Is Insight Bowl one of this season's five best bowl matchups?

Well ... The Big Lead says yes, Missouri-Iowa is one of the five best bowl pairings. The popular sports blog says:

Two groups of lily-white, ‘Merican fans traveling to a state that's ecstatic to welcome them. Iowa lost four Big Ten games by a combined 11 points to finish a disappointing 7-5. They regroup and come to play against a solid Missouri team.

The Big Lead didn't include Oregon-Auburn. I won't either. My five picks are:

CAPITAL ONE: Michigan State (11-1) vs. Alabama 9-3. Incredibly, perhaps, Michigan State opened as an 11-point underdog to the Tide at the Las Vegas Hilton and Wynn Las Vegas. This is a Big Ten tri-champion, folks. It will represent.

POINSETTIA: Navy (8-3) vs. San Diego State (8-4). Two nights before Christmas, when America is restless and looking for a bowl game. And both teams are home teams at the San Diego game. SDSU will have its fans, but the Navy enlisted men serving in the area will counter them.

CHICK-FIL-A: South Carolina (9-4) vs. Florida State (9-4). I don't give two hoots about these two teams, but it's Steve Spurrier against Florida State for the first time since he left Florida. Making it better, both teams lost their conference-title games and are stuck in Atlanta on New Year's Eve instead of getting ready for a BCS bowl. Not much is better than two bitter, unmotivated teams colliding.

ROSE: TCU (12-0) vs. Wisconsin (11-1). You have TCU's "little guy" deal against Wisconsin's Big Ten big-boy act. You have TCU's stellar defense against the Badgers' vicious, merciless offense. And hey, it's the Rose Bowl.

LITTLE CAESARS: Toledo (8-4) vs. Florida International (6-6). FIU opened the season with four losses. But that's a resilient team, a glorious team. It's a program that has come a long way since its 42-0 loss at Iowa in 2008. The Golden Panthers were 0-12 in 2006, 1-11 in 2007. Look at them now, the co-champs of the Sun Belt Conference.

The Little Caesars Bowl is Dec. 26, in Detroit. Embrace it. Caress it. Adore it.

OK, I think Auburn-Oregon, Stanford-Virginia Tech and Utah-Boise State could be pretty good. And Iowa-Missouri might turn out to be one of the five best for all I know.

Hey, there are 35 of these things. Some of them should be interesting, right? What do you people think are the best matchups?