Rinky Dink, But Where And Who?

...but would any of the Bowls pick us knowing that Michigan fans generally travel well and have a national appeal (no offense to Northwestern and Illinois).  Bowls tend to be about ratings and money - Michigan brings both.

How would that affect bowl projections/selection or am I just reading into this too much?  Does that mean we will see a better opponent than we actually should get?

I think is on the road vs Fresno State this week not Western Michigan.

Umm..... is that good or bad?

shot against (if one exist).  Also, a warm weather site would be nice for the team and the fans.

Woo bowl?

To work towards being the best  you need to play the best!!  Hail, Hail ...

Give it to me, that way I can drive to the game (only 6 hours!) :) Florida can bite me.

The old guy on the carcass-cart at the beginning of MP & the HG personifies where this season is to me right now. I'm all for winning the bowl game, but at this point, I'm sure I'll be more interested in anything that exits Dave Brandon's piehole immediately thereafter. These speculation-plagued dead weeks cannot pass soon enough. 

Those wanting Harbaugh to come in should pray that Michigan plays against Okie State or Alabama, so they can get clobbered and all the blame can be placed squarely on RR's shoulders.

Those who like RR should pray and pray for Florida, or Kansas State.

we play a stout team. It will give us a good measuring stick for this young team to see if the added practice actually helps and there is hope.

With Iowa's end of season collapse relative to expectations (while we also collapsed, it was more or less expected), and our fanbase not having been to a bowl game since Henne vs. Tebow, I'm going to assume it's Outback = PSU, Gator = Michigan.  My buddy in Iowa says the fans around there couldn't care less about their bowl game this year (despite their reputation for traveling).

Part of me wants to get matched up with a far superior opponent knowing that RR has a good record in bowl games, but then again, I thought we would win one of our last 2 games.

For "Citrus Bowl" instead of "Capital One Bowl".

oooh yes, please

Purely from a sporting and fun-to-watch perspective, I'd love to play Florida in the Gator. But knowing that the fanbase will have ANGAR if we lose the bowl game, even if it's to a clearly superior team like Alabama/Carolina, I want Mich to get the easiest matchup possible.  Ugh.

If cosmic justice is the enemy of bad tv, then cosmic justice demands that Iowa make the Insight bowl. Iowa can keep it close against anyone, including those 10-2 Big 12 teams. The other 4 7-5 teams would get pummeled, except for maybe Illinois who is too low in the pecking order.

Give me Oklahoma State. Two of the top five offenses in the country; one horrific defense, one that's somewhere between meh and bad. And given over a month to plan, I think RR can devise a crazy firestorm.

Basically I want to be excited at the prospect of our bowl matchup, and Baylor just isn't doing it for me.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but when will we get the official invitation?  Sunday night after the BCS makes their selections?

Mizzou is a good team, but not as good as Sparty/tOSU/Wisconsin.  It lost to TTech, and squeaked one out against San Diego St.  Nasty defense (6th nationally in scoring), and so-so offense (45th).  Michigan would be in that game.

OKState is similarly solid but no spectacular.  A ferocious offense (ranked 3rd, scored over 40 in losses to Nebraska and Oklahoma), and a mediocre defense (ranked 67th).  Their only win against a ranked opponent was Texas A&M by three (Baylor is no longer ranked). 

I suspect that either of these teams would win no more than 8 with Florida's schedule, and maybe 7 or less; Gerogia and Tennessee would both be tough games for Mizzou/OkState.  

Just considering the teams on paper, I would want OKState, because their defense is the weakest.  At any rate, I do not see how playing UF is that much easier than Mizzou or OKState.  Oklahoma and Nebraska are a different story, probably, but the loser of the Big 12 game championship will likely go to the Cotton Bowl, so it's not a realistic threat.