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MW AND THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES<br />
MW BOWL SYNOPSIS<br />
The <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>West</strong> has agreements<br />
to send six teams to bowl games in<br />
2013. The <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>West</strong> has<br />
earned 56 bowl bids since the<br />
league’s inception in 1999 and<br />
holds a 32-24 (.571) all-time<br />
record in those contests. Over<br />
the past nine seasons, the MW<br />
has captured the Bowl Challenge Cup four times and owns the<br />
second-best win percentage in bowl games among the 10 FBS<br />
conferences with a 25-16 (.610) mark. The <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>West</strong> is<br />
the only league to win the trophy four times since the award’s<br />
inception in 2002-03.<br />
Unless a team from the <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>West</strong> qualifies for a BCS bowl<br />
game, the Las Vegas Bowl has the first selection of MW teams,<br />
followed by the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl<br />
and the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl with the second<br />
and third selections, respectively. The Gildan New Mexico and<br />
Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowls have the fourth and fifth selections,<br />
respectively, but in no particular order, rounded out by the<br />
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.<br />
Conference Bowl Record (since 2004) Pct.<br />
SEC 47-25 .653<br />
MOUNTAIN WEST 25-16 .610<br />
Big East 26-18 .591<br />
Pac-12 26-23 .531<br />
Big 12 37-33 .529<br />
Conference USA 24-25 .490<br />
Sun Belt 9-11 .450<br />
ACC 31-39 .443<br />
WAC 14-19 .424<br />
Big Ten 26-41 .388<br />
MAC 14-26 .350<br />
ABOUT THE BCS<br />
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a five-game arrangement<br />
for postseason college football that is designed to match the two<br />
top-rated teams in a national championship game and to create<br />
exciting and <strong>com</strong>petitive matchups between eight other highlyregarded<br />
teams in four other games. The bowl games participating<br />
in the BCS are the Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl and<br />
Sugar Bowl. In addition, the BCS National Championship Game<br />
will be played at one of the four bowl sites.<br />
BCS STANDINGS<br />
Since the 2000 regular season, the BCS Standings have been<br />
<strong>com</strong>piled by the National Football Foundation and College Hall<br />
of Fame. The Standings include three <strong>com</strong>ponents: USA Today<br />
Coaches Poll, Harris Interactive College Football Poll and an<br />
average of six <strong>com</strong>puter rankings. Each <strong>com</strong>ponent will count<br />
one-third toward a team’s overall BCS score. All three <strong>com</strong>ponents<br />
shall be added together and averaged for a team’s ranking in the<br />
BCS Standings. The team with the highest average shall rank first<br />
in the BCS Standings.<br />
MOUNTAIN WEST AND THE BCS<br />
The champion of the <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>West</strong> (along with the champions of<br />
Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt<br />
Conference) will have an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if<br />
either:<br />
• Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings,<br />
or;<br />
• Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings<br />
and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that<br />
of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic<br />
berth in one of the BCS bowls.<br />
2013 MOUNTAIN WEST BOWL PARTNERS<br />
LAS VEGAS<br />
BOWL<br />
Date:. ........ Saturday, December 21, 2013<br />
Time: ................... 12:30 p.m. PT<br />
Stadium: ..............<br />
Sam Boyd Stadium<br />
Stadium Capacity: ................36,800<br />
City: ...................Las Vegas, Nev.<br />
Network: ........................ABC<br />
Opponent: ...............Pac-12 Selection<br />
2012 game: ...Boise State 28, Washington 26<br />
Website: ....................LVBowl.<strong>com</strong><br />
Executive Director: ............Dan Hanneke<br />
