Could the Big East give a bowl spot to UConn rather than, say, Boston College?

UConn finished their regular season on Saturday with a 51-17 drubbing of Wake Forest (remember the heady days of the season when the Deacs were in the top 25?). They end the season with a 9-3 mark, with two of the three losses being quite respectable: a 10 point loss to BC and a 7 point loss at NC State (the third loss was a drilling at the hands of Virginia Tech).

It may be more appropriate to offer UConn a MAC bowl bid, given that they went 4-0 against MAC foes. Regardless, it doesn't seem fair that UConn will get snubbed while a very dull 7-5 (or even worse, 6-6) team could get to go somewhere.

I suppose I should be more angry with the lack of options for independent teams (outside of Notre Dame) in general. Not only does UConn look like they may not get to take their 9-3 record out for a bowl game spin, Navy may very well finish at 8-4 and go nowhere (and Navy even has a win over then-25th ranked Air Force).

Personally, I'd rather see North Texas play either of those teams than whoever the best 6-5 team in CUSA is (the UAB-South Florida tilt seems key here). But that's probably just me and my East Coast Bias.