Among the Las Vegas Bowl opponents mentioned as possibilities from various sources are Tennessee, Louisville, Toledo and Notre Dame.
Brent Ringler, the Armed Forces Bowl executive director, said his bowl would be excited to have either BYU or Utah and said they were two of the main candidates since San Diego State and Air Force appear to be going to the Poinsettia and Independence bowls.
"We've had Utah before, but never had BYU," Ringler said. "We'd be happy to have either team."
The opponent in the Armed Forces Bowl is from Conference USA and the league will be able to fill all of its slots. SMU would be an ideal choice since the bowl game will be played in its stadium and other possibilities are Tulsa and UTEP.
Ringler said the bowl is already sold out, so the bowl doesn't have to worry about selling tickets to incoming fans besides those designated for the participating schools.
Any bowl matchups won't be officials until Dec. 5 after the BCS bowl selections are made.
Scenarios. . .UTAH. . .BYU
Most likely. . .Las Vegas. . .Armed Forces
Possibility. . .Armed Forces, Poinsettia. . .New Mexico
Probably not. . .Independence. . .Independence, Las Vegas
Unlikely. . .New Mexico. . .Poinsettia
Mountain West Conference bowl affiliations
Bowl. . .Date. . .Time. . .Place. . .Most likely team*
1. Las Vegas. . .Dec. 22. . .6 p.m.. . .Las Vegas. . .Utah
2. Poinsettia. . .Dec. 23. . .6 p.m.. . .San Diego. . .San Diego State
3. Independence. . .Dec. 27. . .4 p.m.. . .Shreveport. . .Air Force
4. Armed Forces. . .Dec. 30. . .11 a.m.. . .Dallas. . .BYU
5. New Mexico. . .Dec. 18. . .Noon. . .Albuquerque. . .non-MWC team
*Assuming TCU gets a BCS bowl berth
e-mail: sor@desnews.com
DeseretNews.com encourages a civil dialogue among its readers. We welcome your thoughtful comments.
— About comments
Mike Sorensen has covered sports at the Deseret News since 1979. He has covered golf his entire career and nearly every sport you can think of, but for the past 15 years his main beats have been college football and more ..
- USA Rugby: 'What BYU won ... was a mythical...
- The offseason status of NFL players with Utah...
- High school track: Ogden's Sarah Feeny breaks...
- Mormon NFL safety Eric Weddle: Balancing...
- High school track: Park City's Ben Saarel...
- If hired, Jeff Hornacek will face same...
- Orem football player remains in...
- Utes football recruiting: Polynesian players...
Subscribe
Mobile
RSS
- Considerable work, planning has gone...
71 - Mormon NFL safety Eric Weddle:... 65
- USA Rugby: 'What BYU won ... was a... 61
- Ryan Teeples: Ziggy Ansah's story... 61
- Utes football: No changes imminent for... 56
- Utes football recruiting: Polynesian... 53
- High school baseball: 5A, 4A, 3A state... 49
- BYU football to receive 6-figure payout... 41
A minor point, but Arizona State wouldn't be bowl eligible even if they win out and finish 6-6 because two of those wins were against FCS teams and you can only use one of the wins in getting to your six victories.
The comments from the Las Vegas Bowl representative just underscore the problem with the bowl system "They've been great for OUR bowl" (emphasis added). The bowls have nothing whatsoever to do with the NCAA, they are third parties to the More..
I would think the LV bowl would relish the chance to get someone besides BYU. BYU has been great to the LV bowl and has recorded 5 straight sell-outs, but that have got to want some new blood. Win or lose, I don't think BYU gets the invite to the More..