re: How would playing UT in the Texas bowl have helped us in recruiting?

If you are one of the posters ITT looking for an advantage of having been selected for the Texas Bowl, you should go back and look at the 2016 prospects that attended the game against Wisconsin. Many of the top players in the Houston area attended the game with family and friends who were able to spend some time with players and coaches before and after the game. They would likely do the same had we been in Houston on December 29th. That being said, I'm glad we have the pleasure of going in dry against the Golden Domers.