If you’re under the impression that the Sun Bowl is a “bad” bowl, then you couldn’t be more wrong.  Let’s look at the last 10 matchups…

2012: Georgia Tech vs. USC
2011: Georgia Tech vs. Utah
2010: Notre Dame vs. Miami
2009: Oklahoma vs. Stanford
2008: Oregon State vs. Pitt
2007: Oregon vs. South Florida
2006: Oregon State vs. Missouri
2005: UCLA vs. Northwestern
2004: Arizona State vs. Purdue
2003: Minnesota vs. Oregon

Oregon has played in the game twice over the last 10 years.  Oklahoma and Stanford played each other in El Paso just four years ago, and look what Stanford has accomplished since then.  Notre Dame played for the National Championship just two seasons after trouncing Miami in the Sun Bowl.  Plenty of good programs have played in this game, including Texas in 1994…the year before Virginia Tech beat the Longhorns in the Sugar Bowl.

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