Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if things hold then there will 5 remaining slots to fill once FSU and OSU go to the NCG: one for the Rose, two for the Orange, one for Sugar and Fiesta. With no non-BCS school qualifying, the only must-take team for those 5 remaining spots is the AAC champion. And the Rose and Orange are under no requirement to take a B10 or ACC team, though they likely might. It seems to me there are a lot more open spots this year, though the only change is that there is no non-BCS team I guess; maybe since most bowls still stick to their usual conference if they lost someone to the NCG those really aren't that "open" ultimately.
Mainly I'm wondering how possible it would be for the Orange or Rose (specifically the latter) to dick up the whole process and take someone like Alabama rather than Clemson or MSU. I guess they could but they'd really **** off the conference they would be ignoring.