According to WKZO.com, “The Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl has reached a deal with the Big Ten and Mid-American Conferences that will match up teams from the two leagues for the next four years at Ford Field. The agreement will send the number-eight bowl eligible Big Ten team to the game to play the number one or two MAC team. In the event the Big Ten doesn’t have eight bowl eligible schools, the Pizza Bowl would take a team from the Sun Belt Conference.”