Friday, November 15, 2019

Addendum: Last Year's Big Ten Bowl Games

I wanted to follow up on yesterday's post where I listed the Bowl Games with Big Ten affiliations in a perceived order that I had found online. Let's compare the Big Ten standings prior to bowl games to where teams were slotted.

Standings with records and conference records in parentheses for bowl elgible teams

#6 Ohio State 12-1 (8-1)
#7 Michigan 10-2 (8-1)
#12 Penn State 9-3 (6-3)
#22 Northwestern 8-5 (8-1)
Iowa 8-4 (5-4)
Wisconsin 7-5 (5-4) / Michigan State 7-5 (5-4)
Purdue 6-6 (5-4)
Minnesota 6-6 (3-6)

Okay, so those are the 9 Big Ten bowl teams from last year. Using that order of ranking, here's the order of the bowl games:

Rose - Pasadena
***Peach
Citrus - Orlando
Holiday - San Diego
Outback - Tampa
Pinstripe - New York / Redbox - Santa Clara
Music City - Nashville
Quick Lane - Detroit

So the Peach Bowl. One thing I only realized/remembered by doing this is that Big Ten teams also are eligible for the New Year's Six. Last year, Michigan was selected to the Peach Bowl, which moved everyone up a slot.

These bowls didn't get a Big Ten team.

Gator - Jacksonville
Armed Forces - Fort Worth

So the worst Big Ten bowl team was sent to Detroit as a punishment as expected.

Also, last year, Northwestern was 8-1 in conference play before making the Big Ten Championship, but also lost to Duke and Akron. Weird.

2 comments:

  1. Not even a pro sport post and you're still trashing Detroit. What did the city do to you?

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  2. I mean at the end of December, would you rather go to Detroit or California? Also, I'm just pointing out what happens. Detroit is literally reserved for the worst Big Ten bowl team.

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