Army has accepted an invitation to the Armed Forces Bowl. The web site's own description of how it chooses its teams is incorrect. The New Mexico and Armed Forces Bowls are allowed to work in conjunction with each other to create the most intriguing matchups. So, the Armed Forces can select a non-MWC team (Army), provided that all bowl-eligible MWC teams can attend an MWC-affiliated bowl. That essentially seals the deal: Utah to Vegas, SDSU to Poinsettia, Air Force to Independence, BYU to New Mexico.
BYU will likely face Fresno State in the bowl game. Interesting sub-plot to that game: Fresno State left the WAC for the MWC, leaving BYU nowhere to go after a secret accord had been struck with the WAC. Now they meet. On the field. OK, so that storyline doesn't really interest me, but I'm sure we'll hear plenty of it in the lead-up to the game. The game is at 12pm Mountain, on ESPN, on Saturday, December 18th. Wow, a bowl game a full week before Christmas...that is EARLY!
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