Famous Idaho Potato Bowl roll call

[SpiffCoug]

Who's going?

I'll be there with my boys and possibly dad as well.

[BoiseBYU]

Alas of all the days I will be out of state. There in spirit.

[jadesroom]

I woke up a few minutes ago and one of the first things I did was read this thread and I thought, "Who'd go to a sucky bowl like that? Boise in December? I live here and wouldn't want to attend." Then I remembered that bowl games were supposed to be announced this afternoon so I looked to see where BYU would be going. My first reaction, "Well, we did have a sucky season."

I've always felt this bowl was a joke and an enbarrassment to the college bowl season. Boise in December?

So much for ESPN taking care of us.

The transformation is complete. The Potato Bowl is where Utah State in years past hoped to go to have a good time. Now we're both Utah's and USU's little brother.

Would a loss to Western Michigan mean a new coach next year?

[KingCoug]

Somebody pointed out Sitake has only 4 wins against teams with a winning record...

2016: Toledo, Wyoming
2017: None
2018: Wisconsin, Hawaii

So a win against 7-5 Western Michigan isn't a foregone conclusion.

[Wolverine]

I'll be there with the wife, son, and son-in-law. Why not? Easy 3.5 hour drive each way, balmy 38 degrees if lucky, and steel bleacher seats. Go Cougs!

[byufan4ever]

I thought this was going to be a roll call to see who was going to watch on tv...honestly didn't expect a good turnout for even that...

[hawkwing]

Definitely not me!

[Fido]

[frdbtr]

BYU doesn't deserve to be in a bowl game, this is a consolation. I don't think ESPN is very happy with us right now.

[Fido]

BYU doesn't deserve to be in a bowl game, this is a consolation. I don't think ESPN is very happy with us right now.

Why wouldn't ESPN be happy with BYU? They picked up the 2019 option on the deal at the rates from the original TV deal a while ago. ESPN doesn't care about wins/losses. They just want to put on a good game that draws some ratings--usually in that tough late night time slot after the east coast has mostly gone to bed. BYU deserves their bowl game as much as any 6-6 team does. Several 6-6 teams didn't get a game (sorry Wyoming and others).