UCLA NOT SURE ON WAY TO SAN JOSE.

Byline: - Brian Dohn

UCLA's invitation to the Silicon Valley Football Classic on Dec. 30 could be determined by whether the Western Athletic Conference can find a place other than San Jose for Tulsa to play.

According to several officials familiar with the process, the WAC's desired matchup remains UCLA against Fresno State. However, there is a growing sentiment that if the Silicon Valley bowl game is forced to invite Tulsa, or if it appears that might be the case, the bowl might opt for Washington because the Huskies are promising more fans.

C. Jay Key, Silicon Valley executive director, said he will make his presentations to the bowl selection committee today and is hopeful a decision will be announced Wednesday.

The four teams involved are UCLA (6-6) and Washington (6-6) from the Pacific-10 Conference, Fresno State and Tulsa.

``I've got four sets of recommendations,'' Key said. ``We have a television partner (ESPN), and I think they play in there, too.''

The WAC is trying to place either Tulsa or Boise State in the Fort Worth Bowl, which would allow a fourth team from the conference to play the game at San Jose State's Spartan Stadium.

WAC commissioner Karl Benson said he was hopeful of having ``a plan, but with an asterisk'' by Wednesday afternoon. The asterisk could be sending Boise State to the Fort Worth Bowl on Dec. 23 to play TCU, providing Boise State beats Hawaii on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Pac-10 settled its bowl picture Monday. Washington State will play in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego; Oregon will go to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas; Cal will face Virginia Tech in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix; and Oregon State and New Mexico will meet in the Las Vegas Bowl.