Banner year for MWC leads to 5 bowl games
The Mountain West Conference had quite an impressive season knocking off BCS Automatic Qualifiers and sending three teams into the Top 15 in the nation. Now five MWC teams will participate in bowl games, from 6-6 Colorado State to BCS-bowl bound #6 Utah. Let’s take a look at each of the five bowl teams from the MWC and their bowl game match-ups.
- Colorado State - 6-6 - Colorado State will face Fresno State of the WAC in the New Mexico Bowl on December 20th - 2008 New Mexico Bowl preview
- Air Force - 8-4 - The Falcons of Air Force will face Houston in the Armed Forces Bowl on New Year’s Eve - 2008 Armed Forces Bowl preview
- BYU - 10-2 - The Cougars head to Vegas to play in the Las Vegas Bowl for the 4th staright season. After a loss to Cal in the 2005 Las Vegas Bowl, BYU has beaten Oregon and UCLA in the past two years and will face Arizona on December 20th. - 2008 Las Vegas Bowl preview
- TCU - 10-2 - As the #12 team in the nation, TCU has one of the best bowl match-ups on paper this season as they face #9 Boise State in the Poinsettia Bowl. This match-up gives the Mountain West Conference exactly what they want, they’re #2 team against the WAC’s #1 team with a chance to ruin the Broncos’ undefeated season. Boise State and TCU face off on December 23rd @ 8 pm on ESPN. - 2008 Poinsettia Bowl preview
- Utah - 12-0 - The Utes began their season with an “upset” of Michigan in The Big House and ended their season heading to a BCS Bowl game to face Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. At 12-0, Utah looks for their second win in a BCS bowl game in school history after crushing Pitt just a few short years ago. - 2008-2009 Sugar Bowl preview
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