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Deseret News: MWC right to celebrate bowl success
By Randy Hollis, Deseret News
The Mountain West Conference is proudly pounding its chest today after winning the annual ESPN Bowl Challenge Cup for the second straight year.
And what in the world, you might rightfully wonder, is the ESPN Bowl Challenge Cup?
Well, it's a rather unheralded, obscure competition, organized by ESPN beginning in 2002, in which our favorite four-letter word — otherwise known as the world-wide leading all-sports network — recognizes the conference that posts the best bowl-game winning percentage among the 11 conferences that comprise the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
A conference must have a minimum of three teams participating in postseason play to qualify for the "coveted" Cup — you know, the one none of us really knew about or pay much attention to. ...
By Randy Hollis, Deseret News
The Mountain West Conference is proudly pounding its chest today after winning the annual ESPN Bowl Challenge Cup for the second straight year.
And what in the world, you might rightfully wonder, is the ESPN Bowl Challenge Cup?
Well, it's a rather unheralded, obscure competition, organized by ESPN beginning in 2002, in which our favorite four-letter word — otherwise known as the world-wide leading all-sports network — recognizes the conference that posts the best bowl-game winning percentage among the 11 conferences that comprise the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
A conference must have a minimum of three teams participating in postseason play to qualify for the "coveted" Cup — you know, the one none of us really knew about or pay much attention to. ...
