Since the Music City Bowl is also in discussion, here are all the vitals of all three.
***Meineke Car Care Bowl: Friday, Dec. 27 @ 8:00pm on ESPN vs. Big Ten (probably Minnesota) in Houston, TX at the Houston Texans' stadium
***Music City Bowl: Monday, Dec. 31 @ 11:00am on ESPN vs. SEC (probably Vanderbilt) in Nashville, TN at the Tennessee Titans' stadium
***Heart of Dallas Bowl: Tuesday, Jan. 1 @ 11:00am on ESPNU vs. Big Ten (probably Purdue) in Dallas, TX at the old Cotton Bowl (where Texas-Oklahoma is played)
If you want Music City Bowl for ISU, you're a TCU fan next Saturday against Oklahoma. To go to the MCC Bowl would just require their execs liking us more than Baylor. HoD would be if we get two in the BCS and MCC Bowl picks BU, probably. This is all just semi-educated speculation.