Making the Call

With "Championship Saturday" complete the 20hr wait begins to find the bowl destination for 68 FBS teams. Wins by Texas and Alabama lets the national title game begins to take shape, with much debate. Yet the discussion won't end there as it will filtre throughout the BCS to the smallest of bowls.
In 2002 I recall the Rose Bowl committee was more than willing to name Iowa as the recipient of their bid. The Fed Ex Orange Bowl had other thoughts. A delegation from Pasadena flew to Iowa immediately following their last game to go over every detail of the trip, although much football had to be played. On selection Sunday I sat in the same seat Coach Ferentz would sit in to address the media. However I was standing in for Kirk until ABC was ready for him. Through the earpiece I could hear John Saunders discuss with Terry Bowden and Bob Davie the different scenarios such as Davie speaking on Iowa's behalf since they followed him nearly every week.
White sitting there in anticipation of the selection I could hear the trio decide on who would would defend each team, with Davie selecting Iowa based on his knowledge. I couldn't be 100% since I could hear the traffic of the downstown New York streets in the background, too. Terry Bowden took USC. That was 30 minutes prior to air time.
On this Sunday, the final decision will not be made until the last possible moment causing the remaining bowls to quickly take their teams. Let's hope Iowa is off the board once the BCS is decided.