BY HERB GOULD hgould@suntimes.com
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, left, celebrates with extensive recipient Robby Toma in the shutting seconda of an NCAA higher education football game versus Southern California, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Los Angeles. Notre Dame won 22-13. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
SUN-TIMES BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS
Badgers, Huskers play pertaining to Rose Bowl upon Saturday. Spartans, Boilers sneak in, provide B1G seven bowl teams.
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1. Ohio State (12-0) 1
2. Nebraska (10-2) 2
3. Michigan (8-4) 3
4. Penn State (8-4) 6
5. Northwestern (9-3) 4
6. Wisconsin (7-5) 5
7. Michigan State (6-6) 7
8. Minnesota (6-6) 8
9. Purdue (6-6) 9
10. Indiana (4-8) 10
11. Iowa (4-8) 11
12. Illinois (2-10) 12
BOWL PROJECTIONS
BCS
Title: Notre Dame vs. Alabama
Rose: Nebraska vs. Stanford
Fiesta: Kansas State vs. Oregon
Sugar: Florida vs. Oklahoma
Orange: Fla. State vs. Louisville
BIG TEN
Capital One: Michigan vs. Georgia
Outback: Northwestern* vs. South Carolina
Gator: Wisconsin vs. Miss. State
Buffalo Wild Wings: Michigan State vs. Oklahoma State
Meineke Car Care: Minnesota vs. Baylor
Heart with Dallas: Purdue vs. Iowa State
* If Wisconsin is better than Nebraska in the Big Ten concept game, NU can be estimated on the Gator and Nebraska towards Outback.
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The SEC provides gained one more six countrywide championships. Notre Dame has received a frightening number of games this tumble from the body regarding its teeth. It have its hands complete once again by using an underachieving USC team brought by a quarterback making their earliest student start prior to conquering the actual Trojans 22-13 upon Saturday.
That all things on the Irish, who include clinched his or her title berth, staying that underdog after they experience Alabama or maybe Georgia in the national shining game.
What that overlooks can be in which earning near will be habit-forming. ND s stout preserving prominent is usually shining caliber, along with its crime had been casual and cunning adequate to have it to 12-0.
If the item bests Georgia with Saturday, Alabama is going to be provided a good chance to succeed their 3 rd country wide championship inside four years. If Georgia prevails, it can become recognized because suitable involving extending that SEC verts subject streak.
Notre Dame can give possibly a fine game, though. The Irish have confirmed every one fall.
Buckeyes closed
It had being strange. At this finish in the primary one fourth Saturday, 100,000 fans while in the Horseshoe roared approval for disgraced trainer Jim Tressel, that ended up being taken around because of the 2002 Ohio State countrywide champions he coached.
Meanwhile, this year s Buckeyes were being in the midst involving trying to play their very last game, a 26-21 success over Michigan. Despite a 12-0 record, Ohio State azines period is over, due to a bowl ban this originates with the scandal that cost Tressel his job.
Some Buckeyes supporters guilt sports director Gene Smith regarding keeping the confidence/arrogance not to self-impose some sort of tank ban last year.
At some time we all manufactured the particular decision, many of us sensed assured all of us would not receive that bowl ban, Smith mentioned very last week. Obviously, as soon as many of us been given it, i was shocked and devastated.
That quit Ohio State without any alternative however for you to cheer to the trainer in charge of that tattoos-for-memorabilia scandal.
This is, following all, the actual convention connected with Legends and also Leaders.
A increased by may be a rose
A couple weeks ago, most people explained to people your Wisconsin-Indiana online game on Nov. 10 could consider this Leaders Division simply because those a couple of might not really win yet another game.
That azines how this came down. Despite falling his or her previous two game titles to Ohio State in addition to Penn State, who will be sidelined through NCAA sanctions, this Badgers, exactly who walloped Indiana 62-14, is likely to make their lastly consecutive trip for you to Pasadena as long as they whip Nebraska with Indianapolis on Saturday.
Wisconsin is a third Big Ten school to be able to play in three consecutive Rose Bowls. Ohio State traveled to some in a row from 1972 to help 75, in addition to Michigan implemented with three visits coming from 1976 that will 78.
The 7-5 Badgers also is the little league s very first five-loss Rose Bowl representative. No just one other than them has gone towards the Granddady of Them All along with over about three losses.
And for all those involving Wisconsin s troubles, a Badgers triumph over Nebraska will not qualify for a significant upset.
Hope out at Purdue
A second consecutive insignificant bowl holiday wasn big t plenty of to help preserve Danny Hope, who ended up being fired Sunday. Hope, whom was 22-27 in three injury-riddled seasons, appeared to be about the suitable monitor that has a 3-1 start, even so the Boilers missing their particular upcoming several plus were required to scramble to help save money a new 6-6 finish.
Also release upon Sunday were Auburn private coach Gene Chizik, dismissed from your job eighteen months after receiving the nation's championship using Cam Newton. The Tigers have been 3-9 this fall, which include a 49-0 impairment to help Alabama on Saturday.
North Carolina State train Tom O Brien in addition to Boston College guru Frank Spaziani also were dismissed.
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