Jerry Palm has Purdue playing LSU on January 1st in Tampa at the Outback Bowl. Let's hope he's right but don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves.
January 1st Bowl Projection
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Well Purdue vs Danny Etling and LSU? That would be interesting.
The rest of our games are winnable be honest I think we should win them all but the Iowa game
I believe he's a bit overly optimistic. here are the tie- ins.
Citrus (shared with ACC, SEC, Notre Dame)
the outback bowl is typically the BIG ten's 4th or 5th best team. I highly doubt the BIG 10 has more than 1 team in the championship series. take your pick who it will be - UW, Mich, Penn St or Ohio state.
That's 4 teams for championship, Orange, Citrus and Outback.
next up is Mich St and Iowa.
for tax slayer and Music City
that's 6 teams.
then you have Nebraska, Northwestern Maryland, and Purdue.
for pinstripe, holiday, Foster farms, Armed forces
that's 10 teams.
and close behind are Minn and IU.
for quick lane and anything left that nobody qualified for.
In order for Purdue to go to the outback Bowl, they will have to win out and finish in the grouping of Mich St and Iowa in 5th-6th place. because even if the y are somehow tied with OSU, Mich, UW or Ppenn St for 4th place in the BIG 10, n o way is the outback Bowl going to select Purdue over those four teams. typically, the outback will look at a team's record, or a star QB to help bill the game. I still envision Purdue becoming bowl eligible. But I don't envision them winning the remainder of their games. I see Purdue losing to one or maybe both Nebraska and Iowa. And that would place them 6-6 or 7-5 at best and in the 7-10 range of the BIG 10. to win out, Purdue has got to get their offense in gear and stop playing musical QB.
People at the beginning of the year said I was crazy predicting a 6-6 season. Now they're saying I'm crazy for only saying we'll go 6-6. Nebraska, northwestern and Iowa are all tough games.
Looking at the remaining Bowl games the BIG 10 has ties into, the more logical choices are Pin Stripe, Music City , Holiday , Foster farms or Quick lanes Bowl. and looking at their locations, and media coverage, these five would be a nice bowl to participate in.
in order for Purdue to have any chance of moving up, the BIG 10 is going to have to have 2 teams in the Championship series, and at this time, the BIG 10 will be lucky to have 1. I highly doubt the BIG 10 Champion goes undefeated. OSU , UW Penn State and Mich could all end up with 2 losses. as they beat up on each other.
Citrus (shared with ACC, SEC, Notre Dame)
- Outback (vs. SEC)
- Orange (shared with ACC, SEC, Notre Dame)
- TaxSlayer (shared with ACC, SEC, Notre Dame)
- Music City (shared with ACC, SEC, Notre Dame)
- Pinstripe (vs. ACC or Notre Dame)
- Quick Lane (vs. ACC or Notre Dame)
- Armed Forces (vs. Army, if Black Knights are eligible)
- Foster Farms (vs. Pac-12)
- Holiday (vs. Pac-12)
the outback bowl is typically the BIG ten's 4th or 5th best team. I highly doubt the BIG 10 has more than 1 team in the championship series. take your pick who it will be - UW, Mich, Penn St or Ohio state.
That's 4 teams for championship, Orange, Citrus and Outback.
next up is Mich St and Iowa.
for tax slayer and Music City
that's 6 teams.
then you have Nebraska, Northwestern Maryland, and Purdue.
for pinstripe, holiday, Foster farms, Armed forces
that's 10 teams.
and close behind are Minn and IU.
for quick lane and anything left that nobody qualified for.
In order for Purdue to go to the outback Bowl, they will have to win out and finish in the grouping of Mich St and Iowa in 5th-6th place. because even if the y are somehow tied with OSU, Mich, UW or Ppenn St for 4th place in the BIG 10, n o way is the outback Bowl going to select Purdue over those four teams. typically, the outback will look at a team's record, or a star QB to help bill the game. I still envision Purdue becoming bowl eligible. But I don't envision them winning the remainder of their games. I see Purdue losing to one or maybe both Nebraska and Iowa. And that would place them 6-6 or 7-5 at best and in the 7-10 range of the BIG 10. to win out, Purdue has got to get their offense in gear and stop playing musical QB.
People at the beginning of the year said I was crazy predicting a 6-6 season. Now they're saying I'm crazy for only saying we'll go 6-6. Nebraska, northwestern and Iowa are all tough games.
Looking at the remaining Bowl games the BIG 10 has ties into, the more logical choices are Pin Stripe, Music City , Holiday , Foster farms or Quick lanes Bowl. and looking at their locations, and media coverage, these five would be a nice bowl to participate in.
in order for Purdue to have any chance of moving up, the BIG 10 is going to have to have 2 teams in the Championship series, and at this time, the BIG 10 will be lucky to have 1. I highly doubt the BIG 10 Champion goes undefeated. OSU , UW Penn State and Mich could all end up with 2 losses. as they beat up on each other.
