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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 5065327, member: 71"] Technically the conference, not the committee selected us (due to tiebreaker rules) and the BCS committee somehow found it in their hearts to send us to the Fiesta Bowl (while sending Kansas to the Orange Bowl). The matchup with Oklahoma was intentional as OU wasn't going to allow a repeat of the Boise St game. The market was flooded with discounted tickets (due to Auburn being selected for the title game and the then rules requiring fans to buy tickets for both events at the venue), allowing part of the narrative being "UConn couldn't sell their allotment". With anyone else, the effort would have been to do what would have been best for all participants. That year the effort was to make it as difficult for us as possible. [/QUOTE]