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Apples to oranges. The BCS gets to pick the at-large team from the conference...In the SEC, the higher ranked team may get the at-large bid. Last year, Florida got the at-large bid over Georgia (who actually won the East and had the head-to head over UF)...similar situation.

Huh? You obviously do not know how bowl selection works.

Michigan St. could have been selected to the Rose Bowl in 2010, the Rose Bowl chose Wisconsin, both were Co-Champions in the big10 that year. Things changed last year with the installment of the Championship game which Wisconsin won and earn the Rose Bowl trip.

You Georgia example is no different than LSU sitting at home during the SEC-CG and then being selected over Arkansas, who played for the championship, to go to the Sugar Bowl. The year Carolina made it and lost they fell all the way to the Chic-fil-a Bowl, this has always been the result of losing the conference championship game in every conference, the only exception would be 0U the year they lost and then were destroyed by SC.

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Posted by madmaxvol

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Posted on 7/24/13 at 12:26 pm to DaleDenton

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Huh? You obviously do not know how bowl selection works.

Huh? You obviously do not know how the Big 10 works (or at least how it worked in 2010). Let me break the tie-breaker system down for you.

In 2010 there was a 3-way tie at the top of the Big 10 (before they had divisions). Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan State. Ohio State lost to Wisconsin and Wisconsin lost to Michigan. All three teams had the same record in and out of conference.

The Big-10 selection process stated that in case of a 3-way tie, they would chose the conference champion based on their BCS rankings. Since Michigan State started the season unranked (whereas both Wisconsin and Ohio State were ranked), they had much more ground to make up. The BCS got to select the at-large team, but the Big-10 selected the champion.

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You Georgia example is no different than LSU sitting at home during the SEC-CG and then being selected over Arkansas, who played for the championship, to go to the Sugar Bowl.

I was making reference to at-large bids, rather than automatic bids. Wisconsin lost to Michigan State, but received an automatic bid, solely because of their BCS ranking...Ohio State received an at-large bid based on the fact that that is who the BCS bowl wanted to take (just like Florida over Georgia).

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