What's the deal with Hall all of a sudden?

[Lawboy]

BYU usually played a higher ranked team in the Holiday Bowl. yes, there were some bad losses in there too, like to Indiana, Virginia, and others, too. But many coaches had poor bowl records. Osborn did at Nebraska until the 90's, Bowden lost many at FSU. Bowls are different now. You have to win, not just be happy to be there.

[EM_Puma]

BYU usually played a higher ranked team in the Holiday Bowl. yes, there were some bad losses in there too, like to Indiana, Virginia, and others, too. But many coaches had poor bowl records. Osborn did at Nebraska until the 90's, Bowden lost many at FSU. Bowls are different now. You have to win, not just be happy to be there.

Did they? Someone mentioned the other day in this forum that the only ranked teams we had played in a bowl game was the Iowa one we tied and the KSU team we played in the Cotton Bowl. I didn't check them on that statement as it sounded about right. Remember that in the 1984 season, when there still were a few less bowl games, that all we could get to come was a 6-5 Michigan team that had been ranked earlier in the season, but had been decimated by injuries, where many of those injured players were finally back by the time we played them. The point is that I remember it being hard to get ranked teams to the Holiday Bowl.

[Lawboy]

1978 Navy was #17 in final UPI Poll
1979 Indiana was #16
1980 SMU was #20
1981 Wash State was NR
1982 Ohio State was #12
1983 Missouri was NR
1984 Michigan was NR
1989 Penn State was #14
1990 Texas A&M was ranked #13.
1991 Iowa was ranked #10
1993 Ohio State was #10.

We were 4-6-1 in those 11 games. And played ranked teams at seasons end in 8 of 11 games. So yeah, we had great match ups in the Holiday Bowl.

[BerliNY]

1978 Navy was #17 in final UPI Poll
1979 Indiana was #16
1980 SMU was #20
1981 Wash State was NR
1982 Ohio State was #12
1983 Missouri was NR
1984 Michigan was NR
1989 Penn State was #14
1990 Texas A&M was ranked #13.
1991 Iowa was ranked #10
1993 Ohio State was #10.

We were 4-6-1 in those 11 games. And played ranked teams at seasons end in 8 of 11 games. So yeah, we had great match ups in the Holiday Bowl.

Wow. I'm feeling a lot better about life all of a sudden.