[Farm93]

Spiny - I hope you\'re right. I\'d much rather go to the Fiesta Bowl. But from everything I\'ve read, none of the BCS bowls want to touch the Big East champ.

Finally, this is where the hatred of "Stanford Fans" will serve all of us well.  No one wants the Big East Champ, but somebody has to select them so they have been in the conversation for weeks.  However, literally no one will wants Stanford and if Stanford is not #4 no one would need to select them.

The forces behind the Orange Bowl (hotels, tourism, etc.) will want any Big East champ over Stanford.  No doubt.  The Orange Bowl has had a few empty seats in prior years, so they can\'t afford a ring of orange seats.  The Big East champ will travel.

The Orange Bowl selects before the Fiesta.  So the Fiesta would be "stuck" with Stanford.  And that would be great for Stanford on so many levels.

However, Wisconsin just a touch behind Stanford last week.  The 38-0 win was important, but it is not out of the question that Wisconsin passes Stanford.

[Farm93]

Spiny - I hope you\'re right. I\'d much rather go to the Fiesta Bowl. But from everything I\'ve read, none of the BCS bowls want to touch the Big East champ.

Finally, this is where the hatred of "Stanford Fans" will serve all of us well.  No one wants the Big East Champ, but somebody has to select them so they have been in the conversation for weeks.  However, literally no one will wants Stanford and if Stanford is not #4 no one would need to select them.

The forces behind the Orange Bowl (hotels, tourism, etc.) will want any Big East champ over Stanford.  No doubt.  The Orange Bowl has had a few empty seats in prior years, so they can\'t afford a ring of orange seats.  The Big East champ will travel.

The Orange Bowl selects before the Fiesta.  So the Fiesta would be "stuck" with Stanford.  And that would be great for Stanford on so many levels.

However, Wisconsin just a touch behind Stanford last week.  The 38-0 win was important, but it is not out of the question that Wisconsin passes Stanford.