Previewing BU: The Holiday Bowl

What: Baylor (7-5) vs. No. 17 UCLA (9-4), 35th Annual

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl

When: 8:45 p.m. CST Thursday

Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego

TV: ESPN

Betting line: UCLA -1

Series history: First meeting

> Baylor's game notes

It's a battle of the Bears in the 2012 Holiday Bowl with Baylor facing UCLA for the first time in school history. This could be a bit like the 2011 Alamo Bowl -- except the roles may be reversed. Last year it was a ranked Baylor team trying to hold off the challenge from the Pac 10. This year, it's a ranked Pac 12 team that will hope to slow down Baylor's offense and prevent the upset.