Bowl results often come down to which is the more motivated team: the side that sees the game as a reward, compared with the one that wishes it was playing somewhere and someone else
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It was a few seconds past 5 p.m. Monday in the Rush Tower lobby of the Golden Nugget downtown. Boise State football coach Chris Petersen and his Arizona State counterpart, the soon-to-be-unemployed Dennis Erickson, were smiling for the traditional photo one always sees before bowl games, the one with the team helmets and the trophy in the foreground. At least this time, the showgirls stayed home.
The Las Vegas Bowl, now in its 20th year, has evolved from a means to plug slow visitation to a valuable week on the city’s special events calendar.
No. 8 Boise State will play Arizona State in the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas on Dec. 22 at Sam Boyd Stadium, it was announced Sunday.
When Boise State played in last year’s MAACO Bowl Las Vegas, the 10th-ranked Broncos were the highest-rated team to appear in the local game.
Remember when you were a kid at Christmas, and an aunt or an uncle you never knew you had would show up bearing gifts, and you’d tear through the wrapping paper as if something really cool was inside, like a toy truck or an Etch A Sketch … and it would be the dreaded clothes?
It took awhile for Kellen Moore to heat up Wednesday night at wet and chilly Sam Boyd Stadium.
Kellen Moore completed 28 of 38 passes for 319 yards and two touchdowns as 10th-ranked Boise State beat No. 20 Utah 26-3 to win the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium tonight. The Broncos, who totaled 523 yards of offense, finished its season 12-1. Utah, which had won nine straight bowl games, ended its year at 10-3.
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