Underachieving teams that lose to Wisconsin wind up in minor bowls, the ones that are played just after the Army-Navy game the day after finals week in an empty NFL stadium.
Saturday evening, 5 p.m. PT on ABC, 8-4 Washington meets 9-4 Boise State in the L.A. Bowl, the one a team goes to after losing two games to November and the coach is being rumored for every other job that opens up in the carousel.
The Ducks have bad history with both teams. In 2008 they lost 37-32 to the Broncos at Autzen Stadium after the visitors knocked Jeremiah Masoli out of the game with a helmet-to-helmet hit.