Arizona’s resurrection has been one of the best stories in college football, and the Wildcats’ first postseason appearance since 2017 could be the Las Vegas Bowl.
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The Las Vegas Bowl is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at Allegiant Stadium and will feature the first bowl matchup between Pac-12 and SEC teams in 33 years.
You could say the Las Vegas Bowl is lucky to be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, but the executive director of the local bowl, John Saccenti, wouldn’t call it luck.
When the announcement was made Sunday afternoon, he was wearing a dark blazer, pressed white shirt with an open collar, dark trousers and black-and-white crocheted Nikes that seemed a cross between skate shoes and bedroom slippers.
Utah, No. 22 in the final College Football Playoff ranking, was selected Sunday as the Pac-12 opponent for Brigham Young in the Las Vegas Bowl, which will be played Dec. 19 at Sam Boyd Stadium (12:30 p.m., ABC).
Tenth-ranked Boise State (11-1) on Sunday accepted an invitation to play No. 20 Utah (10-2) in Las Vegas’ annual bowl game Dec. 22 at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Utes had accepted their invitation Wednesday.