Boise St., Washington have high hopes in Vegas Bowl
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Beyond the common goal of notching another win, No. 20 Boise State and Washington see different opportunities in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Boise State coach Chris Petersen said the Dec. 22 game is a chance to show organizers of other bowls how many fans the Broncos can lure.
"It's a big part of what bowls you are going to go to; they look at who carries the fans. If you bring a lot of fans, those bowls are going to want you," he said following a news conference Thursday at New York-New York casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Washington coach Steve Sarkisian said the bowl could be a "springboard" that will help his young team earn wider recognition.
"It's the only game on that day on national television, so for Husky nation, it's an opportunity to get on that national stage," he said.
Boise State (10-2) is playing in the Vegas Bowl for the third straight year, having beat Arizona State last year and Utah in 2010.
During the news conference, Petersen gestured to the bikini-clad women behind him and said, "I think we might be coming here too much when I continue to recognize the showgirls."
Washington (7-5) is enjoying its third consecutive bowl game and making its first appearance at the Las Vegas Bowl, which is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN at 12:30 p.m. PST. It's the first Vegas Bowl game scheduled during the day since 2002.
The two Northwest teams are scheduled to meet again next year to kick off the 2013 season in the Huskies' renovated stadium. Sarkisian said he is looking forward to the development of a mini-rivalry.
The two teams have only met one other time, with Washington beating Boise State 24-10 in 2007 in Seattle.
Boise State coach Chris Petersen said the Dec. 22 game is a chance to show organizers of other bowls how many fans the Broncos can lure.
"It's a big part of what bowls you are going to go to; they look at who carries the fans. If you bring a lot of fans, those bowls are going to want you," he said following a news conference Thursday at New York-New York casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Washington coach Steve Sarkisian said the bowl could be a "springboard" that will help his young team earn wider recognition.
"It's the only game on that day on national television, so for Husky nation, it's an opportunity to get on that national stage," he said.
Boise State (10-2) is playing in the Vegas Bowl for the third straight year, having beat Arizona State last year and Utah in 2010.
During the news conference, Petersen gestured to the bikini-clad women behind him and said, "I think we might be coming here too much when I continue to recognize the showgirls."
Washington (7-5) is enjoying its third consecutive bowl game and making its first appearance at the Las Vegas Bowl, which is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN at 12:30 p.m. PST. It's the first Vegas Bowl game scheduled during the day since 2002.
The two Northwest teams are scheduled to meet again next year to kick off the 2013 season in the Huskies' renovated stadium. Sarkisian said he is looking forward to the development of a mini-rivalry.
The two teams have only met one other time, with Washington beating Boise State 24-10 in 2007 in Seattle.
Obviously the Mayan calendar is wrong - otherwise they would have scheduled this game for Dec. 20th.
Ok, I'm a lifelong Husky fan. I love my Dawgs.
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HOWEVER, COMMA, BUT! There are too danged many 'bowl games'. Does anybody, ANYBODY, actually care what happens at the MAACO Bowl, for crying out loud? And what the heck is a 7-5 team [that represents the single win for a 1-11 team in their conference] doing in a bowl game anyway? The only bowl game that the Huskies deserve to be in is the 'Pass The Chips Bowl' as they sit on the couch and watch better teams play.
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There ought to be ONE bowl game per TWO conferences. Don't win your conference, stay home and cry. Not in a conference? You better hope you're undefeated and qualify for the National Championship Tourney, otherwise stay home and cry. All Bowl games should be played, done, over with before Jan 1. Bowl Games should begin by the first weekend of December on a lottery system. Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl on the same day? Tough poo.
The National Championship Tourney should be 16 teams, and should begin New Years Friday and Saturday, with the concluding National Championship Game [without a Bowl] on the last Saturday in January. And your bowl game counts against your record to get into the tourney. Not in a conference? Then you get an automatic tie game to dork up your record for the NCT.
That is just ridiculous. Look at that photo. What about that says athletics?Â