i would make the pinstripe bowl Big east #2 vs ACC #2 that sounds like a nice matchup to me

New meadowlands would have to be the Big East #1 vs Big ten/SEC # 2 or ACC #1

(01-04-2011 02:46 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  I'd say the odds of the Big East being able to oust either the Big 10 or the SEC for a spot in the Outback Bowl are between very slim and none.

If there are a few more SEC-Big Tin mismatchups, don't bet on it...

(01-04-2011 03:42 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(01-04-2011 02:46 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  I'd say the odds of the Big East being able to oust either the Big 10 or the SEC for a spot in the Outback Bowl are between very slim and none.

If there are a few more SEC-Big Tin mismatchups, don't bet on it...

I'd bet on it. The Outback was competitive until the final minutes. Plus, the bowl cares more about drawing PSU over Pitt, etc.

(01-04-2011 04:18 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  

(01-04-2011 03:42 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(01-04-2011 02:46 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  I'd say the odds of the Big East being able to oust either the Big 10 or the SEC for a spot in the Outback Bowl are between very slim and none.

If there are a few more SEC-Big Tin mismatchups, don't bet on it...

I'd bet on it. The Outback was competitive until the final minutes. Plus, the bowl cares more about drawing PSU over Pitt, etc.

Yes, the drawing power of the Big10 is much deeper than the transience of a few year's worth of bowl game results. It's just extremely unlikely that a bowl would trade the Big 10 for the Big East.

Remember, the Gator Bowl recently upped its pay from $2.2m to $2.75m, but only after acquiring a B10/SEC matchup.

However, if we work it well, we could build the Pinstripe up to being a significant bowl, on a par with something like the Outback.