holiday bowl history
holiday bowl history
It’s about time you got Holiday Bowl tickets. In fact it’s about time everyone got Holiday Bowl tickets. If you’re anywhere near Qualcomm Stadium on December 28th, 2006 stop by and feast your eyes on one of college football’s tastiest treats. The Holiday Bowl has been putting together great games since it’s inception in 1978 when Navy and BYU put on a 23-16 show that began a grand tradition of great post season college football. It’s been happening ever since and 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl tickets are sure to be bowl tickets to remember.
The Holiday Bowl began as a way to get the WAC Champion some competition from one of the highly ranked teams elsewhere in the nation. While the opposing team was initially drawn from anywhere in the country, after a few years the Holiday Bowl began a linkup with the Big 10, drawing the team that finished 3rd in the conference. Nowadays the Holiday Bowl draws its team from the PAC 10, taking the second place finisher in the conference, and the Big 12, which contributes its 3rd place finisher.
In its recent history the Holiday Bowl has put on some fine shows. In 2005 the Oklahoma Sooners took on the Oregon Ducks, fresh off a 10-1 season. While the pundits had Oregon picked as the favorite due to the youth of the Oklahoma squad, the game didn’t quite end up the way the experts predicted. As expected, Oregon came out strong early in the game, going up 7-3 in the 1st quarter. That score would hold until halftime but not much longer. In front of a crowd of 60,000 plus fans in Qualcomm, Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar would guide his team to a pair of touchdowns in the 3rd quarter to give the Sooners a 17-7 lead. The Ducks answered with a long touchdown drive of their own to pull within seven. Late in the game the Ducks began another long drive, working their way into Sooner territory and threatening to tie things up. Bit Ducks quarterback Brady Leaf (brother of the Chargers infamous Ryan Leaf) was intercepted by the Sooners Clint Ingram to end the drive and seal the win for Oklahoma.
It was the type of game typical for a Holiday Bowl, a tough competition between two highly rated teams, both led by good coaches. In 2004 the Holiday Bowl was an offensive show as Texas Tech and Cal put up 86 points. Other notable teams in the Holiday Bowl have been Nebraska, Washington, Texas, KSU, Penn State, and Iowa. That’s not a complete list, just a sampling of what the Holiday Bowl has to offer.
Holiday Bowl tickets are a great way to enjoy the best of college football on the West Coast. Qualcomm Stadium, home of the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, is a top flight facility designed for football. Coming after Christmas and at the height of the bowl season, the Holiday Bowl captures the spirit that is college football at its peak. Be at Qualcomm with Holiday Bowl tickets on December 28th, 2006.
