As December arrives, the only thing standing between the Big Ten and bowl season is the Conference Championship Game between Michigan and Iowa on Saturday, December 2nd (which, in all fairness to Iowa, isn’t expected to be a particularly close match-up). Beyond that, the focus is on what the bowl game landscape will look like for the conference’s eligible teams. For some, like undefeated juggernaut Michigan, all signs point towards a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals in either the Rose Bowl or Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. For others, there’s significantly more uncertainty, particularly amidst the complex puzzle of bowl game sponsorship and school affiliations. But for all nine of the Big Ten’s bowl eligible teams, there’s the opportunity for big wins on the national stage, in the final year before the conference moves away from the division model, adds USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington to the…
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