11-09-2012, 05:55 PM
(11-09-2012, 03:41 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:[quote author=FarmBoy link=topic=6838.msg51709#msg51709 date=1352497729]
Should we beat OSU and UCLA, but lose to Oregon respectably, would we be in the op 14 BCS final standings? And would a 9-3 Stanford be attractive to the Rose Bowl, assuming Northern Indiana Parochial College is gone? Or would the RB take the other SEC team available that the Sugar didn't take?
A similar scenario played out 5 years ago. The Rose Bowl had the Pac 10 champs the team Under Stanford Control but had lost Ohio State to the NC game. They chose as a replacement a 9-3 Illinois team which was 13th in the BCS while bypassing higher ranked teams. I think the Rose Bowl will always try to match Big 10 and Pac 12 if they have a choice.
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Also, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the Rose Bowl commissioner already said this year that they would take a Pac-12 team to replace Oregon (if they made the NC) if one is eligible for a BCS at large spot. I would not worry at all about the Rose Bowl taking a non-Big-10 or Pac-12 team if they don't have to. We just have to hope we end in the top-14...