Big Ten Sends 10 Schools to Bowl Games

– USC was selected Sunday to play in the 103rd Rose Bowl Game, where it will face Big Ten champion Penn State on January 2.

While the tournament traditionally selects the next-highest ranked team from the conference, it is not obligated to do so, according to Rose Bowl Management Committee Chair Scott Jenkins.

Smith has been focused on retaining those big early-season games as the playoff has developed.

Either way, Penn State will make its third appearance in the Rose Bowl, and after the way the season started, the team sounded thrilled. You know, we fight harder when we’re down.

“We come back to our protocol, and that is identifying the four very best teams in college football”, Hocutt said.

The Big Ten had three teams in the top six of the selection committee’s final rankings, cementing its status as the best conference. “But they were playing a good team, and we were real impressed with what they did”.

Clemson (12-1) suffered what appeared to be a debilitating loss to unranked Pittsburgh on November 12, but followed up with lopsided wins over Wake Forest and SC. Ohio State’s coaches got to work right after the MI game. Defensively, Ohio State is allowing 14.2 points and 281.6 yards per game. “I think that that kind of, you know, goes a long not only with myself, but with this team”. No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 Washington and Clemson played in conference championship games Saturday. That group will release the four-team bracket to decide this year’s national champion, and it’s a lock that Alabama will be the No. 1 seed. This is going to be a great game and may the best team win.

Washington is led by Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Jake Browning, who has thrown for 3,280 yards and 42 touchdowns to just seven interceptions. Wisconsin would have more than likely went to the Rose Bowl because of its loss to Ohio State in the regular season. Five years after the Jerry Sandusky scandal tainted the program and the late Joe Paterno’s legacy, and the ensuing NCAA sanctions seemed to put the Nittany Lions on the fast track to nowhere, they are Big Ten champs and look like a real national championship contender. Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson are friends off the field and looking forward to the matchup.

If the SEC Championship Game would’ve been closer is there a chance Florida would’ve leapfrogged Auburn in the final standings, and, therefore been the SEC representative in the Sugar Bowl?

In the end, true chaos never came to college football this season. 3,626 yards, 34 TDs passing; 441 yards, four TDs rushing. They won the Big Ten, they beat Ohio State.

Clemson and Ohio State will face off in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Playstation Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve.

There was a roughly 20-minute discussion about Penn State’s case for a playoff spot during the selection show, with several ESPN analysts saying they would have picked the Lions.

The Buckeyes (11-1) are the first team to reach the playoff in its three-year history without winning their conference. “This is an opportunity for this group of young men to be together yet one more time, proudly representing the Blue and White as they have done all season”.

Enjoy Bowl Season- With a small slate of games this past week, it is now time to get ready for the bowl season.