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The scandal threatened the Fiesta Bowl's status as a BCS game, as the BCS said it might replace the bowl in its lineup if officials could not convince them it should remain. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The BCS ultimately chose not to expel the Fiesta Bowl, instead fining the organization $1 million.
The Fiesta Bowl abuses – especially those regarding alleged illegal and improper political contributions, excessive executive compensation and unjustified reimbursement payments, and the making of excessive, interest free and un-repaid loans – are precisely the types of abuses that would justify the Internal Revenue Service in stripping the ...
Phillips won the 1995 Orange Bowl and the 1996 Fiesta Bowl playing college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, which led to him being selected sixth overall in the 1996 NFL draft by the St. Louis Rams. However, his frequent legal problems and inconsistent performances resulted in the Rams releasing him near the end of the 1997 season.
1978 Gator Bowl; 1991 Orange Bowl; 1996 NCAA conference realignment; 2003 Fiesta Bowl; 2003 Hawaii Bowl; 2004 Harvard–Yale prank; 2005 NCAA conference realignment; 2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy; 2009 Big 12 Championship Game; 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment; 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal
The 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that was the designated Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game for the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season, taking place on January 3, 2003 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
The 1978 Fiesta Bowl was the eighth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Monday, December 25. Part of the 1978–79 bowl game season, it matched the eighth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southwest Conference (SWC), and the #15 UCLA Bruins from the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). [ 2 ]
The 1972 Fiesta Bowl was the second edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday, December 23. Part of the 1972–73 bowl game season, it matched the unranked Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference and #15 Arizona State Sun Devils of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
During this time, Arizona State won the 1970 Peach Bowl and the first three editions of the Fiesta Bowl. In 1974, the team dropped to 7–5, but bounced back with authority the following year when they went 12–0, capping the year with a thrilling 17–14 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Fiesta Bowl, a game in which Kush's son, Danny ...