The Bowl Cup

It is kind of anti-climactic, really, when the yearly Bowl Cup is decided by New Years eve. The Mountain West Conference has already won this award by having the best record in the 32 bowl games. They are currently 4-0 with only one game remaining, TCU against Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. Now, I will not say that this means that the MWC is as good of a conference as any of the other BCS conferences, but I am sure that the top teams in the MWC belong in major conferences. TCU and Utah could fit in geographically with the Big XII, who might be losing Mizzou to the Big Ten (11, 12, 15, whatever).

Now, let us also not forget the conference with the second best record. The Big East has finished its bowl season with a 4-2 record. Its losses, West Virginia to FSU and Cincinnati to Florida can be easily understood. Rarely does an amazing career end with heartbreak or disappointment. This is the case for Bobby Bowden and Tim Tebow. Neither of them would go out on a sour note. To make matters worse for the Bearcats, they were against an amazing Florida team without any sort of coach. Brian Kelly left them in the lurch as he ran to Notre Dame. Their interim coach has already been named the new head coach of Buffalo, replacing Turner Gill after he took the Kansas job. There is no way that he was concentrating on the Sugar Bowl. Instead, he was only the coach in title, not in spirit.

As for the other conferences, they are hovering around .500 or worse. The Big Ten has made a minor statement by finally winning a Rose Bowl (helps when USC isn't playing in it), and they have a chance to win both of their BCS games with Iowa playing Georgia Tech. The Pac-10 has taken a huge hit, making the MWC look like the better conference. There are still a few more days to go this season. It will be interesting to see who can make the biggest and strongest statement for conference supremacy.