Manager, Media Relations: ....Mark Wallington<br />
Phone: .................(702) 732-3912<br />
Fax: ...................(702) 732-4481<br />
Mailing Address: .... 2140 East Pebble Road,<br />
Suite 200,<br />
Las Vegas, NV 89123<br />
BELL HELICOPTER<br />
ARMED FORCES BOWL<br />
Date:. .........Monday, December 30, 2013<br />
Time: ....................10:45 a.m. CT<br />
Stadium: . ..........Amon G. Carter Stadium<br />
Stadium Capacity: ................45,000<br />
City: ..................Fort Worth, Texas<br />
Network: .......................ESPN<br />
Opponent: ........................Navy<br />
2012 game: ......... Rice 33, Air Force 14<br />
Website: . ...........ArmedForcesBowl.<strong>com</strong><br />
Executive Director: . ...........Brant Ringler<br />
Media Operations Director: .....Dominic Clark<br />
Phone: .................(817) 810-0012<br />
Fax: ...................(817) 810-0252<br />
Mailing Address: ..........505 Main Street,<br />
Suite 270,<br />
Fort Worth, TX 76102<br />
GILDAN<br />
NEW MEXICO BOWL<br />
Date:. ........ Saturday, December 21, 2013<br />
Time: ........................Noon MT<br />
Stadium: . ..............University Stadium<br />
Stadium Capacity: ................37,235<br />
City: .................Albuquerque, N.M.<br />
Network: .......................ESPN<br />
Opponent: ...............Pac-12 Selection<br />
2012 game: .........Arizona 49, Nevada 48<br />
Website: . ........GildanNewMexicoBowl.<strong>com</strong><br />
Executive Director: . ..........Jeff Siembieda<br />
Media Relations Director: ...RaeAnn McKernan<br />
Phone: .................(505) 925-5999<br />
Fax: ...................(505) 272-7131<br />
Mailing Address: ....801 University Blvd., SE,<br />
Suite 104,<br />
Albuquerque, NM 87106<br />
SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION<br />
POINSETTIA BOWL<br />
Date:. ........Thursday, December 26, 2013<br />
Time: .................... 6:30 p.m. PT<br />
Stadium: ..............Qual<strong>com</strong>m Stadium<br />
Stadium Capacity: ................66,000<br />
City: ..................San Diego, Calif.<br />
Network: .......................ESPN<br />
Opponent: .............Army/MAC Selection<br />
2012 game: ..... BYU 23, San Diego State 6<br />
Website: ..............PoinsettiaBowl.<strong>com</strong><br />
Executive Director: ......... Bruce Binkowski<br />
Assoc. Exec. Director: .......... Mark Neville<br />
Phone: .................(619) 285-5061<br />
Fax: ...................(619) 281-7947<br />
Mailing Address: .........P.O. Box 601400,<br />
San Diego, CA 92160<br />
Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl<br />
Primary Logo<br />
Up-Dated 9/25/12<br />
Full Color Usage:<br />
SHERATON<br />
HAWAI‘I BOWL<br />
Date:. .........Tuesday, December 24, 2013<br />
Time: .......................3 p.m. HT<br />
Stadium: ..Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium<br />
Appearance on black/dark<br />
Stadium Capacity: ................50,000<br />
City: ..................Honolulu, Hawaii<br />
Network: .......................ESPN<br />
Opponent: ........ Conference USA Selection<br />
2012 game: .......SMU 43, Fresno State 10<br />
Website: ..........SheratonHawaiiBowl.<strong>com</strong><br />
Executive Director: .........David A.K. Matlin<br />
Coordinator, Media Relations: ... Derek Inouchi<br />
Phone: .................(808) 523-3688<br />
Fax: ...................(808) 523-3712<br />
Mailing Address: ........<br />
841 Bishop Street,<br />
Suite 2100,<br />
Honolulu, HI 96813<br />
FAMOUS IDAHO<br />
POTATO BOWL<br />
Date:. ........ Saturday, December 21, 2013<br />
Time: ....................3:30 p.m. MT<br />
Stadium: . ................Bronco Stadium<br />
Stadium Capacity: ................37,000<br />
City: ..................... Boise, Idaho<br />
Network: .......................ESPN<br />
Opponent: .................MAC Selection<br />
2012 game: .......Utah State 41, Toledo 15<br />
Website: . ......FamousIdahoPotatoBowl.<strong>com</strong><br />
Executive Director: . .........Kevin McDonald<br />
Manager, Media Relations: .... Michelle Smith<br />
Phone: .................(208) 424-1011<br />
Fax: ...................(208) 424-1121<br />
Mailing Address: .......1109 W. Main Street,<br />
Suite 310,<br />
Boise, ID 83702<br />
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