These small time western bowls - New Mexico, Las Vegas, defunct Poinsettia - are great appetizers.
Nice to hear Herbstreit doing the Vegas Bowl. Boise St LB Vander Esch dominating the LOS Vs an otherwise absent Ducks team today. Agree with Herbstreit re the Ducks not showing up - if the Duck players made such an effort to voice support for internally promoting Mario Cristobal why not show up and play like you wanted him as your coach?
I definitely want to do a Vegas Bowl someday; Vegas is at its cheapest this time of year, save New Year's Eve. But will wait until that new stadium is built closer to the Strip. I've been to that Sam Boyd Stadium before, where UNLV plays, and it's way out of the way and in the last of its nine rusty lives.
Oregon returns a goal line pick 6 to pull within 10 before the half.