I only care about our bowl game (and wish this thread wasn't cluttered with irrelevant Playoff and national championship blabber).
For what it is worth, here are the 6 most recent Big 12 participants in each of the bowls that seem possible for us:
Orlando
2022 OU
2021 ISU
2020 OSU
2019 ISU
2018 WVU
2017 OSU
Memphis
2022 KU
2021 TTU
2020 WVU
2019 KSU
2018 OSU
2017 ISU
Houston
2022 TTU
2021 KSU
2020 cancelled
2019 OSU
2018 BU
2017 UT
Here's my attempt to draw significance from this data:
It has been 6 years since we went to Memphis (and only 4 for K-State), so that would seem to increase the possibility that we go back there.
We were in Orlando 2 years ago and 4 years ago. It seems unlikely that we would go there 3 times in 6 years.
K-State was in Houston 2 years ago. I think it is odd for a team to go to the same bowl after 2 years. Pollard must have pulled some serious strings to get us to Orlando in 2017 and 2019.
I started this analysis expecting that it would make me lean more toward Houston, but now I'm starting to lean a bit more toward Memphis, especially with
@ChrisMWilliams sounding confident, not just wishful, about Memphis today on the TGNC podcast.
Thus, I just booked a hotel in Memphis.