Big ten teams served and they gobble bids up...

[T-Man]

bold teams have accepted bid.. which conference will be the next to gobble bids up?

Non-BCS Games

Bowl      Date      Matchup      Prediction

GMAC      Jan. 7      C-USA No. 2 vs. MAC      Rice vs. Ohio

International      Jan. 6      MAC No. 3 vs. Big East No. 4/5      Western Michigan vs. Pittsburgh

Capital One      Jan. 1      SEC No. 2 vs. Big Ten No. 2      Arkansas vs. Wisconsin

Outback      Jan. 1      Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC      Penn State vs. Auburn

Cotton      Jan. 1      Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC      Nebraska vs. LSU

Gator      Jan. 1      ACC No. 3 vs. Big 12 or Big East      Clemson vs. Oklahoma

MPC Computers      Dec. 31      WAC vs. ACC No. 8      Nevada vs. Northern Illinois*

Chick-fil-A      Dec. 30      ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5      Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee

Meineke Car Care      Dec. 30      ACC No. 5/6 vs. Big East/Navy      Wake Forest vs. Navy

Alamo      Dec. 30      Big 12 No. 4/5 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5      Texas Tech vs. Iowa

Liberty      Dec. 29      C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC      Houston vs. Kentucky

Insight      Dec. 29      Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6      Minnesota vs. Kansas State

Sun      Dec. 29      Big 12 or Big East vs. Pac-10 No. 3      Rutgers vs. Oregon State

Music City      Dec. 29      SEC No. 6 vs. ACC No. 5/6      Georgia vs. Maryland

Champs Sports      Dec. 29      Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. ACC No. 4      Purdue vs. Boston College

Holiday      Dec. 28      Pac-10 No. 2 vs. Big 12 No. 3      California vs. Texas A&M

Texas      Dec. 28      Big 12 vs. Big East or C-USA      Missouri vs. Cincinnati

Independence      Dec. 28      Big 12 No. 7/8 vs. SEC No. 8      Oklahoma State vs. Alabama

Emerald      Dec. 27      ACC No. 5/6/7 vs. Pac-10 No. 4/5      Florida State vs. Arizona

Motor City      Dec. 26      MAC vs. Big Ten No. 7      Central Michigan vs. South Carolina*

Hawaii      Dec. 24      Pac-10 No. 6 vs. WAC      Arizona State vs. Hawaii

Armed Forces      Dec. 23      MWC No. 2/3 vs. C-USA No. 4      TCU vs. Tulsa

PapaJohns.com      Dec. 23      C-USA vs. Big East or MAC      Southern Miss vs. South Florida

New Mexico      Dec. 23      MWC No. 4 vs. WAC      Wyoming vs. San Jose State

New Orleans      Dec. 22      Sun Belt vs. C-USA      Middle Tennessee vs. East Carolina

Las Vegas      Dec. 21      Pac-10 No. 4 vs. MWC No. 1      Oregon vs. BYU

Poinsettia      Dec. 19      MWC No. 2/3 vs. at-large      Utah vs. Washington Statebol

[Apis Bull]

They can do this because the Big 10 season is over and their confident that both OSU and Michigan will get BCS games.

[wvulaw97]

I know it's impossible, but how funny would it be if Michigan did not get a BCS invite . . . again, I know it won't happen, but that would be awesome.  Maybe all the coaches from other conferences can do what Houston Nutt did to WVU last year and "forget" them on their last ballot

[Bull Matrix]

Looks like the Motor City Bowl is not going to be filled by the BIG 10 which should open up a slot for the BIG EAST. Maybe Pitt or Cincy depending on how things wind down.

[outrunner]

Again, I don't think it's right to give out bowl bids before the season is over. I think it takes away from the season since some teams know they are going to a bowl no matter what, while others know that no matter what they do they can't get the bowl.

[bulls96go]

and USF?

if we beat wvu?

[Joe]

Again, I don't think it's right to give out bowl bids before the season is over. I think it takes away from the season since some teams know they are going to a bowl no matter what, while others know that no matter what they do they can't get the bowl.

Outrunner, the Big 10 season is over, none of their teams have eanymore games. Further, it is fairly obvious that both Michigan and OSU will be automatic qualifiers for the BCS. The bowls extended bids to allow all those teams' fans to start planning.

No sense in the delay at this point.

[Joe]

Looks like the Motor City Bowl is not going to be filled by the BIG 10 which should open up a slot for the BIG EAST. Maybe Pitt or Cincy depending on how things wind down.

It was said yesterday, that if the SEC doesn't get 2 teams into the BCS, South Carolina will probably be the MCB's selection.

[80mins]

Doesn't the Outback Bowl almost exclusively pick a team from the SEC East? The Auburn pick seems strange to me...

[bull2saintleo]

Doesn't the Outback Bowl almost exclusively pick a team from the SEC East? The Auburn pick seems strange to me...

From what I can tell, the SEC has been affiliated with the Outback Bowl since the 1996 bowl game and from 1996-present the bowl has selected an SEC West team twice (Auburn 1996 and Alabama 1997)