BCS is better than the old regime, that's for sure

[BlueK]

I wouldn't expect Utah fans to know this because their team sucked pond water in the 80s and 90s, but the Holiday Bowl for a while had an arrangement to take the #2 Big 10 team. Iowa in 91 and Ohio State in 93 were 1-loss teams ranked in the top 5. The Holiday Bowl already had a pretty good thing going before they left the WAC.

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Come on, SU. The MWC would kill to have matchups like what it got in the Holiday Bowl, and it is a big bowl today (Pac 10#2 v Big 12#3).

Here are the teams that played in the Holiday Bowl in the 80's (I am not listing WAC/MWC teams):

SMU (with Erik Dickerson)
WSU
Ohio State
Missouri
Michigan
Arkansas v ASU
Iowa
Oklahoma State
Penn State

And then the 90's:

A&M
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio State
Michigan
Kansas State
Colorado v Washington
Missouri
Nebraska v Arizona
KSU v Washington

And then in the 2000's:

Oregon v Texas
Texas v Washington
KSU v ASU
WSU v Texas
TTU v Cal
OU v Oregon
Cal v A&M
Texas v ASU

What are Utah's options now if they don't get into the BCS (which realistically only 1 non-BCS team can do)? Pac 10#4/5 in Vegas, or even worse if they slide out of the Vegas Bowl.

The MWC would kill for a tie in with the Holiday Bowl.