There were a couple of teams that turned it down because the state of Arizona voters voted against making Martin Luther King's birthday a state holiday. Makes no difference really, because all U of L did was get lucky and squeak past one of those big name SEC teams that has a pretty good football reputation. It was actually a horrible season for U of L, they were really not any good and Brett Favre's Hail Mary pass that bounced off someone's helmet proved it. I mean, they actually lost a game that season, how good could they have been?