Phil Steele projects Penn State to Sugar Bowl

We love Phil Steele (he's the best college football analyst in the business), but his latest bowl projections are not grounded in the reality of the BCS selection procedures...

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Steele is projecting Penn State to the Sugar Bowl opposite Alabama.

There's no doubt that the SEC Championship Game loser (Alabama or Florida) will host the Sugar Bowl. But for Penn State to be their opponent would require an exceedingly unlikely series of events...

• The Fiesta Bowl passes on Iowa, Oklahoma State, and Penn State as the replacement host for Texas and instead picks TCU
• The Fiesta Bowl passes on Iowa and Penn State with the first at-large pick and instead selects Boise State
• The Orange Bowl picks the Big East Champion (Pitt or Cincinnati) instead of Iowa or Penn State with the second at-large selection
• The Sugar Bowl picks Penn State over Iowa

The only way this could happen is if the committees of both the Fiesta Bowl and Orange Bowl are allergic to money.
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