It’s not lost on Mike Price that the last time the Cougars played in the Sun Bowl, they beat Purdue 33-27 and set the stage for the memorable 2002 Rose Bowl season, when WSU won 10 games.
As coach at Washington State from 1989 to 2002, Mike Price led the Cougars to five of the 11 bowl games in school history – including two Rose Bowls and the 2001 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
Price now lives in El Paso and is on the Sun Bowl selection committee, so he’s very much looking forward to this year’s bowl matchup between his old team and Miami, and he’ll be at the airport to welcome the Cougars when they arrive Monday.