Two important things happened that should be noted.
The first is, THE UTES ARE GOING TO THE SUN BOWL. Yet somehow people are voicing their disappointment. Look, I get being disappointed we aren’t in the Holiday or Alamo Bowls. Choking against Colorado will do that to you. But this Bowl beats the hell out of Vegas in nearly every way. I guess its just me (well judging from the collapse of their economy, maybe I’m not alone) but I’m kind of over Vegas. If I need to gamble, well there are really nice Indian Casinos almost everywhere. Hell the new one in Tucson is beautiful. Everywhere has alcohol and you can act like a total dick everywhere as well. Vegas just seems so done to me.
Instead I get a chance to go to a new town that almost certainly has AMAZING Mexican and Tex-Mex food, and some cool local things to do, every town does. I know I’m in the great minority, but give me El Paso.