PPCS: Hawai'i Bowl

Bowl: Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl
Has also been known as: Just the Hawai'i Bowl, there is no lineage to the now defunct Aloha and Oahu Bowls
Location: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawai'i
Television: ESPN
Time: 8:00pm EST

Hawai'i
Nickname: Warriors
Location: Manoa, Hawai'i
Famous Alumni: Bette Midler, Richard Parsons
NFL Alumni: Jason Elam, Ashley Lelie
Record: 10-3
Head Coach: June Jones
Fun Fact: As you may suspect, the University of Hawai'i changed its nickname from Rainbows to Warriors because the rainbow's connection to homosexuality was causing their players to be teased on the road.

Arizona State
Nickname: Sun Devils
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Famous Alumni: Barry Bonds, Jimmy Kimmel, Al Michaels, Phil Mickelson, David Spade, Wes from Real World/Road Rules Challenge
NFL Alumni: Jake Plummer, Todd Heap, Terrell Suggs
Record: 7-5
Head Coach: Dirk Koettner
Fun Fact: In 1999 RB J.R. Redmond used the cell phone of a part time athletic department employee who informed him that the use would be an NCAA violation unless he married her. He did but after investigations uncovered the ruse, Redmond was forced to pay for the not only the cell phone use but for the cost of their honeymoon in Las Vegas. Redmond and the employee divorced.

Thoughts: This is the last game for Arizona State under Coach Dirk Koettner until Dennis Erickson takes over and they start blatantly cheating their way to perennial Rose Bowl births. Why you'd have to cheat to get teenage boys to come to Arizona State is another discussion for another time. Both teams play offense, neither plays defense, but Hawai'i and record-setting Quarterback Colt Brennan, who will break David Klinger's season touchdown pass record in this game, do both a little better. This is another glorified home game for the Rain...Warriors as it is in the bowl's clause with the WAC that Hawai'i can be selected to play here anytime it is bowl eligible.

Prediction: Hawai'i 48, Arizona State 35