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Boise State Pounds Utah in MAACO Bowl Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- There was no fancy BCS trophy and no national championship on the line. A single loss -- the only one in the last 27 games -- made sure of that for Boise State. But Wednesday night's dominating 26-3 win in the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas over Pac-12-bound Utah sure felt good to the No. 10 Broncos. "It is what it...

Boise State Dominates Utah in MAACO Bowl Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- Boise State is not joining Utah in the Mountain West Conference next year. Instead, the Broncos are giving the Utes a big kick in the tail as they exit the conference. The No. 10 Broncos overcame a sloppy first quarter and dominated Utah -- a team BSU thought it was joining a few months ago when they accepted...

Boise State Broncos vs. Utah Utes: MAACO Bowl Las Vegas

Boise State and Utah certainly had higher hopes for their respective seasons a few months ago. At one point, both were ranked as top-six teams in the nation. The Utes began 8-0 while the Broncos began 10-0. Instead, they square off Dec. 22 in the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. No. 20 Utah was blasted by...

Utah's Terrance Cain Wants to Finish His Career On a High Note

Terrance Cain doesn't dwell on last Halloween, though he thinks about it sometimes. It was that game against Wyoming last year that marked the end of Cain's reign as Utah's fulltime starter and the emergence of Jordan Wynn, who would go on to lead the Utes to a come-from-behind victory. At the end of last season, coach...

Utah, Boise State Set for Marquee Non-BCS Matchup in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- No Alabama. No Oklahoma. No national championship. No interest? No chance. The 2010 version of the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas might not feature BCS automatic-qualifying conference teams, but it has plenty of BCS history -- and likely a little BCS future. Boise State and Utah have combined for just three losses...

las vegas bowl News From the Web

12/16/10 Boise State-Utah: Analyzing Wild Horses and Ute... Source: Bleacher Report The Broncos celebrate a touchdown on the "smurf turf."
12/02/10 Utes accept invite to Las Vegas Bowl Source: ABC - KTVX 4 - Salt Lake City UT The University of Utah football team will play in the Las Vegas Bowl December 22nd.
12/01/10 Air Force accepts bid to the Independence Bowl, could... Source: The Denver Post - Denver CO Air Force is going to play in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 27 in Shreveport, La., the school announced late Wednesday night.

Background on las vegas bowl

The Maaco Bowl Las Vegas (formerly the Las Vegas Bowl) is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

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