 As the United States waited to see who won the disputed 2000 presidential election, Oregon State waited to see where they would play their bowl game.Fifteen days later, on December 4, one of the two mysteries was solved when the #5-ranked Beavers were invited to play the #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona on January 1, 2001.Oregon State had not won in Tempe since 1969.