ORANGE COUNTY CONNECTIONS TO THE BOWL GAMES

Las Vegas Bowl, Dec. 18, 3 p.m., ESPN

Utah (8-3)

Brian Bachhuber (Esperanza HS), DE, Jr.

Dylan Bird (San Clemente HS), DE, Fr.

Chuck Pine (Fullerton College), DL, Sr.

Fresno State (8-4)

Vince Branstetter (Western HS), TE, Sr.

Jeff Grady (Edison HS), QB, Fr.

Bryce Jackson (Santa Margarita HS), OL, So.

Dee Meza (Orange Lutheran HS), CB, Fr.

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Aloha Bowl, Honolulu, Dec. 25, 12:30 p.m., Channel 7

Arizona State (6-5)

Kareem Clark (Esperanza HS), CB, Sr.

Brian Forth (Esperanza HS), WR, Sr.

John Leonard (Mater Dei HS), QB, So.

Jermaine McKinney (Capistrano Valley HS), WR, Fr.

Ryan Reilly (Valencia HS), DRT, Sr.

Greg Samuels (Santa Margaria HS), OL, Fr.

Alfred Williams (Irvine HS), FS, Fr.

Wake Forest (6-5)

--none

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Oahu Bowl, Honolulu, Dec. 25, 5:30 p.m., ESPN

Oregon State (7-4)

Aaron Hill (Esperanza HS) WR, Fr.

Nick Stremick (Mater Dei HS), QB, So.

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Hawaii (8-3)

Shaun Jackson (Santa Margarita HS), DE, Fr.

Matt Paul (Servite), LB, Sr.

Tony Tuioti (Foothill HS), DT, Sr.

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Motor City Bowl, Pontiac, Mich., Dec. 27, 11:30 a.m., ESPN

Marshall (12-0)

--none

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BYU (8-3)

Kevin Feterik (Los Alamitos HS), QB, Sr.

Chris Hoke (Foothill HS), DT, Jr. *

Holiday Bowl, San Diego, Dec. 29, 5 p.m., ESPN

Kansas State (10-1)

Matt Martin (Edison HS), OL, Jr.

Washington (7-4)

Todd Bachert (Mission Viejo HS), OL, Fr.

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Humanitarian Bowl, Boise, Ida., Dec. 30, noon, ESPN2

Louisville (7-4)

--none

Boise St. (9-3)

Andre Banks (Kennedy HS), WR, Fr.

Justin Brown (Fullerton HS), LB, Fr.

Chris Culbertson (Capistrano Valley HS, Saddleback College), P, Jr.

Brett Thompson (Capistrano Valley HS, Saddleback College), K, Jr.

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Insight.com Bowl, Tucson, Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m., ESPN

Boston College (8-3)

--none

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Colorado (6-5)

Dwayne Cherrington (Santa Ana Valley HS) RB, Sr.

Ryan Gray (Aliso Niguel HS), OL, Fr.

Sean Jarne (Esperanza HS), DT, Jr.

John Minardi (Santa Margarita HS), WR. So.

Scott Nemeth (Aliso Niguel HS), ILB, So.

Vince Reed (Servite HS), DB, Fr.

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Sun Bowl, El Paso, Tex., Dec. 31, 11:15 a.m., Channel 2

Minnesota (8-3)

--none

Oregon (8-3)

Jim Adams (El Toro HS), OG, So.

Josh Beckett (Santa Margarita HS), OT, Sr.

Corey Chambers (Tustin HS), OG, Fr.

Reuben Droughns (Anaheim HS), TB, Sr.

Scott Fergus (Foothill HS, Rancho Santiago College), OT, Sr.

Pat Fields (Laguna Hills HS), OG, Fr.

Tony Hartley (Los Alamitos HS), FL, Sr.

Keenan Howry (Los Alamitos HS), WR, Fr.

Adolph Keyes (Los Alamitos HS), CB, Fr.

Kevin Mitchell (Mater Dei HS), ILB, Fr.

Danny Pulido (Newport Harbor HS), TE, So.

Garrett Sabol (Kennedy HS), OLB, Jr.

Ruben Vaughn (Foothill HS), MLB, So.

Rasuli Webster (Brea Olinda HS), FS, Fr.

Chris Young (Rancho Alamitos), FB, Sr.

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Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 31, 2 p.m., ESPN

Colorado St. (8-3)

Tony Colacion (Esperanza HS) LB, So.

Peter Hogan (Newport Beach HS) DE, Fr.

Jason Koontz (La Habra HS), C, Fr.

Brian Save (Santa Ana Valley) DL, Fr.

Nick Schaumburg (Corona del Mar) TE, Jr.

Andre Sommersell (Fountain Valley HS) DL, Fr.

David Vickers (Rancho Alamitos) LB, Fr.

Sadaghianil Zadeh Reza (Laguna Hills HS, Saddleback College) LB, Sr.--injured

Southern Mississippi (8-3)

--none

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Outback Bowl, Tampa, Fla., Jan. 1, 8 a.m., ESPN

Purdue (7-4)

--Ryan Breska (Fountain Valley) QB, Fr.

Georgia (7-4)

--none

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Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 1, 9:30 a.m., Channel 4

Georgia Tech (8-3)

--none

Miami (8-4)

Ivan Mercer (Orange Coast College), TE, Jr.

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Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Jan. 1, 1:30 p.m., Channel 7

Stanford (8-3)

--none

Wisconsin (9-2)

Joey Boese (Mater Dei), DB, So.

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Orange Bowl, Miami, Jan. 1, 5:30 p.m., Channel 7

Michigan (9-2)

Scott Panique (Mater Dei) FB, Fr.

Alabama (10-2)

--none