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I talked to Big Ten Senior Associate Commissioner/Television Administration Mark Rudner about the conference’s new bowls and how the process for placing teams has changed.
Q: Can you explain the process of placing teams?
A: In the past, bowls had the right to choose teams whether that team had been their recently or not. The bowl had the right to choose and the team would have to go. But now, each of our bowl partners must rank their preferred teams to play in their bowl. A bowl will give their first, second and third choice. The Big Ten will go to its institutions and ask where they would like to go, and the schools will rank their bowl preferences. The Big Ten then will try to marry bowls with programs. The bowls will have to be thinking, since they will be “using up that team” for the next six years.
Q: How will the Big Ten’s relationship with the Rose Bowl be altered?
A: With the Rose Bowl being a national semifinal game this season, if the Big Ten champ is in the playoff, depending on where they are seeded, they could be playing in the Rose Bowl. In years when the Rose Bowl is not a national semifinal game—like the 2015 season—then the Big Ten champ will play the Pac-12 champ in the Rose Bowl unless either team is in the playoff. If a Big Ten or Pac-12 champ is in the playoff, then the Rose Bowl would pick a replacement team from those leagues. So, there would still be a traditional Big Ten-Pac-12 matchup in the Rose Bowl.
http://btn.com/2014/10/30/mark-rudner-qa-big-ten-set-to-emark-on-new-bowl-era/
Go Gophers!!
I talked to Big Ten Senior Associate Commissioner/Television Administration Mark Rudner about the conference’s new bowls and how the process for placing teams has changed.
Q: Can you explain the process of placing teams?
A: In the past, bowls had the right to choose teams whether that team had been their recently or not. The bowl had the right to choose and the team would have to go. But now, each of our bowl partners must rank their preferred teams to play in their bowl. A bowl will give their first, second and third choice. The Big Ten will go to its institutions and ask where they would like to go, and the schools will rank their bowl preferences. The Big Ten then will try to marry bowls with programs. The bowls will have to be thinking, since they will be “using up that team” for the next six years.
Q: How will the Big Ten’s relationship with the Rose Bowl be altered?
A: With the Rose Bowl being a national semifinal game this season, if the Big Ten champ is in the playoff, depending on where they are seeded, they could be playing in the Rose Bowl. In years when the Rose Bowl is not a national semifinal game—like the 2015 season—then the Big Ten champ will play the Pac-12 champ in the Rose Bowl unless either team is in the playoff. If a Big Ten or Pac-12 champ is in the playoff, then the Rose Bowl would pick a replacement team from those leagues. So, there would still be a traditional Big Ten-Pac-12 matchup in the Rose Bowl.
http://btn.com/2014/10/30/mark-rudner-qa-big-ten-set-to-emark-on-new-bowl-era/
Go Gophers!!
