Article: Rose Bowl could upset bowl setup // Big Ten, Pac-10 start high in polls

Considering the details to manufacture a national championship game were ironed out at an airport, there is a certain irony that the new bowl alliance's master plan to determine a No. 1 team might not fly this season.

If pre-season polls are any indication - with Michigan and Washington holding two of the top four spots - the Rose Bowl could be holding the title game this season. That would be much to the chagrin of four bowls, five conferences and Notre Dame, all of whom make up the consortium that has set up its own exclusive playoff.

"I think all the coaches of the Big Ten would love that, as well as the Pac-10 coaches," Iowa coach Hayden Fry said. "But everything has to happen just ...

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