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2008 Las Vegas Bowl

Arizona Wildcats vs. BYU Cougars

Arizona blasts BYU for first bowl win in 10 years

Leila Navidi / Las Vegas Sun

Arizona celebrates a win over BYU in the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday. Arizona won the game 31-21.

By Steve Silver
Sun, Dec 21, 2008 (12:30 a.m.)

When Arizona senior quarterback Willie Tuitama walked into the interview room after the Wildcats' 31-21 upset of No. 16 BYU, coach Mike Stoops immediately stood up and hugged his star player. Keep reading »

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Ten Years in the Making

By Christine Killimayer · December 21, 2008 · 7:00 a.m.
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In its first bowl-appearance in ten years, Arizona upended Las Vegas Bowl-regular BYU 31-21.
Sloppy play costs BYU once again

By Brett Okamoto · December 21, 2008 · 12:29 a.m.

Throughout BYU's 31-21 loss to Arizona in Saturday's Las Vegas Bowl, one thing became clear: Regardless of whether the Cougars cared about the game -- a subject of discussion in the media all week -- that talk was irrelevant. It was the same old problems the team had before that led to the Wildcats' win. Keep reading »
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Don't Hassel the Hoff

By Christine Killimayer · December 21, 2008 · 7:00 a.m.
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David Hasselhoff kicked off the 2008 Las Vegas Bowl as the singer of the national anthem. His oldest daughter, Taylor Ann, attends the University of Arizona.
Breaking down the Las Vegas Bowl

By Brett Okamoto, Steve Silver · December 19, 2008 · 9:09 p.m.

The time for talk is over. At 5:06 p.m. today, the No. 16 BYU Cougars will face Arizona in the 17th Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium. Both teams have battled harsh winter conditions and even harsher media scrutiny, and now it's game time. Keep reading »
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Las Vegas Bowl Preview

December 18, 2008 · 5:30 p.m.
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Watch Arizona and BYU players preview the Las Vegas Bowl plus Alex and Ryan Greene breakdown the game in their new sunglasses.
Las Vegas Bowl players take time out for ailing children

By Brett Okamoto · December 18, 2008 · 3:19 p.m.

Four-year-old Ethan Freer was walking down the hall of the Sunrise Children's Hospital with his dad and sister Thursday morning when he saw some big guys walking around he had never seen before. Ethan, who has been a patient at Sunrise since August, was one of the many children who got a visit by Las Vegas Bowl players from BYU and Arizona. Keep reading »
Arizona’s top-ranked defense faces tough task

By Steve Silver · December 18, 2008 · 8:39 p.m.

Without the arctic chill of a snowstorm gracing practice Thursday, Arizona football coach Mike Stoops created his own distractions to test his players' mental focus by lining UNLV's Rebel Park with large speakers. A mix of rap, pop and country music mixed with the constant din of airplanes leaving McCarran International Airport helped create a loud enough atmosphere for the Wildcats to work on their communication skills in noisy settings like Saturday's Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl. Keep reading »
BYU’s senior offensive linemen brace for final challenge

By Brett Okamoto · December 18, 2008 · 3:34 p.m.

When asked about what it feels like to play behind one of the best offensive lines in college football, BYU quarterback Max Hall sounds like a kid describing his Christmas toy. The Cougars will get one more game out of four of its offensive lineman before each of their seniors takes a shot at the NFL. Keep reading »
Arizona not intimidated by snow

By Steve Silver · December 17, 2008 · 11:25 p.m.

Apparently Arizona football coach Mike Stoops loves winter weather. Keep reading »
BYU hopes to prove it’s worthy of more

By Brett Okamoto · December 17, 2008 · 5:59 p.m.

After climbing as high as No. 8 in the national polls and riding the nation's longest winning streak out to 16 games, returning to the Las Vegas Bowl was not the way the Cougars had hoped their season would end. Keep reading »
Bishop Gorman alum makes welcome homecoming in Las Vegas Bowl

By Christopher Drexel · December 17, 2008 · 5:38 p.m.

Keola Antolin has fond memories of playing in Sam Boyd Stadium. The 2008 Bishop Gorman graduate and freshman running back for Arizona is hoping to make a few more memories when his Wildcats football team takes on BYU at the stadium for the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl XVII on Saturday. Keep reading »
Hasselhoff to rock the Las Vegas Bowl

By Steve Silver · December 16, 2008 · 9:00 p.m.

David Hasselhoff will perform the National Anthem at Saturday's Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl. Yes, you read that correctly. Organizers of the 17th Las Vegas Bowl announced their selection Monday morning. Keep reading »
Stoops defends Arizona’s ability to handle bowl game distractions

By Steve Silver · December 16, 2008 · 1:30 a.m.

University of Arizona football coach Mike Stoops is well aware that his team will face two tough opponents in Saturday's Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl – the No. 16 BYU Cougars and Sin City itself. Keep reading »
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Las Vegas Bowl

December 11, 2008 · 1:00 p.m.
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The Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl officially welcomed BYU of the Mountain West Conference and Arizona of the Pac-10 to Sin City Tuesday. The Cougars and Wildcats square of December 20 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Meet the Arizona Wildcats

By Steve Silver · December 17, 2008 · 12:00 a.m.

Take a closer look at the Arizona Wildcats. Keep reading »
Meet the BYU Cougars

By Brett Okamoto · December 17, 2008 · 12:00 a.m.

Take a closer look at the BYU Cougars. Keep reading »
BYU, Arizona introduced

By Ryan Greene · December 10, 2008 · 2:15 a.m.

One program knows this drill already. The other is a group of true first-timers. BYU, making its third consecutive Las Vegas Bowl appearance, and Arizona, in a bowl game for the first time since 1998, were officially introduced Tuesday afternoon as this year's participants in the Dec. 20 game at Sam Boyd Stadium. Following a parade of welcomes from the bowl officials, Pac-10 and Mountain West commissioners and sponsors, plenty of storylines floated around the crowd in the back of the ESPN Zone at New York New York. Keep reading »