re: How do the other bowls pick their particpants?

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According to S.Mandel's article, the committee will pick all 6 bowls' teams. Which if true makes all the previous conference tieins obsolete.

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I imagine they will try to give some deference to the traditional tie-ins where possible (for example, putting the #2 Big 10 and Pac 10 teams in the Rose Bowl, if the Rose Bowl is not one of the semifinals and the champions make the playoffs). Like they do now if one of the tie-in teams makes the BCSCG.