i know
nor was it the michigan team from earlier either.....
oh well, it's over, time to watch the other teams, and look forward to next year
absolutely. it should have been arky/illi and usc/uga and hawaii/misso IMO
but of course these bowls have their "traditions" or whatever, and have to have certain teams there.
Why does everyone blame the Rose Bowl for this matchup. There wasnt much of an option really.
Georgia, was already tied into their bowl games and the Rose would have had to get permission from the Sugar or Fiesta to get them and its unlikely they would have said ok, because then the Sugar would have been like Hawaii vs Arizona State so no one would have watched.
Really the only other option would have been Arizona State since Missouri couldnt have been in due to a 2 team limit. Then it would have been Pac 10 vs Pac 10 so again no one would have cared outside of the Southwest.
The Big 10 travels well, brings lots of $$, and the are the traditional Rose team with Pac 10.
I would have loved to see Georgia play USC but it wasnt likely to happen.
Good point, pretty much the gulf side of Florida is midwest folk and the atlantic side is NY and east coast folk.
I would have liked to see it too, but the only bad thing is it would have made the SEC bowl record worse.