Less than two weeks from selection day, Sun Bowl projections are wide open

After a year hiatus, the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl is already having one of the more unusual run-ins in its 86-year history.

Executive director Bernie Olivas thinks that's a good thing when he talks about potential teams that could land in El Paso for the 10 a.m. New Year's Eve kickoff. That is a long list.

"It's never been this wide open this late in the season," Olivas said less than two weeks away from the Dec. 5 Selection Sunday. "And there are no teams that will be available that we wouldn't want. It's crazy."

Pac-12 vs. ACC matchup wide open

The game will pit a Pac-12 team, where the Sun Bowl has the fifth selection (counting the league champion as the first) against an ACC team, where the…