I guess I need to change my bowl prediction again, though I still think the Hawks will go to the Alamo Bowl. I really don’t understand the Big 12. How can the North champion end up playing in such a crappy bowl like the Champ Sports? I would have assumed that they would go to either the Cotton or the Holiday. But SI.com, ESPN.com, have Colorado playing the Champ Sports and CBS SportsLine has them playing in the Independence Bowl. So now I think Iowa will play Nebraska in the Alamo Bowl.

Back to the Hawks. Stewart Mandel at SI.com has Iowa playing Nebraska in the Alamo Bowl. At ESPN.com both Pat Forde and Ivan Maisel pick Iowa to play Nebraska in the Alamo Bowl. At FoxSports.com they pick Iowa to play Colorado in the Alamo Bowl. And CBS Sportsline apparently think the Hawks stink and have them playing Virginia in the Music City Bowl. I seriously doubt that the Sun Bowl would choose Northwestern over Iowa and their fan base.

The Daily Iowan thinks the Hawks will play in either the Outback or Alamo Bowls. Des Moines Register also thinks the Outback Bowl is a possibility, but they don’t think it is very likely.

I think the Nabraska-Iowa matchup in the Alamo Bowl would be a good one. They have played each other in the regular season several times over the past 20 years. We’ll find out where the Hawks are going next weekend.