Ohio State: Fiesta (CFP SF)
Michigan: Rose
Penn State: Cotton
Purdue: Citrus
Iowa: ReliaQuest (Tampa)
Illinois: Duke's Mayo (Charlotte)
Wisconsin: Music City
Minnesota: Pinstripe
Maryland: Guaranteed Rate (Phoenix)
Iowa went to last year's Citrus Bowl. Wisconsin went to the 2020 Charlotte Bowl (last year, the SEC and ACC played in it).
As a Penn State fan, I REALLY want to see Michigan and Ohio State make the Playoff so we can get to Pasadena. Everyone else in the Big Ten moves up and no one will have to go to Phoenix (well the Michigan-Ohio State winner will but I doubt they will mind).
Other than that, we want PSU in the Cotton. If PSU winds up in the Orange, the Big Ten has to give the ReliaQuest to the ACC. The Big Ten also could get shut out of the NY6 outside of the Rose altogether in some scenarios although I'd be surprised if a two loss PSU that only lost to Michigan and Ohio State is left out. I'd be a little worried if Notre Dame beats USC and they become eligible for the Orange Bowl (or Cotton Bowl) but that would knock USC out of the Playoff and improves Michigan's chances to make it.
#2 Michigan vs. #3 TCU in Fiesta
#4 Ohio State vs. #1 Georgia in Peach
Penn State vs. Utah in Rose
Purdue vs. LSU in Citrus
Illinois vs. Mississippi State in ReliaQuest (Formerly Outback) - The Tampa Bowl
Maryland vs. NC State in Duke's Mayo (Charlotte)
Iowa vs. Kentucky in Music City
Minnesota vs. Syracuse in Pinstripe
Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State in Guaranteed Rate (Phoenix)
(12-04-2022 06:20 PM)schmolik Wrote: Official Big Ten Bowls:
#2 Michigan vs. #3 TCU in Fiesta
#4 Ohio State vs. #1 Georgia in Peach
Penn State vs. Utah in Rose
Purdue vs. LSU in Citrus
Illinois vs. Mississippi State in ReliaQuest (Formerly Outback) - The Tampa Bowl
Maryland vs. NC State in Duke's Mayo (Charlotte)
Iowa vs. Kentucky in Music City
Minnesota vs. Syracuse in Pinstripe
Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State in Guaranteed Rate (Phoenix)
Good luck to the Big Ten in bowls!
Thanks for posting, schmolik! I love the bowl season.
(12-04-2022 06:20 PM)schmolik Wrote: Official Big Ten Bowls:
#2 Michigan vs. #3 TCU in Fiesta
#4 Ohio State vs. #1 Georgia in Peach
Penn State vs. Utah in Rose
Purdue vs. LSU in Citrus
Illinois vs. Mississippi State in ReliaQuest (Formerly Outback) - The Tampa Bowl
Maryland vs. NC State in Duke's Mayo (Charlotte)
Iowa vs. Kentucky in Music City
Minnesota vs. Syracuse in Pinstripe
Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State in Guaranteed Rate (Phoenix)
Good luck to the Big Ten in bowls!
Congratulations, Wisconsin! Sure, it would have been better to see both squads with all their normal starters, but it was still a fun game.
Minnesota has won SIX straight bowl games!
2015 Quick Lane: 21-14 over Central Michigan
2016 Holiday: 17-12 over Washington
2018 Quick Lane: 34-10 over Georgia Tech
2020 Outback: 31-24 over Auburn
2021 Guaranteed Rate: 18-6 over West Virginia
2022 Pinstripe: 28-20 over Syracuse
5 in a row over P5 opponents including an Outback win over the SEC (that Auburn team beat Alabama that season).
While Minnesota has won six straight bowl games, Michigan has now LOST six straight.
2016 Orange: 33-32 to Florida State
2018 Outback: 26-19 to South Carolina
2018 Peach (December): 41-15 to Florida
2020 Citrus: 35-16 to Alabama
2021 Orange: 34-11 to Georgia
2022 Fiesta: 51-45 to TCU
Harbaugh is just 1-6 in bowl games. 1-6? That was the record of the Big 12 before the Fiesta Bowl. If you can't even beat a Big 12 team in the CFP, you're never going to win. The Big 12 had NEVER won a Playoff game before tonight. And if you're Michigan, how do you lose a bowl game to South Carolina?
Embarrassing.
This is why I root for Ohio State to beat Michigan. Ohio State can actually play in the Playoff. Why have Michigan go undefeated only to embarrass themselves in the Playoff? They're the Purdue of football.
So TCU really showed they were who we thought they were.. and we (Michigan) let em off the hook!
This is why the Big Ten absolutely can't let Michigan win the Big Ten and let them represent us in the Playoff next year. They lost six bowl games in a row. They can't even beat Big 12 crap.
Michigan hosts Ohio State so the odds are Michigan will be favored in that game plus OSU couldn't even beat them in Columbus this year. Now Michigan does travel to Penn State next year. PSU plays at OSU and Ohio State will win that game (Ohio State won six in a row and the last time PSU won in Columbus was in 2011). But Michigan at Penn State might be the one that Penn State has a chance to win. They lost to Michigan the last two years but beat them in 2017, 2019, and 2020. If PSU knocks Michigan off, it forces a three way tie. The Big Ten hasn't decided whether they will go with divisions for their championship game next year but that would give them a chance to keep Michigan out of the championship. If they decide to do top two, it increases the chance that Michigan will make the Big Ten Championship Game but also increases the chance that Michigan will lose. I'd do it. I'm not sure an 11-1 Ohio State makes the Playoff next year. I'd rather give Ohio State a chance at a rematch vs. Michigan in Indy to beat them to make the Playoff.
