Make your picks for Big Ten bowl games

Sports fans across the globe can agree that college bowl season is indeed “the most wonderful time of the year.” With 35 college football games and 70 teams looking to finish their season off with a big win, these bowl games can have a major impact on recruiting and the development of younger players as well as on tradition and pride. Because of all of this excitement around the bowl season, picking teams in the college bowl pick ‘em contests has become somewhat of a tradition in offices and amongst friends. The 2010-2011 bowl season will see eight Big Ten teams extending their season with the bowl eligible minimum of 6 wins. Here is a look at the 2010-2011 bowls for those eight Big Ten schools: Insight Bowl - Iowa vs Missouri Texas Bowl - Illinois vs Baylor TicketCity Bowl - Northwestern vs Texas Tech Outback Bowl - Penn State vs Florida Capital One Bowl - Michigan State vs Alabama Gator Bowl - Michigan vs Mississippi State Rose Bowl - Wisconsin vs TCU Sugar Bowl ...