PROVO — Presuming BYU gets bowl eligible with a win against New Mexico State Saturday, where could the Cougars be headed?
Years ago, BYU was contracted to play in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, but that bowl went out of business not long after the Cougars beat Wyoming there in 2016.
As an independent, BYU is a bowl free agent, and thanks to its partnership with ESPN, the Cougars are guaranteed a bowl berth as long as they become bowl eligible.
Many of the bowl prognosticators are forecasting a BYU-North Texas matchup in the First Responders Bowl in Dallas on Dec.