and ridiculous with teams getting to bowls with 2 or 3 wins.

Army, which went 9-2 this season, was unable to secure a partner to participate in a bowl game.

Army had a primary agreement to play in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, but the game was canceled Sunday after the bowl said in a statement that "the opting out of possible teams created a lack of teams available to play in bowl games."

"We had guys in tears," Monken said. "We pulled off the biggest wins of these seniors' career, they just won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy back, that's going to be their legacy, and they're looking forward to playing in a bowl game one time together, before they go off in the United States Army, and we're sitting here telling them, 'Sorry, guys, you can't play.'

Supposedly teams opted out rather than having to play Army. Wonder if there is a team left who would take the challenge. It would be a short trip for ASU, but they had a down year and lost their coach. But, boy would it get them some positive national publicity- even if they got blown out in the game.