Big Ten bowl projections: Week 1
September, 4, 2011
9/04/11
12:00
PM ET
By
Brian Bennett and
Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com
After one week of games, we've figured out exactly where every Big Ten team is going bowling. (Insert guffaw here).
Sure, we're still doing a lot of speculating and projecting here, but it's fun to do. We didn't see a whole lot in Week 1 that changed our minds about our preseason bowl picks, except we erased Purdue as an at-large bowl team. Not that the 1-0 Boilermakers can't win at least five more, but we want to see a little more evidence that they're capable of that.
On to our ridiculously early bowl picks:
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO: Wisconsin vs. BCS team
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Nebraska vs. BCS team
Capital One Bowl: Ohio State vs. SEC team
Outback Bowl: Iowa vs. SEC team
Gator Bowl: Penn State vs. SEC team
Insight Bowl: Michigan State vs. Big 12 team
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Michigan vs. Big 12 team
TicketCity Bowl: Illinois vs. Big 12 team
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Northwestern vs. MAC team
Sure, we're still doing a lot of speculating and projecting here, but it's fun to do. We didn't see a whole lot in Week 1 that changed our minds about our preseason bowl picks, except we erased Purdue as an at-large bowl team. Not that the 1-0 Boilermakers can't win at least five more, but we want to see a little more evidence that they're capable of that.
On to our ridiculously early bowl picks:
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO: Wisconsin vs. BCS team
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Nebraska vs. BCS team
Capital One Bowl: Ohio State vs. SEC team
Outback Bowl: Iowa vs. SEC team
Gator Bowl: Penn State vs. SEC team
Insight Bowl: Michigan State vs. Big 12 team
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Michigan vs. Big 12 team
TicketCity Bowl: Illinois vs. Big 12 team
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Northwestern vs. MAC team
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College Football- ESPN.com Big Ten blogger
- Joined ESPN.com in 2008
- Wrote for The Courier-Journal
Adam Rittenberg | email
College Football- ESPN.com Big Ten blogger
- Joined ESPN.com in 2008
- Wrote for Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald
ABOUT THIS BLOG
Adam Rittenberg
Rittenberg joined ESPN.com in 2008 after four years at the Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald, where he covered sports at Notre Dame, Northwestern, DePaul and several other colleges. He lives in Chicago.
Brian Bennett
Bennett joined ESPN.com in August 2008 after nine years at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., where he covered college sports and the University of Louisville beat. He lives in Louisville.
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