If the Las Vegas Bowl is able to pick Oregon State, and then opts for BYU, that bowl would be one of the few lower-tier bowls featuring a matchup of Top 20 teams. More notably, the Las Vegas Bowl could end up with a higher-ranked Pac-10 team than both Holiday and Sun Bowls, which would be quite the coup.
Not knowing the particular logistics of the Emerald Bowl/Las Vegas Bowl bargaining and selection negotiations between the #4 and #5 picks, it will be interesting to see how the two bowls state their respective priorities. To me, the biggest question is, who wants USC more: the Emerald Bowl or Las Vegas Bowl? While a matchup of two Top 20 teams would be intriguing, does Las Vegas instead want to tap into the nearby L.A. fan base?
Another question: Is it possible the Emerald could opt for the regional ticket sales potential of Cal, and leave USC to the Poinsettia Bowl?"
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Emerald vs. Las Vegas
“To me, the biggest question is, who wants USC more: the Emerald Bowl or Las Vegas Bowl?”
With Cal presumably headed to the Poinsettia, USC must want Vegas over the Emerald.
USC is only 4 hours from Las Vegas (San Francisco is 6), the payout is $150,000 more ($1 mil to $850k) and the Trojans would face a ranked BYU or Utah rather than an unranked Boston College (who lost to Notre Dame…ouch).
Vanquish the Foe, a BYU Cougars blog at SB Nation
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