Saturday's game obviously has a big impact on both team's bowl selection but the loser could drop farther than expected.
The winner will play in the Fiesta Bowl against either Stanford (if the Orange Bowl Selects Big East Winner to play against ACC Winner) or against Big East Winner (if Orange Bowl Selects Stanford)
The loser however doesn't necessarily get selected as the next highest Big 12 team.
Here is a list of the Big 12 Bowl Tie-Ins by selection Order....
1) BCS - Fiesta Bowl
2) Cotton Bowl (vs SEC Western Team)
3) Valero Alamo Bowl (vs Pac 10 #2)
4) Insight Bowl (vs Big 10 #4/5)
5) Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl (vs Pac 10 #3)
6) Texas Bowl (vs Big 10 #6)
7) New Era Pinstripe Bowl (vs Big East #4)
8) Ticket City Bowl (vs Big 10 #7)
Texas A&M has already accepted an invite to play in the Cotton Bowl so that leaves the following teams for Big 12 Bowls
Oklahoma State 10-2
Missouri 10-2
NU/OU Loser 10-3
So Next Pick is the Alamo Bowl vs Pac 10 Team...
Oregon and Stanford will get BCS Bids and USC is on Bowl Probation so that leaves Arizona (and Washington with a win Saturday over WSU) as the only other Bowl Eligible teams from the Pac 10.
If NU wins Saturday, would they really match up Stoops (OU) vs Stoops (ARZ)?
If NU loses;
Arizona (the likely pick) played NU last year in a bowl so a rematch is unlikely
Washington played Nebraska this year which means NU likely wouldn't go to the Alamo Bowl
The next Pick is the Insight Bowl
If NU loses and doesn't get picked by Alamo Bowl as mentioned above, the Insight Bowl would have to pick from NU and OSU/Mizz (whichever doesn't go to Alamo). Michigan is the likely pick here from the Big 10 and they almost have to take NU because the next pick is the Holiday bowl which like the Alamo is a matchup against a Pac 10 team.
In case you were wondering,
Fiesta Bowl - Saturday January 1st @ 7:30 PM
Alamo Bowl - Wednesday December 29th @ 8:15 PM
Insight Bowl - Tuesday December 28th @ 9 PM
Holiday Bowl - Thursday December 30th @ 9 PM
Let's just hope we win so we can get a good game time/date
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