Bowl History: This Bowl came into existence in 2002 and has been played every year since its inception @ Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawai’i! The game is played either on Christmas Day or on Christmas Eve Day (one exception … in 2007, the game was played on the 23rd of December)! The Bowl’s 1st sponsor was ConAgra Foods, for one year only, 2002, the next year (2003) Sheridan Hotels & Resorts Hawai’i took over and have sponsored the event every year since 03! The first Hawaii Bowl was played on December 25, 2002, the game featured Hawaii and Tulane, the Green Wave beat the Warriors, 36-28 in front of 35,513 fans! The 2012 defending Champ is SMU, who pounded Fresno State, 43-10, on Christmas Eve Day! The Bowl Tie-ins are the WAC (2002 through 2011), C-USA (2005, 2007, & 2009 to Present) & in 2006 & 2008 the PAC 12 had the tie-in with the Western Athletic Conference! Since the WAC is out of business as a football conference, the Mountain West is involved through Boise State’s participation this year! The Bowl Payout is $500,000.00 Per team!
Teams: Mountain West Conference, Boise State: Overall Record, 8-4, Conference Record 6-2, & Mountain Division 5-0! Oregon State (OSU) Conference Affiliation …. PAC-12, Overall Record 6-6, Conference Record 4-5 & Divisional Record 2-3 in the North Division!
Bowl Location: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii! The Capacity of Aloha Stadium is 50,000.The Stadium has four movable parts that allow the arena to be reconfigured to meet the event’s needs …. A Concert, Football Game, Baseball Game etc…. It was the first sports stadium in the U.S. to have such a feature! The largest crowd ever to be @ the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl was in 2010, 43,673 were present to see Hawaii take on Tulsa (Tulsa won the game 62-35) on Christmas Day Eve!
Day, Date & Time: Tuesday, 12/24/2013 @ 7:00 p.m. CST
Network: ESPN
Best Win(s): Boise State: Utah State 34-23; Oregon State: Washington State 52-24
Worst Losses: Boise State: Washington 38-6; Oregon State: Eastern Washington 49-46
Common Opponents: Washington: Boise State lost 38-6 & OSU lost 69-27 & San Diego State: Boise State lost in OT 34-31, while OSU won 34-30!
Las Vegas Hotsheet Favorite: Oregon State -3
Offensive Team Data: OSU ; Total Yards, 468 YPG; Passing Yards, 382 YPG; Rushing Yards, 86 YPG; Scoring Average, 35 PPG, Turnovers, 2.08 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 42.4%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 93% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 77%
Offensive Team Data: BSU; Total Yards, 471 YPG; Passing Yards, 261 YPG; Rushing Yards, 202 YPG; Scoring Average 39 PPG, Turnovers, 1.83 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 47%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 91% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 70%
Defensive Team Data: OSU; Total Yards, 428 YPG; Passing Yards, 235 YPG; Rushing Yards, 193 YPG; Scoring Average, 32 PPG, Turnovers, 2.33 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 37.2%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 93% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 64%
Defensive Team Data: ; Total Yards, 410 YPG; Passing Yards, 248 YPG; Rushing Yards, 162 YPG; Scoring Average, 24 PPG, Turnovers, 2.17 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 41.3%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 81% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 58%
Sully’s CFP Game Simulator is a statistical analysis / predictor of how these teams will preform, based solely on their numbers, when they face off on the gridiron! Keep in mind, these stats were established against different teams and conferences and these differences must be taken into account to get a complete picture when attempting to predetermine a winner. If you are interested in how the Simulator works … read this part … if not … skip it! The process used is … we take BSU’s total yards on offense, add it to what OSU gives up on defense, … get a total and then divide that number by 2 … to get the mean. We then invert the process by taking Oregon State’s total offense, add it to what Boise State gives up on defense, get a total and divide that number by 2 to get the second mean… the greater number (with the exception of Turnovers) is then determined to have the advantage ( please note …. statistical advantage). We repeat this process in each of the eight statistical categories assessed! That said… here are the results of the Head to Head Analysis:
Total Yards: Advantage, …. Boise State … 450 to 439
Passing Yards: Advantage, OSU …. 315 to 252
Rushing Yards: Advantage, Boise State…. 198 to 124
Scoring: Advantage, Boise State …. 36 to 30
Turnovers: Advantage, Boise State … 2.08 to 2.13
3rd Down Conversions: Advantage, Boise State … 42.1% to 41.9%
Red Zone All Scores: Advantage, Boise State… 92% to 87%
Red Zone TD’s Only: Advantage, OSU… 67.5% to 65%
Individuals to Watch: OSU: QB Sean Mannion, 4403 Passing yards, 36 TD’s & 14 INT’s, WR Brandin Cooks, 120 receptions, 1670 receiving yards, & 15 TD’s; BSU: QB Joe Southwick, 1654 passing yards, 12 TD’s & 5 INT’s, RB Jay Ajayi, 226 attempts, 1328 Rushing Yards, & 17 TD’s, & WR Matt Miller, 77 receptions, 934, & 11 TD’s;
Sully Says: BSU coach, Chris Petersen, is gone to Washington … OSU wins & covers!
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