A Quick Look at the Big Ten Bowl Games

So the BCS did what they usually do, which is nothing exciting. With that said, let's take a quick initial look at all the Big Ten games:

1. Rose Bowl: USC vs Penn State: A great accomplishment for Penn State, for USC it's like a home game. In fact, didn't USC just play in that same stadium on Saturday night? If you look at both teams, USC is much more talented and could make a case for the National Championship game. (Does the winner of this game, play the winner of Oklahoma vs Florida?). If USC has their hearts and mind in this one, then they should win easily. They have already opened up as a double digit favorite (10.5). Poor match up for the Big Ten.



2. Fiesta: OSU vs Texas: Ohio State attends more fiesta's then Dora the Explorer. This year is no exception as they get to face the "very mad" Texas Longhorns who feel they should not have only played in the Big 12 Championship game but be on it's way to Miami for the National Championship game. Again, Ohio State is way over matched in this game against a Texas team that could easily put up 40+ points against the Buckeyes. The Longhorn again are double digit favorites to win this game (10.5). Another poor match up for the Big Ten.



3. Capital One: Michigan State vs. Georgia. Wow, Dog fans had hoped to be in the National Championship game as the pre-season #1 rated team. Instead they get a trip to Disney World to play the Michigan State Spartans. This has been a good year for "Sparty" but they have more then their hands full with this Georgia team. Did you watch MSU play Ohio State and Penn State? Well expect an even worse blow out against he Dogs! Terrible match up for the Big Ten.



4. Outback: Iowa vs. South Carolina. This is an interesting match up between good coaches that should compare bank account balances before the game. Neither team is play a very exciting brand of football but Iowa finished the year must stronger then USC with their highlighted win over Penn State. Look for Iowa to win this game. A good match up for the Big Ten!



5. Alamo: Northwestern vs. Missouri. Let me understand this correctly: One team just played in it's conference title game and the other finished 4th in the conference? With that said, I expect Northwestern to be competitive in this game but lose a close one to Mizzu who is more battle tested this year. An average match up for the Big Ten.



6. Champs Sports: Wisconsin vs. Florida State. This will be a decent match up of teams that had high hopes at the beginning of the season. Wisconsin pulled their season out of the fire late in the season but has struggled all year. Florida State all most made the ACC Championship Game. Advantage: Seminoles. An average match up for the Big Ten.



7. Insight: Minnesota vs. Kansas: Quick question for the group. What do you get when you lose 55-0 in your last game? A trip to the Insight Bowl! Minnesota is coming of 4 losses in a row where they really were only competitive in one. Kansas attended a BCS Bowl game last year and has a pretty good Big 12 passing attack. This one won't be competitive at all. A terrible match-up for the Big Ten.

From the looks of it, the Big Ten could have another "embarrassing" bowl season. Let's hope someone can pull a "Michigan" and pull an upset, like Michigan did over Florida last year. BTW: In the last 12 months the two teams that have beat Florida and Heisman Tim are Michigan and Old Miss. Very strange.............

Side Note: The BCS put together 3 games with double digit lines and two games with lines under 5. Not exactly the great match ups we were looking for.

• Bama -11 over Utah



• USC -10.5 over PSU



• Texas - 10.5 over OSU



• Cincy -2 over VTech



• OK -3 over Florida