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Meet the 2009 Big Ten Champions I think that 2009 is the start of the return of the Big Ten. For a comparable year, look back to 2000. My guess is that no team goes 8-0 in conference. I also predict that no team finishes with less than 2 total losses (and only Ohio State does that). As a result, the Big Ten only puts one team in the BCS. And as a result of that, the Big Ten has its first really good bowl season in a long time. The National Championship Game will be played in Pasedena. After the two bowls that have their champions taken replace their teams, the selection order is Fiesta, Sugar, Orange. On to the picks... National Championship: Florida v. USC Rose: Ohio State v. Oregon Fiesta: Texas v. Alabama Sugar: Notre Dame v. Nebraska Orange: Virginia Tech v. Rutgers Capital One: Penn State v. Ole Miss Outback: Northwestern v. Georgia Champs: Iowa v. Georgia Tech Alamo: Michigan v. Kansas Insight: Illinois v. Baylor Motor City: Wisconsin v. Western MIchigan Papa John's: Minnesota v. UConn On the Couch with the Queso Bowl: Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana I think that the order from 2-8 is interchangeable. I see a lot of 8-4 and 7-5 Big Ten teams. Before you scoff at Baylor, remember that Vandy made a bowl this year.