Big Ten soon to be linked with every bowl game

OK, the headline was an exaggeration.

But the Big Ten bowl lineup is about to get a makeover, starting with the 2014 season. And Mikey likes it. Because it puts all sorts of bowls, and lots of ever-changing possibilities, in play. That's good for a sportswriter in November. Great, in fact.

If you think in-season bowl projections are woefully wrong now (and they are), wait until 2014. Because the Big Ten will not only have 14 teams, but as many as 16 bowl possibilities. Click here to let ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg lay out the landscape. In short form, the bowls the Big Ten will apparently be affiliated with are:

Rose

Orange

Fiesta

Sugar

Cotton

Chick-fil-A Peach

Capital One

Outback

Gator

Music City

Holiday

Pinstripe

Buffalo Wild Wings

Heart of Dallas

Little Caesars Pizza

And maybe even ...

Kraft Fight Hunger

Fantastic. And best of all, it's a big no to the Belk Bowl.