Excellent post.i think we could win out but yeah, they would even take an 8-4 Michigan over 9-3 Purdue
Yeah, it seemed optimistic to me, too. If Wisconsin and Penn State win out, they could both be in the final four (they don't play each other), but if any conference has two teams, it seems more likely it will be the SEC.
I see us slotting in around 6th or 7th, but Purdue *might* be an attractive bowl team because of the comeback story (no bowls in what 4-5 years?).
I read an article that explained there are some "no-repeat" clauses in the various bowl agreements that could force various teams up/down from the natural apparent finish vs bowl rank.
To me Northwestern, Nebraska, & Indiana will still be challenging games, call them all 50/50. Pencil in Rutgers & Illinois as probable wins and Iowa a probable loss.
Happy to be in the bowl conversation this season!
To me Northwestern, Nebraska, & Indiana will still be challenging games, call them all 50/50. Pencil in Rutgers & Illinois as probable wins and Iowa a probable loss.
Happy to be in the bowl conversation this season!
I recall our last outback game and several others where the Bowl Game was given the choice and selected Purdue over a better team. They wanted Breese to help promote their bowl game. the pecking order for tie ins is set, but a Bowl game has the option to select the team of their choice as long as that team is bowl eligible. A lot of Bowls like UW, Mich, Penn St, and ND despite what their record is because they know they will bring a lot of fans, and the ratings will be great.
At this time, Bowls may be a little leery of selecting Purdue because our attendance for the past 5 years has been bad, although climbing this year. And Purdue doesn't really have a marquis name to help market the game. I believe Purdue will be bow l eligible, but I also believe we may be disappointed in the bowl game we are selected for. I personally like the Music City Bowl. But I'm sure Brohm would like the Outback or Tax Slayer Bowls to improve our recruiting in the South. I'm not excited about the Quick lanes bowl in Detroit. But it may be great exposure for recruiting in Michigan and Ohio. While of a lesser nature, playing in a bowl game in Dallas, San Diego or San Francisco would be great.
But first, let's take care of business and become bowl eligible.
At this time, Bowls may be a little leery of selecting Purdue because our attendance for the past 5 years has been bad, although climbing this year. And Purdue doesn't really have a marquis name to help market the game. I believe Purdue will be bow l eligible, but I also believe we may be disappointed in the bowl game we are selected for. I personally like the Music City Bowl. But I'm sure Brohm would like the Outback or Tax Slayer Bowls to improve our recruiting in the South. I'm not excited about the Quick lanes bowl in Detroit. But it may be great exposure for recruiting in Michigan and Ohio. While of a lesser nature, playing in a bowl game in Dallas, San Diego or San Francisco would be great.
But first, let's take care of business and become bowl eligible.
Part of the reason a bowl prediction article halfway through the season used that matchup.
Wisconsin would play psu in the b10 championship.
A conference hasn’t had two playoff teams yet; I don’t see that changing this year.
it is hard for me to believe that any BIG 10 team will be able to finish the regular season unbeaten. Going into the title game, the likelihood is UW at 11-1 going against Penn St /Mich/OSU at 11-1. One of those teams will win the title and a play-off birth, and the other will have 2 losses and a lesser bowl.
I can see the play-offs being SEC, BIG 10, ACC, and BIG 12. I have to believe the selection gods will finally pick a BIG 12 team.
That would leave 3 very good PAC 12 teams, 3 very good BIG 10 teams, 2 very good BIG 12 teams, 1 very good ACC team, and 2 very good SEC teams vying for bids in the next tier of 4 bowl games leaving 3 of those teams and ND fighting for the third tier of bowl games. .
What I'm saying is there are 4 teams in the BIG 10 who have a legitimate chance of playing in the championship play-offs. However, one of those 4 teams is going to slide all the way down from playing for the championship to playing in the outback bowl.
I can see the play-offs being SEC, BIG 10, ACC, and BIG 12. I have to believe the selection gods will finally pick a BIG 12 team.
That would leave 3 very good PAC 12 teams, 3 very good BIG 10 teams, 2 very good BIG 12 teams, 1 very good ACC team, and 2 very good SEC teams vying for bids in the next tier of 4 bowl games leaving 3 of those teams and ND fighting for the third tier of bowl games. .
What I'm saying is there are 4 teams in the BIG 10 who have a legitimate chance of playing in the championship play-offs. However, one of those 4 teams is going to slide all the way down from playing for the championship to playing in the outback bowl.
I agree this was a bad weekend for the pac12.
Are you aware that a b12 team has made the playoff before?
I can see both Wisconsin and osu getting to the title game undefeated. Wisconsin doesn’t play anyone else. Osu plays psu at home, and I don’t think Michigan is that good.
I also don’t think the committee will relegate the loser of the game to a low bowl....
- last year osu didn’t even play in the title game, but made the playoff.
- last year Michigan didn’t even play in the title game, but played in the orange bowl.
- last year the loser, Wisconsin, played in the cotton bowl
- two years ago, the loser, Iowa, played in the rose bowl
While the chances are slim the b10 gets two in the playoff, there’s a good chance we get three in the bcs games. That’ll bump Purdue up a couple spots.
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