Breaking Down Iowa, Big Ten Bowl Projections

[RobHowe]

http://hawkeyenation.com/football/iowa-big-ten-bowl-projections

 

[STLhawkeye20]

Nice, helpful breakdown Rob. Thanks.

 

[SonofaSailor]

I get it's not as "prestigious" but if Outback is out I'm really hoping for Nashville over Holiday Bowl...and most Hawk fans I talked with at game Saturday felt the same way....will gladly go to Music City for a long weekend but not going to even attempt San Diego. A lot said that after the Rose bowl last year they don't want to spend the money to head west again for a while, felt it was kind of a rip-off tickets, hotel airfare...everything was expensive.

 

[STLhawkeye20]

I get it's not as "prestigious" but if Outback is out I'm really hoping for Nashville over Holiday Bowl...and most Hawk fans I talked with at game Saturday felt the same way....will gladly go to Music City for a long weekend but not going to even attempt San Diego. A lot said that after the Rose bowl last year they don't want to spend the money to head west again for a while, felt it was kind of a rip-off tickets, hotel airfare...everything was expensive.

San Diego is a more "doable" city than LA by a landslide. And you're correct that in the aggregate less fans will want to go, but that will drive down demand and make airfare, hotels, and especially tickets less expensive. San Diego is actually a great city for a long weekend. But I get where you're coming from. The only thing that would prevent me from going would be a rematch with Stanford.

 

[StatelineHawk]

I get it's not as "prestigious" but if Outback is out I'm really hoping for Nashville over Holiday Bowl...and most Hawk fans I talked with at game Saturday felt the same way....will gladly go to Music City for a long weekend but not going to even attempt San Diego. A lot said that after the Rose bowl last year they don't want to spend the money to head west again for a while, felt it was kind of a rip-off tickets, hotel airfare...everything was expensive.

What you said is all true. Music City bowl has potential for a huge Hawk following. Holiday bowl will be in for a huge disappointment. Dec. 27 is a ridiculous date.

 

[SonofaSailor]

What you said is all true. Music City bowl has potential for a huge Hawk following. Holiday bowl will be in for a huge disappointment. Dec. 27 is a ridiculous date.

Yeah exactly...I might not even be able to get off work to watch the Holiday bowl on a Tuesday (I think it is?) but with holiday weekend may be able to make the Music City bowl work to go to.

 

[deanvogs]

What you said is all true. Music City bowl has potential for a huge Hawk following. Holiday bowl will be in for a huge disappointment. Dec. 27 is a ridiculous date.

Music City Bowl would be a new city for Hawk fans and a bowl game + quality city + driving distance from Iowa = 30,000+ Hawks fans there.

 

[RobHowe]

Nice, helpful breakdown Rob. Thanks.

Thanks for reading.

There will be plenty of discussions between B1G, bowls and schools.

My guess is the Holiday would want Iowa especially when Minnesota is the other likely option. And the Holiday is a full bowl partner with the conference while the Music City shares its partnership with the Taxslayer.

Now, as I wrote, if Iowa concedes the Outback to Nebraska to satisfy the conference's desire to send different teams to these bowls as much as possible, it should give it some say. But does what Iowa wants trump what the Holiday wants? Tough to know.

 

[Xerxes]

Nashville is a very fun place so that wouldn't bother me one bit. Either way I hope Iowa gets matched up with a team that they can beat. With the exception of the CFP, all the bowls are the same to me, glorified exhibitions. So I just want them to win.

 

[HawksMN]

Thanks for reading.

There will be plenty of discussions between B1G, bowls and schools.

My guess is the Holiday would want Iowa especially when Minnesota is the other likely option. And the Holiday is a full bowl partner with the conference while the Music City shares its partnership with the Taxslayer.

Now, as I wrote, if Iowa concedes the Outback to Nebraska to satisfy the conference's desire to send different teams to these bowls as much as possible, it should give it some say. But does what Iowa wants trump what the Holiday wants? Tough to know.

If the bowl in question has the choice of either Iowa or MN, who do you think they are gonna want badly? A team that finished on a 3 game W streak, beating two ranked opponents, with history on their side OR a team that has been dismal the better part of the last 3 decades, loses in dramatic fashion, cannot win a big game to save their life, travels poorly, and rarely beats Iowa?

 

[StatelineHawk]

Thanks for reading.

There will be plenty of discussions between B1G, bowls and schools.

My guess is the Holiday would want Iowa especially when Minnesota is the other likely option. And the Holiday is a full bowl partner with the conference while the Music City shares its partnership with the Taxslayer.

Now, as I wrote, if Iowa concedes the Outback to Nebraska to satisfy the conference's desire to send different teams to these bowls as much as possible, it should give it some say. But does what Iowa wants trump what the Holiday wants? Tough to know.

Good points Rob. If Iowa is selected for the Holiday Bowl, I believe there will be two disappointed bowls. Music City and Holiday.

 

[RobHowe]

If the bowl in question has the choice of either Iowa or MN, who do you think they are gonna want badly? A team that finished on a 3 game W streak, beating two ranked opponents, with history on their side OR a team that has been dismal the better part of the last 3 decades, loses in dramatic fashion, cannot win a big game to save their life, travels poorly, and rarely beats Iowa?

I don't think you read what I wrote. I said the Holiday (or any other bowl for that matter) would choose Iowa ahead of Minnesota.