Big 6 Bowl Participants

When next Friday rolls around, the Ducks will join a short list of programs which have appeared in 5 or more of the Big 6 bowls: Rose, Fiesta, Cotton, Sugar, Peach, Orange.

The Ducks will be at 5...with only the Sugar not on their list.

Bowl participation has changed over the years. Some bowls were an exclusive opportunity for the SEC, Big8, Big Ten, or Pac12 for years. How many years was the Rose Bowl just Pac vs B1G? Those of us with more gray hair can remember when the Big10 only had the Rose Bowl as an option, and there was a consecutive year no-repeat rule. When Penn State was independent status, that benefited their bowl possibilities. And, so on.

Now, with more bowls bowl participation is not as rare. That being said, even with conference tie-in's, what are we looking at?

Participation in all 6 major bowls: Ohio State, Penn State, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Miami.

Participation in 5 of the six: Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, Clemson, Florida St, Georgia Tech, Syracuse. Others? Don't know.

USC? Never in the Peach or Sugar. I'm sure the Toejams would say, "all those Rose Bowls limited our availability." Haarumph.

Appears Texas may be the only one with a W in all six.