Holiday Bowl’s selection process made the Utes agonize until the very end

Utah athletic director Mark Harlan stood on the Levi's Stadium sideline during the Pac-12 football championship game, with several thousand Ute fans behind him. In the third quarter of a tie game with Washington, Harlan could picture those people following the team to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.An hour later, his thoughts turned fully to a destination farther south.Harlan had spent an awkward final week of November hoping Utah would qualify for the Rose Bowl as conference champion, while k