Out with the old, and before we move on to the new, let’s tally how well that moribund football conference last known as the Pac-12 fared in bowls.
Washington’s exhilarating College Football Playoff semifinal over Texas and Oregon’s ho-hum Fiesta Bowl spanking of clearly inferior Liberty on Monday lifted the conference bowl record since its inception in 1916 to 157-150-5, a .511 winning percentage.
This holiday season the Pac-12 is a respectable 5-3 with the CFP championship game between Washington and Michigan to play Monday. USC and UCLA did their part, with victories in the Holiday and LA bowls, respectively, that capped seasons of dismay with smiley faces.