Joe Walljasper provides a voice of reason in the Big XII bowl selection process:
The Tigers — who are better than the Cyclones according to arcane measures such as records and head-to-head results — play the better opponent (Navy rather than Minnesota) and get better exposure (ESPN rather than The NFL Network) in a city they recruit (Houston vs. Tempe, Ariz.).
So getting upset about the Insight Bowl stiffing Missouri in favor of Iowa State is like getting mad when the person you want to dump dumps you first. The result is fine, but the process isn’t.
He also writes about the revenue sharing system in the Big XII that I discussed in this TSE post earlier today. Read what he has to say