What: Sports Humanitarian Bowl

When/where: 3:30 p.m. Dec. 29, at Boise, Idaho

Opponent: Big West champion Utah State (6-5, 4-1 league)

Where: Bronco Stadium (30,000), Boise State University

TV: ESPN2

Radio: WLW-AM (700)

Minimum guaranteed each team: $750,000

Tickets: $30. (Call UC ticket office, 556-2287)

Official Web site: http://www.humanitarianbowl.org

About Utah State

Nickname: Aggies

Location: Logan, Utah

Record: 6-5 (4-1 Big West).

Sagarin rating: 69th

Last bowl game: 1993 Las Vegas

Coach: John L. Smith (3rd year, 16-17).

Key Players: QB Matt Sauk (2,896 passing, 16 TDs); RB Demario Brown (971 rushing, 10 TD); WR Nakia Jenkins (73 rec., 6 TD); DE Ben Crosland (9.0 sacks).

Web site: http://www.aiwpgold.com/usu-aggiezone/sports/football/homepage.html

If you go

UC charter: Dec. 28-30, $830 per person (double occupancy). Includes roundtrip airfare, two nights lodging, transfers and game ticket. (Call UC ticket office, 556-2287)

Standard airfare (Dec. 26-30): $757 from Cincinnati, $588 from Dayton.

Driving distance: 1,962.

About Boise

Population: 372,210

Elevation: 2,842 feet.

Average January temperature: 21-36 degrees.