College football and the BCS: It’s a Utah pity party in nation’s capital

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: July 8, 2009   

Sometimes, you don’t know who your friends are.

In the last five years, four mid-major college football teams, squadrons on the outside of college football’s cartel, have played in BCS bowls. Utah in the 2009 Sugar and 2005 Fiesta. Hawaii in the 2008 Sugar. Boise State in the 2007 Fiesta.

photo - Utah quarterback Brian Johnson kisses his Sugar Bowl MVP trophy after the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Utah defeated Alabama 31-17. AP PHOTO
Utah quarterback Brian Johnson kisses his Sugar Bowl MVP trophy after the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Utah defeated Alabama 31-17. AP PHOTO

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In the 54 seasons before 2004, four mid-majors made BCS bowls or the high-paying, New Year’s Day bowls that eventually formed the Bowl Championship Series: Air Force in the 1959 Cotton...
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