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Bowls don't have to choose teams with a better record (except with 7-5 and 6-6, I believe). A bowl with the 2nd big ten team just gets second choice of available teams from the big ten. If Illinois gets this over Michigan, I would be surprised.
OSU would probably still get picked over Illinois even in the event of a blowout. Fanbase matters a ton with these things. |
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Illinois fanbase will travel as well as any big11ten team to a bowl game right now
Illinois has a huge alumni network Illinois = good share of Chicago tv market |
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Am I wrong in thinking that the way it USED to be, for the Rose Bowl at least, was that if there was a tie then the team that had been the longest w/o a Rose Bowl was selected?
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yeah...that's how it worked for the Rose Bowl
other bowl slots were never determined that way but, it's very rare for a team a full game ahead in the Big11Ten standings to be passed over by another team for the other bowls the debate is when teams have the same conference record |
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Just want to say that Illinois actually has a shot at a BCS bowl.
No joking. I was surprised when I first heard it mentioned and had to dig through to see it. ****FIRST: BEAT NORTHWESTERN***** Impressively would help The main thing is that no conference can have more than 2 of the 10 bids. SEC, Pac10, and BigXII are limited to 2 bids---that makes 6 teams Big11Ten, ACC, and Big East champ are in --- that leaves one bid If tOSU beats Michigan, Illinois becomes the second highest Big11Ten team by a decent margin and will climb the polls as other teams play games and lose Need Hawai'i to lose, preferably not to media darling Boise St Need W Va to handle UCONN and Cincy in the BigEast ACC is set-up so that all but the champ will have a 3rd loss coming that will drop them below Illinois, but it will be close. It's possible it could come down to Illinois, ACC runner-up, and mid-major for the last BCS spot! It shocked me to hear it, but it is a real possibility when I looked at the situation. |
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I think a Jan 1st bowl game would be cool. BCS acceptable too.
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Time to start the cheering for a BCS
1. BEAT NORTHWESTERN (impressively would help) 2. Ohio State beat Michigan 3. Hawai'i pick up a loss (among @ Nevada, v Boise, v Washington) 4. Be nice for Boise to pick up a loss (v Idaho and @ Hawai'i) 5. Go West Virginia! (beating Cincy and UConn would put those teams well behind Illinois in bargaining position) 6. pull for V Tech out of the ACC--all but one ACC team will pick up a late season 3rd loss, the team best able to handle a 3rd loss and compete for a BCS berth with Illinois is V Tech--best to have V Tech just win that conference and compete verse the other 3 (Virginia, BC, and Clemson) 7. Go South Carolina v Clemson--along with the point before, Clemson is the second best at having a 3-loss argument with Illinois. Tougher argument if Clemson beats BC, wins @ S Car, and then loses an ACC title game on the way to 10-3. 8. Oregon losing opens up a slim chance that the Pac10 might not send 2 teams...pull for another Oregon loss and ASU to look impressive beating USC. While not a great chance, chances still exist. New Years in Florida is not a bad fallback plan--BEAT NORTHWESTERN!!!!! |
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This is nuts and I hope it happens. Although driving to Tempe will take a lot longer than driving to Orlando [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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[ QUOTE ]
Time to start the cheering for a BCS 1. BEAT NORTHWESTERN (impressively would help) 2. Ohio State beat Michigan 3. Hawai'i pick up a loss (among @ Nevada, v Boise, v Washington) 4. Be nice for Boise to pick up a loss (v Idaho and @ Hawai'i) 5. Go West Virginia! (beating Cincy and UConn would put those teams well behind Illinois in bargaining position) 6. pull for V Tech out of the ACC--all but one ACC team will pick up a late season 3rd loss, the team best able to handle a 3rd loss and compete for a BCS berth with Illinois is V Tech--best to have V Tech just win that conference and compete verse the other 3 (Virginia, BC, and Clemson) 7. Go South Carolina v Clemson--along with the point before, Clemson is the second best at having a 3-loss argument with Illinois. Tougher argument if Clemson beats BC, wins @ S Car, and then loses an ACC title game on the way to 10-3. 8. Oregon losing opens up a slim chance that the Pac10 might not send 2 teams...pull for another Oregon loss and ASU to look impressive beating USC. While not a great chance, chances still exist. New Years in Florida is not a bad fallback plan--BEAT NORTHWESTERN!!!!! [/ QUOTE ] I want some of the cool-aid you've been drinking! |
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MT2R isn't delusional, there was a Tribune article a few days ago saying basically the same thing. He did skip the best 3 loss team that would definately go over Illinois: Florida.
That said, Illinois winning last week was big for Northwestern. It's my totally unsustantiated opinion that teams generally have letdowns after huge wins like that. I thought last week the line would be around NU +17, but its only +13.5 which I think reflects that line of thought. Plus, we need the win to go to a bowl game. So GO CATS!! I always hated Illinois. When I was a grad student there, my roomates were so pissed that I was pulling for North Carolina in the title game. |
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