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Boise State, Utah Leave Las Vegas in Different Directions

LAS VEGAS -- After being invited to join what will be the Pac-12 Conference, Utah was forced to juggle its schedule a bit and canceled a series with Boise State -- prompting cat-calls from Bronco fans desperate to create regional rivalries outside the potato state. Considering what's happened the last two times the...

Turkey Legs to Go: Las Vegas Bowl Travel Guide, BYU vs. Arizona

Turkey Legs to Go is FanHouse's complete travel guide for all of the 2008-2009 college bowl games. Here, we cover the Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, Nevada), which pits BYU against Arizona.Overview/Matchup: The beauty of going to a bowl game in Las Vegas is that, well, it's Las Vegas. The tremendous downside is that, well,...

Petersen Takes Pass on UCLA Job

Just minutes after UCLA announced that it would have a head coaching vacancy in its football program, its leading candidate turned down the job.Boise State head coach Chris Petersen, identified this morning by the Los Angeles Times as the Bruins' top pick, told the Idaho Statesman that he is not interested in Karl...

BCS Still Hates the Pac Ten

Since joining the Bowl Championship Series system, the Pac Ten has been the perennial odd-man out, and history repeated itself again as the Kansas Jayhawks were selected to play in the Orange Bowl, leaving Arizona State as the off-man out.Pac Ten Commissioner Tom Hansen is likely not amused--but nor should be be surprised....

Pac Ten May Not Fill Bowl Slots

Although it is considered by many to be the second-toughest conference in College Football, the Pac Ten looks like it will not fill all of its bowl allotments in 2007. The Pac Ten has arrangements this year with the Rose, Holiday, Sun, Las Vegas, Emerald and Armed Forces Bowls. That is six bowls before you consider that...