kunkel <wildelk2 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Er....Scott,
>> 
>> 
>>  If the Pizza Bowl wants us in Detroit, that's where we'll go.  I was there in 2003 and we had at least 10K there; purple all over the place.  George Perles is still in charge and I'm certain he'll remember we were well attended.  And of course, the Pizza Bowl has a bowl-affiliation with the Big 10.  Wishful thinking says San Fran, but me thinks we'll be in Detroit or Dallas. 
>>  Whatever the case, I'm sure we'll agree that whoever we play we'll look them in the eye instead of being double-digit underdogs. I believe we'll all like that change...
>> 
>> 
>>   GO CATS!!          Eric
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>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Zeller, M.D. <scottzel at gmail.com>
>> To: NU <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
>> Sent: Sun, Nov 27, 2011 4:22 pm
>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Polls and Bowls
>> 
>> 
>> I think that we have an AD and Prez who want us somewhere that alumni want
>> to go to. With all deference to the quality upgrades they have made in the
>> Ford Field area, I just don't see the average NU alumnus flying out from a
>> coast on Xmas day for the Pizza Pizza Bowl.
>> 
>> Detroit is a great destination for Purdue alumni, it is a short drive for
>> most of them. Purdue will go to Detroit.
>> 
>> I think our school mucky-mucks are working the phones right now. We already
>> know that the bowl in San Francisco has publicly said they'd like to have a
>> Big Ten team. As it turns out, we may have more alumni in the Bay Area than
>> any Big Ten school but Michigan. The Kraft FH on NYE in SF would love to
>> have us. A few things need to fall the right way, but I think that is where
>> we end up.
>> 
>> NU will go to a cool destination for its bowl game, because we have shown
>> our alumni will come and shell out for the experience. New Orleans, New
>> Mexico and San Francisco all make sense and will have openings. We will go
>> to one of those spots.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Beamsley, Jeff
>> <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> A trip to Detroit would not be such a bad thing.
>>> 
>>> I've ignored some of the digs on Detroit that have popped up over the past
>>> couple of weeks on this list.  Just wanted to take a moment to stand up for
>>> the D.
>>> 
>>> Ford Field is one of the best indoor venue's in the country.
>>> 
>>> Good hotels to stay within walking distance of Ford Field.  Lots of young
>>> folks living down here now (95% residential occupancy rate) which means
>>> lots of cool new shops, bars, and places to eat.  Michael Symon's Roast and
>>> 24Grille at the Westin Book-Cadillac  are nationally recognized
>>> resturaunts.  Also hot and cold running casinos for the gambling crowd.
>>> 
>>> We'd likely play Northern Illinois who score A LOT.
>>> 
>>> Jeff
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ________________________________
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>>> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Jonathan Hodges
>>> Sent: Sun 11/27/2011 4:45 PM
>>> To: Jim Leonard
>>> Cc: NU
>>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Polls and Bowls
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> With some of the teams above them guaranteed to lose next week (conf
>>> championship games), Michigan is in good shape to sneak into top 14, which
>>> any sensical BCS bowl will likely snap up.
>>> 
>>> This would mean just 1 Big Ten team doesn't get a conf-affiliated spot, and
>>> my money's on Illinois.  That means it depends on how far PSU falls and if
>>> Houston wants them; NU would have a decent shot there if they pass on PSU,
>>> otherwise it looks like a trip to Detroit is in the cards (since I doubt
>>> Dallas wants NU for 2nd straight year).  But, nobody knows for sure until
>>> exactly 1 week from now.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jonathan
>>> On Nov 27, 2011 4:35 PM, "Jim Leonard" <jleonard518 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Could NU even consider New Orleans or New Mexico on Dec. 17th? A bid to
>>>> either means having 19 bowl practices in 13 days but it also happens in
>>> the
>>>> middle of fall quarter finals.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim
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