October 14, 2024

Hoosier Huddle's Bowl Projections - October 14

October 14, 2024/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by T.J. Inman

For most teams, the 2024 college football regular season is halfway complete. The Indiana Hoosiers rested this past weekend after winning their first six games of the season and reaching bowl eligibility. Curt Cignetti and his Indiana Hoosiers have much bigger things in mind than just reaching a bowl game but goal number one is always to reach six victories and go bowling and IU’s win in Evanston accomplished that feat.

October 06, 2024

Hoosier Huddle's Bowl Projections-October 6

October 06, 2024/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by T.J. Inman

After six weeks of full college football action, the Indiana Hoosiers are one of two teams that have clinched bowl eligibility. Do not adjust your screen, you read that correctly. The Indiana Hoosiers are 6-0 and join the Miami Hurricanes as the only teams to reach six wins and gain bowl eligibility. Curt Cignetti and his Indiana Hoosiers have much bigger things in mind than just reaching a bowl game but goal number one is always to reach six victories and go bowling and IU’s win in Evanston accomplished that feat.

September 22, 2024

Hoosier Huddle's 2024 Big Ten Bowl and College Football Playoff Projections (Week 4)

September 22, 2024/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by T.J. Inman

The Indiana Hoosiers dismantled the Charlotte 49ers and improved to 4-0 on the season. The calendar has not even turned to October and there is a whole lot of season remaining but there is now a legitimate reason for Indiana fans to begin dreaming about a bowl game. There are so many factors at play that will determine where teams get slotted: how many Big Ten teams make the expanded College Football Playoff? How does conference consolidation and the dissolution of the PAC-12 impact bowl tie-ins? How will the rest of IU’s regular season play out? Those disclaimers in place, let’s guess away and start dreaming!

September 20, 2021

Hoosier Huddle's Big Ten 2021 Bowl Projections Version 2.0

September 20, 2021/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

With the season a quarter of the way through, these projections are nothing more than educated guesses with very little information to guide us. That being said, it’s fun to look forward to the potential options for the Indiana Hoosiers and other Big Ten squads.

A few notes to kick off the projections: the top four teams, according to the College Football Playoff selection committee, will be selected and placed into the Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl for the semifinal contests. The winners will meet in the College Football Playoff National Championship in Indianapolis on January 10.

This means the Rose Bowl returns to the traditional Big Ten versus PAC-12 matchup.

I do not have any Big Ten teams in the College Football Playoff. Both Ohio State and Iowa could end up proving me wrong. For now though, I’m going with both schools in a New Year’s Six bowl but neither in the playoff.

December 07, 2020

Hoosier Huddle's 2020 Big Ten Bowl Projections (12/7)

December 07, 2020/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

The following Big Ten Bowl Projections are for the week of December 7, 2020. I am projecting out how I think the rest of the season will go and where each Big Ten team, including Indiana, will be placed. Please note, the Quick Lane Bowl (ties with Big Ten and ACC) and Pinstripe Bowl will not be played this season.

November 30, 2020

Hoosier Huddle's 2020 Big Ten Bowl Projections (11/30)

November 30, 2020/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

The following Big Ten Bowl Projections are for the week of November 30, 2020. I am projecting out how I think the rest of the season will go and where each Big Ten team, including Indiana, will be placed. Please note, the Quick Lane Bowl (ties with Big Ten and ACC) will not be played this season.

November 23, 2020

Hoosier Huddle's Big Ten Bowl Projections (11/23)

November 23, 2020/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

The following Big Ten Bowl Projections are for the week of November 23, 2020. I am projecting out how I think the rest of the season will go and where each Big Ten team, including Indiana, will be placed. Please note, the Quick Lane Bowl (ties with Big Ten and ACC) will not be played this season.

November 16, 2020

Hoosier Huddle's 2020 Big Ten Bowl Projections (11/16)

November 16, 2020/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

The following Big Ten Bowl Projections are for the week of November 16, 2020. I am projecting out how I think the rest of the season will go and where each Big Ten team, including Indiana, will be placed. Please note, the Quick Lane Bowl (ties with Big Ten and ACC) will not be played this season.

November 09, 2020

Hoosier Huddle's Big Ten Bowl Projections

November 09, 2020/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

The following Big Ten Bowl Projections are for the week of November 9, 2020. I am projecting out how I think the rest of the season will go and where each Big Ten team, including Indiana, will be placed. Please note, the Quick Lane Bowl (ties with Big Ten and ACC) will not be played this season.

December 08, 2019

Hoosier Huddle's Final 2019 Bowl Projections

December 08, 2019/ Hoosier Huddle

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

Keep in mind, there are contracts with these bowl games and just because a team finishes third in a conference does not mean they automatically get the conference’s third bowl slot. I will update these projections each week as game results impact things. We are an IU-centric site so I am only listing games that involved Big Ten squads. With no further delay, here are my final 2019 bowl projections:

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