BYU and the Idaho Potato Bowl ranked on Athlon Bowl Watch Rankings!

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/college-football-bowl-games-must-watch-2018



Unfortunately they are ranked as the least interesting of all bowl games at #39.

39. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl – BYU (6-6) vs. Western Michigan (7-5)



Dec. 21 – 4 p.m. ET, ESPN







Both BYU and Western Michigan missed out on the postseason last fall, so it’s fitting these two teams are set to meet on the blue turf. After a disappointing 4-9 mark in 2017, coach Kalani Sitake hit the reset button on his staff. The moves paid dividends, as the Cougars knocked off Arizona and Wisconsin and lost by less than a touchdown to California, Northern Illinois, Utah and Boise State. Freshman quarterback Zach Wilson (1,261 yards and 8 TDs) and a solid defense (allowing only 21.7 ppg) leads the way for Sitake’s 2018 team. Former Western Michigan quarterback Tim Lester is 13-11 in his first two years as the program’s head coach and a win over MAC champion Northern Illinois in the season finale clinched a bowl berth for this team. Starting quarterback Jon Wassink is sidelined due to injury, but freshman Kaleb Eleby has gained valuable experience over the last couple of games. The one-two punch of LeVante Bellamy and Jamauri Bogan has combined for 21 touchdowns and 1,874 yards and will test a BYU defense allowing 129.4 rushing yards a contest.



Early Prediction: BYU 31, Western Michigan 20

Two teams on the rebound from bad years last year. And to Athlon Sports (headquartered in Nashville) this game may be the least exciting. I would expect fans would be glad to be in a bowl game after sitting around pouting all last December.