The Bowl (Utah Vs. New Mexico)
The Bowl is a casual nickname given to the annual college football game between the University of Utah and the University of New Mexico. The name arose at a time when Utah had lost four of the previous five meetings against New Mexico. At that time, New Mexico had lost all of their recent bowl games; so some Utah fans thus began to sarcastically refer to this annual matchup as The Bowl, in the hopes that such a moniker would adversely affect New Mexico's performance against Utah.
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