The 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a

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played December 28, 2006 in

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. It was part of the

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and one of 32 games in the 2006–07 bowl season. It featured the

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representing the Big 12 against the

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from the Pac-10. In the Golden Bears' second trip to the Holiday Bowl in three years, they routed the Aggies, 45–10. Each conference received $2.2 million for the teams playing.

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