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The Cheez-It Bowl matched the [[California Golden Bears football|California Golden Bears]] from the [[Pac-12 Conference]] and the [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU Horned Frogs]] from the [[Big 12 Conference]]. It was the first meeting between Cal and TCU. The bowl had maintained tie-ins with the Pac-12 and Big 12 since 2015; the [[Big Ten Conference]] replaced the Pac-12 in this respect beginning in 2019.[{{cite news |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/2019/06/04/cheez-bowl-feature-big-ten-vs-big-12-matchup-starting-2020/1339828001/ |title=Cheez-It Bowl to feature Big Ten vs. Big 12 matchup starting in 2020 |first=Katherine |last=Fitzgerald |website=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=June 4, 2019 |access-date=April 22, 2026 |url-access=subscription}}] The matchup was finalized on December 2, 2018, after both teams accepted their invitations from the bowl game.[{{cite web |last1=Davison |first1=Drew |title=Christmas in Phoenix: TCU heading to Cheez-It Bowl for matchup with Pac-12 foe |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article222377495.html |website=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |access-date=14 June 2025 |date=December 2, 2018 |url-access=subscription}}]{{efn|Teams must win at least half of their games (6–6 record in a typical 12-game FBS season) to be eligible for a bowl game.[{{cite web |last1=Wilco |first1=Daniel |title=How college football bowl games work |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2018-12-26/how-college-football-bowl-games-work |website=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=October 9, 2025 |date=December 26, 2018}}] In [[2018–19 NCAA football bowl games|2018–19]], there were more bowl-eligible teams than spots in bowl games, so four bowl-eligible teams did not receive invitations.[{{cite web |title=Ranking the 2018 bowl games 1–39: Alabama–Oklahoma is No. 1 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ranking-2018-bowl-games-1-39-alabama-oklahoma-no-1-232758819.html |website=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |access-date=October 9, 2025 |date=December 2, 2018}}]}} |
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The 30th Cheez-It Bowl matched the [[California Golden Bears football|California Golden Bears]] from the [[Pac-12 Conference]] and the [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU Horned Frogs]] from the [[Big 12 Conference]].{{efn|This game was the 30th playing of the Cheez-It Bowl but the first using that name; the game had previously been known as the Copper Bowl (1989–96), Insight.com Bowl (1997–2001), Insight Bowl (2002–11), Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (2012–13), and the Cactus Bowl (2014–17).[{{cite magazine |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/Bowls.pdf |magazine=Bowl/All Star Game Records |title=Cheez-It Bowl |page=11 |via=NCAA.org |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |date=2020 |access-date=April 22, 2026}}]}} It was the first meeting between Cal and TCU. The bowl had maintained tie-ins with the Pac-12 and Big 12 since 2015; the [[Big Ten Conference]] replaced the Pac-12 in this respect beginning in 2019.[{{cite news |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/2019/06/04/cheez-bowl-feature-big-ten-vs-big-12-matchup-starting-2020/1339828001/ |title=Cheez-It Bowl to feature Big Ten vs. Big 12 matchup starting in 2020 |first=Katherine |last=Fitzgerald |website=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=June 4, 2019 |access-date=April 22, 2026 |url-access=subscription}}] The matchup was finalized on December 2, 2018, after both teams accepted their invitations from the bowl game.[{{cite web |last1=Davison |first1=Drew |title=Christmas in Phoenix: TCU heading to Cheez-It Bowl for matchup with Pac-12 foe |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article222377495.html |website=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |access-date=14 June 2025 |date=December 2, 2018 |url-access=subscription}}]{{efn|Teams must win at least half of their games (6–6 record in a typical 12-game FBS season) to be eligible for a bowl game.[{{cite web |last1=Wilco |first1=Daniel |title=How college football bowl games work |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2018-12-26/how-college-football-bowl-games-work |website=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=October 9, 2025 |date=December 26, 2018}}] In [[2018–19 NCAA football bowl games|2018–19]], there were more bowl-eligible teams than spots in bowl games, so four bowl-eligible teams did not receive invitations.[{{cite web |title=Ranking the 2018 bowl games 1–39: Alabama–Oklahoma is No. 1 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ranking-2018-bowl-games-1-39-alabama-oklahoma-no-1-232758819.html |website=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |access-date=October 9, 2025 |date=December 2, 2018}}]}} |
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