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The Beehive Boot, which signifies instate football supremacy among Division I FBS universities from the state of Utah, was conceived in 1971. The authentic pioneer boot, which is estimated to be well over 100 years old, is awarded annually to the Utah school with the best record against its instate NCAA Division I FBS foes. The schools who compete for the boot are Brigham Young, Utah, and Utah State. Weber State was originally eligible to win the trophy, and games against them counted towards their opponents' record when determining the winner of the trophy. It is unclear when this stopped being the case, but it was at least by 2012, when Utah State won the trophy over BYU (BYU's win over Weber State was not counted towards their instate record).〔http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112912aaa.html〕 In case of tie, the winner is chosen by vote of the in-state media. Such an event has only happened four times previously: in 1973, 1997, 2010, and in 2012. Utah State was awarded the trophy in each year.〔http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011411aaa.html〕 Utah State is the most recent champion, taking home the trophy in 2014 after winning their only intrastate game against Brigham Young. In addition to the Beehive Boot, BYU and Utah State also play for The Old Wagon Wheel.〔http://byucougars.com/athletics/old-wagon-wheel〕 The same three universities, along with Weber State University, Southern Utah University, and Utah Valley University, also played for a statewide trophy in basketball called the Old Oquirrh Bucket until the 2010 season, when it was retired due to conference realignments.〔http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700082737/Utah-teams-mothballing-Old-Oquirrh-Bucket.html?pg=all〕 ==History== Brigham Young has the most wins in the series with 22, followed by Utah with 13, and Utah State with 9. After residing in Logan on USU's campus for the first four years of its existence, the trophy spent most of the next two decades in the hands of BYU. The Cougars won the intrastate series 19 of the next 27 years, including five in a row from 1983 to 1987.〔(BYUCougars.com - BYU Football Press Release )〕 Since the mid-1990s, the boot has been back and forth between Salt Lake and Provo many times. Utah had a brief period of success during the early part of this century, winning four straight Beehive Boots from 2002 to 2005. It has also made a couple of trips to Logan during the past couple of decades. Historically, the trophy goes to the winner of the BYU-Utah game. Only 9 times has that not happened: the years when Utah State has won it. Only four times in history has the winner of the Beehive Boot lost an intrastate game (Utah State in 1973, 1982, 1997, 2012). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beehive Boot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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