Vandal Bowl Grap

Where will Vandals don their bowling shoes? For the fi rst time in seven years, the Idaho football team will draw a bowl invitation at the end of this season. The Arizona Bowl is the Vandals’ most likely destination, though other bowls are vaguely possible. Here is a rundown of the bowl games in play for Idaho. (Tribune graphic/Theo Lawson, Matt Baney) New Orleans Dollar Camellia Cure Bowl Arizona Bowl Famous Bowl General Bowl Bowl (Sun Belt vs. (Sun Belt vs. Idaho Potato (Sun Belt (Sun Belt vs. MAC) (Sun Belt vs. MAC) American) Mountain West) Bowl Dec. 17, Orlando, Dec. 30, Tucson, vs. C-USA) Dec. 23, Mobile, Dec. 17, Mont- (MAC vs. Ala. Ariz. Dec. 17, New Ala. gomery, Ala Mountain West) Orleans, La. Played at South Bowling Green The bowl of Ding, ding, ding! Dec. 22, Boise This game gener- Alabama’s Ladd- appeared in the choice for UI’s Most national pundits have picked Simply put by ally draws the Peebles Stadium, inaugural Camel- leading rusher Aaron Duckworth, the Vandals to play Idaho’s athletic conference cham- you might know lia Bowl two years director, the Spud a Bradenton, Fla., in the second an- pion. And when it this one better by ago, but any Bowl is a “long native, and eight nual Zona Bowl. It doesn’t, Louisiana- its old name: the chance of a 2009 shot” for the Van- other Floridians on makes sense from a Lafayette has been GoDaddy Bowl. It’s Humanitarian Bowl geographical stand- dals, who won what next on the short never taken any- remake went out Idaho’s roster. The was then called the Cure Bowl plucked point, but if you list. The hometown body west of Texas the window when aren’t traveling, it Humanitarian Bowl team, which needs and hasn’t drawn the Falcons suf- San Jose State in could be a crummy in 1998 and 2009. two more wins for from states west fered a seven-game its inaugural game deal. The Tucson Expect UI to play its a postseason bid, of the Mississippi slide earlier this last season, so the game is one of only fi rst bowl game out- has played in the River since 2009. season. Idaho’s Vandals may not three bowls not side of state lines, NOLA Bowl four of Idaho’s chances? chances? 4. be such a reach. televised by a major and on green turf, Idaho’s chances? the last fi ve years. 3 network. But, hey, it for the fi rst time in Idaho’s chances? 6 might air on Twitter! program history. 3 (on a scale of 10) Idaho’s chances? 9 Idaho’s chances? 3.

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