The Las Vegas Bowl isn’t scheduled until late December, and the teams playing haven’t been announced, but that hasn’t stopped fans from snatching up tickets as fast as they were announced.
The December 22 game that pits a Mountain West Conference team (usually the conference champion if they aren’t invited to a Bowl Championship Game) against the fourth or fifth place team in the Pac-10 sold out for the third straight year. Las year, 45,000 fans packed Sam Boyd Stadium to watch the BYU Cougars dismantle Oregon 38-8.

The 32-member committee that selects the teams for the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl has been scouting BYU to return for the 2007 game. Committee members are impressed with how well the team travels.

It’s difficult to predict who will be coming from the Pac-10, with several big games yet to come, including tough games for USC, hosting California and traveling to meet Pac-10 leader Arizona State in Tempe’s Sun Devil Stadium.

By Casino Connection Staff

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