A lot of other people are smarter than me and may have better ideas. But the only thing that makes any sense to me at this point is that our "DC to be" has been offered and possibly accepted, but is finishing out his team's bowl before the announcement is made. Certainly at this point, given the silence and lack of obvious courting going on, it seems likely that at least a gentleman's agreement has been reached with someone.
That makes even more sense if the bowl is one of the earlier ones in the schedule, though we are only talking about a couple of weeks difference either way.