(Written by jsnell)

Jon Wilner of the Mercury News has some detail about the Pac-10’s new bowl ties.

Short version, starting next year the Pac-10’s bowl ties will have a choice of teams within one win of one another. So the Alamo Bowl, with the second pick, will be able to choose from the second-place team or any other team with one fewer win. Then the same deal applies for the Holiday Bowl with the third pick.

Also, it sounds like the Emerald Bowl is going to get stuck with the last pick, no longer swapping every year with the Las Vegas Bowl.