By Paul M. Banks You could certainly call this year's bowl destination for Northwestern a step up from last season's, and you can say that the selection process gave NU more respect this year than they did last year. In '08 a 8-4 Iowa team jumped a 9-3 NU squad (which beat Iowa) for the Outback Bowl slot. Unless there's a two game gap between teams in the standings … [Read more...] about Northwestern Jumps Wisconsin in Bowl Hierarchy