 The Hawaiʻi football team normally receives an automatic bid to the game unless the team is selected to participate in a BCS game or is not bowl eligible . If either of those events happen , the WAC selects its next @-@ highest ranked team to compete in the game . In 2007 , Hawaiʻi was selected to play on January 1 , 2008 in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia , marking just the second time since the creation of the Hawaiʻi Bowl that Hawaiʻi would not participate . The only previous time that Hawaiʻi failed to make an appearance was in 2005 , when the Warriors finished their season with a 5 – 7 record and were not eligible for a bowl game . 
 The Hawaiʻi football team normally <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>receives</mark></a> an automatic bid to the game unless the team is selected to participate in a BCS game or <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>bowl</mark></a> eligible . If either of those events happen , the WAC <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>selects</mark></a> its next @-@ highest ranked team to compete in the game . In 2007 , Hawaiʻi was selected to play on January 1 , 2008 in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia , marking just the second time since the creation of the Hawaiʻi Bowl that Hawaiʻi would not participate . The only previous time <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>that</mark></a>Hawaiʻi failed to make an appearance was in 2005 , when the Warriors finished their season with a 5 – 7 record and <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='8'><mark>not</mark></a>eligible for a bowl game . 
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