News & Notes

Fiesta Bowl changing to an afternoon game and will host 2003 title game The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl is switching to an afternoon kickoff on New Year\'s Day 2002 rather than the night schedule of recent years. Officials announced that the game will match the Pac-10 and Big 12 champions if those teams aren\'t playing in the Rose Bowl. If those teams aren\'t available for the Fiesta Bowl, its officials will turn to a pool of at-large teams that includes the champions of the Big Ten, Atlantic Coast, Big East and Southeastern conferences. The Jan. 1 afternoon slot has been filled in years past, by the Rose Bowl, but that game is moving to Jan. 3 because it will match the two top-ranked teams in the final of the Bowl Championship Series. It was also announced that the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will host the national collegiate football championship game in 2003 in the Arizona State stadium. \"It\'s