UH might go to other non-BCS bowls instead of just the Hawaii Bowl

About having UH play in the Hawaii Bowl every time they are not in a BCS bowl like they do as a WAC member, Craig Thompson said:
"I think that's an opportunity, if that's what Hawaii wants, if that's what ESPN Regional wants and if that's what the other remaining members of the (MWC) want, that certainly is one option. But, maybe, one of those three parties would like a different structure. I don't know. I haven't gotten into it." (HSA)

"I have spoken to (UH athletic director) Jim Donovan just very briefly about it. But is that Hawaii's goal as an institution: to stay home and play in that game three out of four years or two out of three years or whatever? Or, would they prefer more of a one out of four?" (HSA)


About how it would be a big expense for the conference to send UH to a different non-BCS game, Thompson said:
"I know finances play a huge role for the conference because if Hawaii travels to the mainland, that's a flight and you're paying (for) a second flight and a charter to pay for a team to go from the mainland over to Hawaii. So, that's two flights instead of one, so to speak.  I look forward to sitting around a table with the athletic directors discussing that whole topic." (HSA


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