[CrazedZooChimp]

Our instinct was right, the Pac-12 is favored in everything but the Alamo, many of them substantially. I sense another no-upside bowl season for the Pac, anything short of 8+ wins is going to be a disappointment.

I think what matters most for perception is winning the ones against power-5 teams and BYU.  The bottom ones probably don't matter.

The SEC has pretty killer bowl matchups, so they see no reason to change. And their at-large teams are generally attractive enough to not make it to our at-large bowls. It's just geography and enthusiasm combining to make it tough for us.

Yeah, the only way we get one of these is to somehow replace a Big-10/Big-12/ACC team.  Or send someone across the country for a lower level bowl, but that seems unlikely.

[CrazedZooChimp]

Our instinct was right, the Pac-12 is favored in everything but the Alamo, many of them substantially. I sense another no-upside bowl season for the Pac, anything short of 8+ wins is going to be a disappointment.

I think what matters most for perception is winning the ones against power-5 teams and BYU.  The bottom ones probably don't matter.

The SEC has pretty killer bowl matchups, so they see no reason to change. And their at-large teams are generally attractive enough to not make it to our at-large bowls. It's just geography and enthusiasm combining to make it tough for us.

Yeah, the only way we get one of these is to somehow replace a Big-10/Big-12/ACC team.  Or send someone across the country for a lower level bowl, but that seems unlikely.