The Los Angeles bowl is about to host its vey first game after being canceled in 2020. The bowl game matches up the top team available in the Mountain West against a mid level PAC-12 team. The game replaces the Mountain West’s bowl affiliation with the Las Vegas Bowl, which also had the Mountain West against the PAC-12. Utah State is 10-3 and is coming off an impressive Mountain West title win over San Diego State in a blowout 46-13 victory. Oregon State is 7-5 this season and most recently fell to Oregon in a 38-29 loss but the Beavers finished 3rd in the PAC-12 North.