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Noted CBS analyst says the Michigan football team will win the Big Ten, head to the Rose Bowl

CBSsports.com analyst Jerry Palm predicts Michigan will win the Big Ten and advance to the Rose Bowl in 2012. Palm projected the Wolverines as a BCS team prior to last season as well.

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And in 2012, he's keeping his seat on the front of the bus.

Palm, a CBSsports.com analyst and the owner of CollegeBCS.com, unveiled his 2012 bowl projections earlier this week, placing Michigan in the Rose Bowl as the Big Ten champions.

Palm, remember, was one of -- if not the only -- analyst to jump on Michigan's early potential last season, projecting the Wolverines as a BCS team before the 2011 campaign began.

"There was one week I took them out of the BCS projections, but I never thought they weren't going 10-2," Palm told the Detroit Free Press last season. "The hard part (of the BCS) isn't just going 10-2, the circumstances have to be right, the bowl selection matters, among other things."

ESPN announces new 12-year extension with the Rose Bowl, Big Ten and Pac-12

ESPN announced a new 12-year extension with the Rose Bowl on Thursday, keeping the game on Jan. 1 or Jan. 2 through 2026.

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ESPN announced Thursday that it's come to an agreement on a 12-year contract extension with the Rose Bowl, the Big Ten and the Pac-12 to continue carrying the event at 5 p.m. (ET) on Jan. 1 (or Jan. 2) through 2026.

Long story short, even if the Rose Bowl isn't one of the new playoff-rotated semifinal games -- it'll have a New Year's Day slot on national television.

“We’re excited that the Rose Bowl Game will continue to be featured on ESPN through 2026,” Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said in a statement. “The Big Ten and Pac-12 have a tremendous history of exciting matchups on New Year’s Day in Pasadena that dates back more than a century.

"We look forward to continuing the great tradition of featuring the Rose Bowl Game on ESPN, which has been a Big Ten partner since launching in 1979.”

Los Angeles Times: Big Ten school could face Pac-10 in annual kickoff game at Rose Bowl

Pac-10 officials are considering adding a kickoff game to the start of each season that would give the conference and West Coast a stronger preseason presence.

Such a game could feature a Big Ten opponent, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Stevie Brown: Michigan has 'good chance' of making Rose Bowl this year

Stevie Brown played in a Rose Bowl as a freshman, and he wants to go back.

Despite two Big Ten losses, Brown said Michigan has "a good chance" of reaching Pasadena this year.