As much as I like the WI Badgers I was surprised that during the Big Ten champoinship game they kept saying that the winner would go to the Rose Bowl. Of course WI destroyed the other team but how many 8 & 5 teams are going to give a good showing at the Rose Bowl? I think this year will be different since WI is a lot better team than their record. They lost at least two overtime games this year. But in general I agree with what you are saying about bad teams getting bowl bids. In fact I think there are about three times as many bowl games as needed.