COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : ACROSS THE NATION : Holiday Bowl Plan Finalized

The Holiday Bowl agreed Tuesday to invite the winner of Saturday’s Michigan State-Illinois game and release Iowa from a potential obligation to play in the Dec. 30 game at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.

Under terms of its agreement with the Big Ten Conference, the Holiday Bowl had earlier committed to take the third-best team in the final conference standings. That would depend on the Michigan State-Illinois outcome.

Iowa requested the release in order to negotiate a guaranteed spot in a bowl regardless of the Michigan State-Illinois result. Iowa secured an invitation to the Copper Bowl, provided it beats Minnesota.

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The Pacific 10 Conference on Tuesday decided to accept the recommendation of the league’s council, which voted unanimously on Sunday to let Washington’s 9-1 record stand despite allegations that suspended quarterback Billy Joe Hobert accepted $50,000 in loans in violation of NCAA rules. . . .San Diego State punter Scott Oatsvall, who lost consciousness and stopped breathing for two minutes during last Saturday’s game against Hawaii, faces more tests before he is cleared to play. Doctors said the trauma was induced by back spasms. . . . Senior defensive back James Trapp was dismissed from Clemson’s football team because of disagreements with Coach Ken Hatfield.