Irish fans and all independents have the best deal with no bowl tie in's; like your idea a lot, Fair Warning. Not likely to happen though because it makes sense and the conference commissioners love the guarantees of conference tie in's to specific bowl games. How excited can Hawkeye fans really be about the prospect of going to the Alamo bowl for probably the 4th or 5th time in the last 15 yrs? The minor bowls need to spice it up with new teams from different conferences.