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Originally posted by IowaHawkeye
I heard the exact same thing - and let me tell you, Iowa City is NOT happy about it. The Rose Bowl is the Bowl of all Bowls to go to for a Big 10 team - we want our shot at it.
The deal is - if WSU wins this coming weekend AND USC jumps Iowa and lands at #4 in the BCS (b/c of OU's loss) they are gauranteed an at-large bid as a nonconference champ in the top 4. The only other at-large bid would go to either Iowa or ND (even though ND blows - they bring a lot of money)
So the Orange Bowl has a few options if Miami wins out and he OB gets 1st pick of at-large teams. Do they
1.) sacrifice legitimacy by pasing up #4 USC and #5 Iowa for a big money maker in #10+ Notre Dame?
2.) Pick USC and possibly lose profits b/c USC doesn't travel as well as ND or Iowa - plus USC is in sunny California, where they have their own beaches. Iowa and ND are in the cold midwest, they would make a vacation out of a Bowl game in Florida
3.) Pick IOWA - getting a legit team that is in the BCS top 5, has fans that travel well and will put asses in seats and leaving the Rose Bowl basically screwed.
It's a tough call. Any way you slice it - either Iowa, USC or ND will be left out of the BCS bowls this year. Records and rankings indicate it SHOULD be Notre Dame.
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I can't even get started on my rant.
The ND game finally showed our doubters what we've known in SoCal all season-- that USC's team is one of the best and strongest in the nation.
Notre Dame DOES NOT DESERVE a BCS bid.
4 -1st downs to USCs 31.
NO OFFENSIVE TDs
109 yards to USCs 610?
USC and Iowa deserve the bids.
But USCs best chance is for Wazzou to lose to UCLA this weekend.
The BCS sucks.
