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Curious, how do you think the Big Ten teams are selected for bowl games?

Agree with this as most likely outcome. Music City has clear priority over Pinstripe. The tier system which was used for a few years is gone. It is about as close to a draft as you can get. The conference might step in to hit a contractual obligation or cover a loop hole, but that's about...

I was just going off the scenario presented that Nebraska was 9-3 in the example I was responding to. If Nebraska finishes 9-3, then the best Iowa can be is 7-5. I was not making any predictive statement on Iowa's final record. I agree, they will likely win both games left.

So, you have Nebraska in Orlando and Illinois in Tampa, and then what? You think Vegas, who gets a Big Ten team only every other year, and has never had Michigan (who almost never falls below Florida) will take 7-5 Iowa instead? And then after that, you're saying the Music City Bowl, which has...

To me, Illinois is the only real possibility of that for NYC this year. And, they probably need to lose one or both of their remaining games to dip to Pinstripe. Michigan isn't dropping that far. They just aren't.

Ten (10) times the Big Ten has sent teams to the Pinstripe Bowl. Seven of the ten times the conference has sent a crappy 6-6 team that seems to me has been behind any team headed to Nashville, Vegas, Charlotte, etc. Twice it has been a mediocre 7-5 team. Only one time in ten years has an...

NYC is in the mix, too. We will most likely be fighting for spots with Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. Nebraska cannot go to NYC this year. So, there's a chance we get slotted there, especially if Illinois and Iowa win out. Penn State losing one of the next two would be helpful in avoiding...

How high up is the Pinstripe Bowl in selecting? Aren't they picking behind all of Orlando, Tampa, Vegas and Nashville? I don't see how Michigan falls past all four of those bowls, even at 8-4. Barring an unlikely bid to the playoffs, it seems likely to me that Michigan is headed to Orlando...

You realize Phil Parker was an internal Iowa hire and he was paid $300k in 2012 when he took over as DC. And, Iowa promptly went 4-8. Then, 8-5 the next year. 7-6 the year after. So 19-19 record Phil Parker's first three seasons. Sometimes things aren't linear.

They are not.

Correct.

A few teams can go that way. Here's IOWA: Non Conference (overall records) Albany 1-8 UMass 0-8 1-16 Big Ten (Big Ten records) Rutgers 1-5 Wisconsin 0-5 PSU 0-5 Minn 4-2 Total: 5-17 (MN worth 80% of the Big 10 wins in that stat)

That said, when hired at Indiana, Cignetti had 13 years of successful head coaching experience, including two years at the FBS level, assistant coaching experience on a P4 national powerhouse that won a national title, and stints at two ACC schools. And, Indiana fans were pretty fired up...

Actually, the Big Ten Saturday Night broadcast has had priority over Notre Dame for both years NBC has had the Big Ten. Big Ten gets 14-16 Prime Time games on NBC each season. That includes some non-Saturday broadcasts. But, the Big Ten gets the Saturday night prime time game almost every...

USA Network has also done a bunch of NASCAR races recently. So, they aren't scared to put live sports on it.

Sorry was just talking about 2025 football. Mentioned "so far" and the first nine games, so thought it was clear, sorry I wasn't. Yes, last year there were some football games on stream only, and MBB/WBB/hockey lots of stream only games. I don't have the hate for Peacock you do, but I...

So far, there hasn't been a single Gopher football game that has streamed only. And, four of the first nine are on "free" over the air channels (FOX, NBC, CBS).

The real comparison to Nebraska football in the college hockey world is Wisconsin. Badgers haven't been to a Frozen Four in 15 seasons. Haven't won a national title in 19 years. One conference title in the past 20 seasons. Two NCAA appearances in past 11 seasons. They have gone through a...

We don't agree at all. But, whatever.

Yeah those silly, nagging season-ending knee injuries. I'm sure he was pleased to suffer those so he could take an extra two years of free schooling instead of staying healthy, playing at full strength, and possibly playing pro ball. Dude poured into the U big time, including working his ass...