I don’t disagree, but do you think Fox or ESPN are going to do them any favors? They left them out in the conference shuffle, so they couldn’t care much less.
However, with WSU/OSU running the conference, couldn’t they put up a fuss and get OSU their preferred slot?
All of them are just guesses. There is no “Best Bowl” in the Pac this year. They don’t have to pick teams in order of finish. You could see UCLA in the Alamo Bowl, and Utah in the Sun Bowl. They’re going to go for the best matchups.
The most common prediction (by far) is against Maryland in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Sometimes you see other opponents in the LV Bowl, but that bowl seems far and away the most likely (with occasional mention of the Sun Bowl and now apparently the Holiday Bowl)