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Liberty Coaches Pay Tribute
The Deseret Morning News Feature Story
Dec. 2, 2003
By Dirk Facer MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Utah coach Urban Meyer and Southern Mississippi coach Jeff Bower visited Memphis on Monday. They traveled to Tennessee for a press conference and other activities to herald their teams' participation in the 45th annual Liberty Bowl on New Year's Eve. Meyer praised the hospitality and predicted "it's going to be a great bowl." Though neither the Utes (9-2) nor Golden Eagles (9-3) are ranked in the top 25, each earned invitations by winning outright league titles. "You work 364 days a year to have an opportunity to represent your conference as a champion - to come to Memphis to play the champion from the Mountain West," Bower said. "The Southern Miss team, fans and alumni are looking forward to it." Ditto for the Utes. "At the beginning of the season this was the prize, and make no mistake about it, the University of Utah, Salt Lake City and a lot of Utah alums are going to come here and support their football team," Meyer said. "There was no doubt this was the bowl game you want to be at. This is our bowl game, this is why you got up every morning and worked as hard as we did as a football team."
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