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Last Years Pick: Oregon +3, Win

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The holiday bowl should be a joy to watch as the upstart Arizona Wildcats will take the field against the Nebraska cornhuskers. 

For Arizona Stoops has lead them to a very good year and if not for a close loss to the Ducks they would have been BCS bowl bound as winners of the Pac-10. They rebounded quite nicely after that loss and managed to upset USC on the road and get an invite to the holiday bowl. 

Nebraska enters this game off a narrow defeat in the Big 12 Championship. They played toe to toe with the #2 ranked team in the country and have the best defense player in the country. The problem is the offense has problems getting started and often will cost this teams victories like they did in the Big 12 Championship. 

Both teams have stellar defenses and will have a fan base that will travel to see this bowl game. This game will be a close one with both defenses playing great all season and Suh patrolling the front line for the Huskers. The offense of the cats will be the difference. 

The Cornhuskers are 8-21 ATS in their last 29 games after allowing less than 275 total yards in their previous game. The Wildcats are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games on grass and they are 4-1 ATS vs. a team with a winning record. The cats win this on a late score and cover the little number. 

Holiday Bowl Pick: Wildcats -1.5

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Past results and history of the Holiday Bowl

Holiday Bowl Results
Date	Won	Pts.	Lost	Pts.
12/22/78	Navy	23	BYU	16
12/21/79	Indiana	38	BYU	37
12/19/80	BYU	46	SMU	45
12/18/81	BYU	38	Washington St.	36
12/17/82	Ohio State	47	BYU	17
12/23/83	BYU	21	Missouri	17
12/21/84	BYU	24	Michigan	17
12/22/85	Arkansas	18	Arizona State	17
12/30/86	Iowa	39	San Diego St.	38
12/30/87	Iowa	20	Wyoming	19
12/30/88	Oklahoma State	62	Wyoming	14
12/29/89	Penn State	50	BYU	39
12/29/90	Texas A&M	65	BYU	14
12/30/91	BYU (tie)	13	Iowa (tie)	13
12/30/92	Hawaii	27	Illinois	17
12/30/93	Ohio State	28	BYU	21
12/30/94	Michigan	24	Colorado State	14
12/29/95	Kansas State	54	Colorado State	21
12/30/96	Colorado	33	Washington	21
12/29/97	Colorado State	35	Missouri	24
12/30/98	Arizona	23	Nebraska	20
12/29/99	Kansas State	24	Washington	20
12/29/00	Oregon	35	Texas	30
12/28/01	Texas	47	Washington	43
12/27/02	Kansas State	34	Arizona State	27
12/30/03	Washington St.	28	Texas	20
12/30/04	Texas Tech	45	California	31
12/29/05	Oklahoma	17	Oregon	14
12/28/06	California	45	Texas A&M	10
12/27/07	Texas	52	Arizona State	34
12/30/08	Oregon	42	Oklahoma State	31