Where to go Bowling?

[hawkwing]

Most likely the Las Vegas Bowl, but where would you want to go?

[snoscythe]

The money doesn't matter--any extra money left over after covering expenses goes to the conference and gets divvied up among the schools.

So, I pick the first SD option. That choice might change after Saturday when the PAC-10 standings sort out, but without knowing any opponents, San Diego and the beaches is the place for me.

[gmj81]

Not only is the money more in Vegas, but it's a guaranteed better opponent too. I wouldn't even mind playing 'Zona again just for paybacks but I would prefer to play OSU or USC in the Vegas Bowl.

[Lawboy]

I go wherever the better match up is. If it is he LV Bowl, you do it. BYU has played a ranked team only 1 time in the LV Bowl and would be guaranteed one this year, and not in the Poinsettia Bowl. Play the ranked team, beat the ranked team, and go out in style like John Beck did.

[byutx]

E. Las Vegas: good chance of playing a ranked Pac-10 team, possibly USC

[cougarsunited]

E. Las Vegas: good chance of playing a ranked Pac-10 team, possibly USC

Even if USC isn't ranked, they would be a great opponent and give us the visibility we hope to get from a bowl game.

[mormonrasta]

E. Las Vegas: good chance of playing a ranked Pac-10 team, possibly USC

There is very little chance of playing a ranked USC. If USC is in the Vegas bowl that means they lost to Arizona and Cal lost to UW. USC would almost certainly drop out of the rankings with a loss to Arizona.

[mormonrasta]

I voted Vegas. I think USC beats Arizona and I do not want a BYU-Arizona rematch in the Poinsettia Bowl.

[BYUROCKS]

The money doesn't matter--any extra money left over after covering expenses goes to the conference and gets divvied up among the schools.

So, I pick the first SD option. That choice might change after Saturday when the PAC-10 standings sort out, but without knowing any opponents, San Diego and the beaches is the place for me.

The money does matter, if I remember right, BYU's AD, Tom Holmoe said something along the lines of, they don't make that much money off the LV Bowl, they spend most of it on expenses, so I think the 500K is needed.

That said, I still want a change of venue, I would love to play USC tho, either at Vegas, or SD.

[UVACoug]

I want Vegas for the money, the match up, and for the fact that I think we need to build the LV Bowl into a respectable bowl, since the MWC is unlikely to go get us anything else. With that said, I hate Las Vegas as a city. I'm sure it is not bad living in the suburbs, but the strip doesn't do anything for me. I like the setting of San Diego much better.

Another thing, giving the LV Bowl to the Yewts would mean they play a ranked team while we end up playing a 6th place Arizona or Cal. That would suck.