From:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tvl...?page=aboutbcs
The BCS also notes the importance of traditional and regional considerations regarding team selection. Specifically, the four BCS Bowls will host the following conference champions in the years the national championship game is not played at their site.
These consideration tie-ins include the ACC or Big East champion in the FedEx Orange Bowl, the SEC champion in the Nokia Sugar Bowl, the Big Ten and the
Pac-10 champions in the Rose Bowl and the
Big 12 champion in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
Should a BCS Bowl's host champion be ranked number one or two
Currently USC-P10 & Texas-B12 in the final BCS standings, when such bowl is not hosting the national championship game, the number one- or two-ranked team shall move to the national championship game and the Bowl shall select a replacement team from the BCS pool of eligible teams. The pool will consist of any Division I-A team that is ranked among the top 12 in the final BCS standings and has achieved at least nine wins during the regular season (excluding NCAA-exempted contests).
this says to me that the Fiesta gets first pick.. for the loss of the B12 champ.. and an at large pick
The question for me arises as to the Sugar Bowl.. where do they pick an opponent for the SEC champ.. is it after the fiesta replaces Texas or after the Fiesta Replaces Texas AND selects an at large..
I'd "GUESS" the Orange gets the last pick b/c they hosted the championship game last season to play the ACC champion which should be VT (maybe MIA or FSU)
From the Star-Telegram (Ft. Worth)...
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/colleges/13252054.htm
While it appears that the BCS title game might be a clean matchup of 12-0 USC and 12-0 Texas, it wouldn’t be the BCS if there wasn’t a controversy.
If there are no significant upsets -- and that’s a big if -- it appears the Fiesta will wind up in the middle of a selection dispute.
The Fiesta’s first choice would probably be Notre Dame. Then the Orange Bowl would probably select Penn State to face the Atlantic Coast Conference champion.
The Fiesta then would be have to select either 9-2 Ohio State, 9-2 Auburn or 10-1 Oregon to face the Irish. Ohio State vs. Notre Dame would turn on a lot of television sets (and make up for last year’s forced Fiesta marriage of Pittsburgh vs. Utah).
"They may have to choose between the Pac-10 and the Big Ten,’’ Hansen told the Arizona Republic. "They’re going to make somebody real unhappy.’’
The Pacific-10 Conference, which often believes it gets the short end of the college football stick, will be singing the same song if Oregon doesn’t get selected. The Pac-10 and the Fiesta have a recent history -- the Fiesta runs the Insight Bowl, which has dropped the Pac-10 in favor of a Big 12 vs. Big Ten matchup.
So it appears to go after conf. tie ins.. the Rose Bowl 1 vs. 2.. that
1. first pick.. Fiesta
2. 2nd pick.. Orange Bowl vs. ACC champion
3. 3rd pick.. Fiesta again..
What I don't understand is where the Sugar bowl is in this mix.. I know the SEC champ will be there.. but is this where the Big East is slotted too?? I don't know or understand this piece of the puzzle..