The point is, I would rather be Big Ten Champs than go to the Rose Bowl as a consolation prize.

FSU is vastly inferior to Florida.

when people have said “you heard it here first”, they’ve always been wrong. I had always heard it before, often times in many many places. But congratulations, no one else has been crazy enough to make that prediction as far as I’ve seen, so I did hear it there first! If you’re right I’ll give you 25 points. They’re very similar to Who’s Line points in that they don’t matter, but, it’s the thought that counts.

1. You think FSU will beat Florida
2. You think the Yankees will beat the Phillies

Go Phillies!!!!!!!!
Go Penn State!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are five BCS bowls including the championship game. That’s ten spots. Six for each conference champion, and four at large. Figure the loser of the SEC championship game will get a spot, so there’s one. Then you’ll have the token Mid Major team like Boise State. That’s two spots, and still leaves two spots to be filled.

So we would be lumped in a group that would probably include the runner up teams of the Big XII, the Big East, the ACC, and the PAC-10. If USC doesn’t win the conference they would be an attractive pick. Oklahoma is out this year, so if Texas wins the Big XII championship game, who else in that conference stacks up against us? Miami might get in from the ACC if they finish strong, but I don’t think they would get selected over us.

If PSU finishes with just one loss and can claim wins over Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State and Ohio State they’ll get in the BCS.

I still think Oregon is the most likely pick right now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it all comes down to the final week – Civil War (Oregon-Oregon St.) on 12/3, then Arizona-USC on 12/5.

I’m also going to throw in Stanford as the team that can kill somebody’s chances at the Rose Bowl, or perhaps make that final week even more interesting. I don’t think they’ll be able to win the Pac-10, but with Oregon and USC still left on their schedule, they could make things more interesting.

I would love the comments from “JESSE!”.

I don’t see how they are less attractive than a BSU or TCU…who also have weak followings. At least with PSU-Pitt you get a storyline, I feel like you turn off a lot of PSU fans with a mid-major selection.

But I agree it’s all questionable and probably pointless anyway because I’m not sure Pitt beats Cinci.

If Iowa loses, given OSU’s crapping the bed the other day, it just makes the Big Ten look even worse. Like it or not, the perception is the B10 stinks. We need Iowa for some national respectability.

why not go with everyone respecting us more because our one loss came to a team that is top three and maybe playing for or at least making an argument that it should be playing for a national title?

Because, if they lose in the national title game, it confirms opinions that the Big 10 sucks. Even if Iowa could have beaten every other team in the top ten, the MSM will say that the Big 10 champ lost in a bowl game. In a way, we want Iowa to lose one game & play in the Rose Bowl. Then, they can beat the Pac 10 champ there & we can play the second place OMG SEC team in the Sugar or something.