Interesting read on Bowl selection in the Big ten

[orangepassion]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ehind-the-curtain-for-big-tens-bowl-selection

 

[DNABB5]

So wait...ESPN owns Syracuse now? Dammit ARB, where are are you?

Quoted from above":A switch wasn't necessary because the Big 12 had six bowl-eligible teams, two of which were in BCS games, leaving an open spot in the Texas Bowl that ESPN filled with Syracuse."

 

[Trueblue25]

Heresy

 

[SUinNYC]

So wait...ESPN owns Syracuse now? Dammit ARB, where are are you? Quoted from above":A switch wasn't necessary because the Big 12 had six bowl-eligible teams, two of which were in BCS games, leaving an open spot in the Texas Bowl that ESPN filled with Syracuse."

No complaints here. Just ask the former BC AD...ESPN told the ACC to add SU and Pitt.

 

[zibby]

So wait...ESPN owns Syracuse now?

ESPN probably owns the bowl. They own about a half-dozen of them.