[Row80Critic]

[quote author=Row80Critic link=topic=16137.msg180139#msg180139 date=1479752979]
[quote author=winflop link=topic=16137.msg180103#msg180103 date=1479742418]
If UW makes the playoff & Colorado beats Utah I see the Holiday Bowl taking Stanford over local U$C.  Otherwise it'll be the Sun Bowl.

Holiday would be great, but why wouldn't the Holiday Bowl take a surging Under Stanford Control (again) team with so many Under Stanford Control (again) fans just a short drive away, and a national brand to pump up TV ratings?  I've heard others say the same thing, so not arguing the point, just don't understand the logic?
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Local teams don't sell hotel rooms. Bowl selection brings out some pretty weird considerations.
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I hope that happens, but would point out the Holiday Bowl picked U$C in both 2014 and 2015, even though there were several others with equal or better records those years.  However, maybe it'll help that this would be three years in a row, and the Holiday Bowl would want to shake it up a bit...?

[Row80Critic]

[quote author=Row80Critic link=topic=16137.msg180139#msg180139 date=1479752979]
[quote author=winflop link=topic=16137.msg180103#msg180103 date=1479742418]
If UW makes the playoff & Colorado beats Utah I see the Holiday Bowl taking Stanford over local U$C.  Otherwise it'll be the Sun Bowl.

Holiday would be great, but why wouldn't the Holiday Bowl take a surging Under Stanford Control (again) team with so many Under Stanford Control (again) fans just a short drive away, and a national brand to pump up TV ratings?  I've heard others say the same thing, so not arguing the point, just don't understand the logic?
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Local teams don't sell hotel rooms. Bowl selection brings out some pretty weird considerations.
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I hope that happens, but would point out the Holiday Bowl picked U$C in both 2014 and 2015, even though there were several others with equal or better records those years.  However, maybe it'll help that this would be three years in a row, and the Holiday Bowl would want to shake it up a bit...?