From: don.p.del.grande@gmail.com   
      
   > I was hoping they would announce the full Top 25, so I could put the field   
   down.    
   They will, at around 2:30, when they announce the Cotton, Fiesta, and Peach as   
   well. Remember, the committee puts the teams into those bowls more or less   
   arbitrarily; I think the only thing they make sure of is, they don't put two   
   teams together that    
   have already played this season.   
      
   > > I think the big question is, will one of the Big Ten contract bowls   
   "officially" invite Minnesota? I have yet to see anything official that says   
   that, if Navy beats Army, then Navy becomes bowl eligible and, as a result,   
   Minnesota is not.   
   > There are seven other partners. The Big Ten has eight eligible teams, but I   
   think at least three of them are going to the NY6. So they're probably ceding   
   a spot in any event.    
      
   There are seven Big Ten bowls, which choose their teams in order: Citrus,   
   ReliaQuest, Music City, Las Vegas, Pinstripe, Guaranteed Rate, and Quick Lane.   
   There are eight Big Ten bowl-eligible teams if you don't include Minnesota.   
   I am assuming Ohio State, Penn State, and Missouri will get into CFP bowls;   
   that leaves five plus Minnesota for the seven bowls. It was going to be a   
   "perfect fit" with Minnesota, until Georgia got what I thought was going to be   
   Ohio State's spot in the    
   Orange, which meant the ReliaQuest switched from an ACC bowl to a Big Ten one.   
      
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