Why Fiesta bowl for Big East (or Cotton Bowl for Big 10 (11) for that matter)? Each Conference needs a bowl, Fiesta has no tie-in, Cotton’s went away a few yrs back. In my system, each conference has 2 divisions, winners in title game, winner of that game represents conference in bowl. Independents would be dealt with the same way I deal with the Irish.
One more confernece/bowl tie in: Sun Belt: Humanitarian