BYU 24 vs Tulsa 21

<2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Winner - Quarterback's call gives BYU a win in Armed Forces Bowl

Riley Nelson hurriedly led Brigham Young to the line with a call from the sideline to spike the ball and stop the clock.

Instead, Nelson faked the spike and then threw his third touchdown pass to Cody Hoffman with 11 seconds left, giving the Cougars a 24-21 victory over Tulsa on Friday in the Armed Forces Bowl at Dallas and another 10-win season.

"There is a play we have, red alert, that he called on his own, which is a fake spike and then throw a touchdown — or you better throw a touchdown," BYU Coach Bronco Mendenhall said, smiling. "To have a quarterback in that situation fake spike it on his own and throw a touchdown and be on the same page with the receiver, that's the kind of magic of the guys that I get to coach."

The Cougars (10-3) won 10 games for the fifth time in Mendenhall's seven years. They won nine of their last 10 games after consecutive losses in September.

G.J. Kinne threw three touchdown passes for Tulsa (8-5), including a 30-yarder to Bryan Burnham with 10:42 left for a 21-17 lead.

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College football Betting Online: The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Lines will be out soon for the Friday December 30, 2011 contest in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. This 2011 going away party is played at SMU’s Gerald J. Ford Stadium, but just pay your cable bill, and you don’t have to fly. You can watch it at 12:00 p.m. ET on ESPN for the beginning of the meaty NCAA Bowl Games run.

Armed Forces Bowl Betting Online: We know BYU is in obviously, and they may have the homey town boys for opponents as it looks now. Do you remember when the colonel’s place was called Kentucky Fried Chicken? Those days are over KFC fans as they are for Southern Methodist University, your probable underdog here.

You don’t need a spelled out university name to get paid in this battle of the initials. Each school takes home a cool $600,000 for showing up, and if they’re lucky they throw in the trophy for the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Lines winner.

This is actually a really cool Bowl game and with the way they have 5 armed forces represented in their tributes and demonstrations among other things throughout the game should be an impressive display. In the past they have included things as elaborate as the military’s top skydiving demonstrations and flyovers to the respectful induction ceremonies and the annual presentation of the Great American Patriot Award (GAPA).

BYU has basically known all year they were going to this also ran but pretty damn nice anyway Bowl Game. They may end up playing Houston, but which Conference USA school makes the cut, seals the deal or gets unlucky has yet to be figured out in back rooms.

If they didn’t get selected by the Bowl Championship Series (puh-lease) they were already contracted to play here. They weren’t sniffing a taste of a possible BCS piece of the pie. Those days of WAC glory are long gone, but you can still wager against them by the Armed Forces Bowl Lines at BookMaker.

This is the ninth year for The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl and they’re definitely trying to spread the wealth around to their committed military partners. Between the Mountain West Conference, the United States Military Academy, BYU, Conference USA and the United States Naval Academy, they should be able to whip anybody’s asses. FYI, that ass kicking is contracted through at least 2017 youngsters.

The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl is proud to partner with the USO and Dallas/Fort Worth’s Welcome Home a Hero program to honor service men and women returning from overseas. Each year during bowl week players, cheerleaders and mascots from the bowl’s competing teams join us at the airport to welcome home troops from an incoming flight. 

You really have to take a moment to recognize the way they partner with each other not only on the field and in the service, but the civilian movement and support is heartwarming. This Armed Forces Bowl partnership with the USO is involved with the Welcome Home a Hero program honoring these returning patriots. They organize not only cheerleaders and players to welcome home the studs from overseas, but they have veterans, businessman and almost any type in a REAL project that returning troops are simply speechless about. That is Just SO RIGHT!

Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta is the 2011 recipient of the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl’s Great American Patriot Award. He is the first Medal of Honor recipient that is living since the Vietnam War.

This really will be a special bowl game to watch for the game and respect for our veterans. While you’re watching you can always take a shot at BookMaker and their Armed Forces Bowl Lines.

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2010 Armed Forces Bowl - Army builds lead, holds on to beat SMU

Second-year coach Rich Ellerson already has a season to cherish at Army. Josh McNary and 24 other seniors get to leave on a winning note.

McNary scooped up a fumble and returned it 55 yards for a touchdown and Army held on to beat SMU 16-14 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Thursday, giving the Black Knights their first winning season since 1996.