When Mitsubishi Motors, the manufacturer of fine vehicles such as (I’ll think of one later), in 2018 invested in a sponsorship for the Las Vegas Bowl, they had a pretty good idea that they at some point might be hosting a Boise State program that had played in four of the previous eight bowls. Little did they know that just one year later, they would be getting Boise State’s legendary former coach under circumstances that would lead to the rest of the college football world renaming their bowl to the “Coach Pete Bowl”.
It probably was the best thing that ever happened to the Vegas Bowl.