Why is TCU playing in the Rose Bowl?
For the 2010 season, if either the Big 10 champion or PAC 10
champion is playing in the BCS National Championship Game and a
non-BCS team qualifies for a BCS bowl, that team will play in the
Rose Bowl.
The University of Oregon won the PAC 10 and would normally play
in the Rose Bowl. But since they are playing in the National
Championship Game, obviously, they can't play in the Rose Bowl. So
TCU, a non-BCS team that qualified for a BCS bowl, was slotted to
play in the Rose Bowl.