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TONY THE TIGER SUN BOWL CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY BOSS CHICKEN - WEEKLY WINNER & UPCOMING GAMES October 11, 2021

TONY THE TIGER SUN BOWL CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY BOSS CHICKEN - WEEKLY WINNER & UPCOMING GAMES

EL PASO, Texas – Congratulations to Sonia Trujillo for winning during the week of Oct. 4–10, 2021 of the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Challenge presented by Boss Chicken. Trujillo wins two (2) Touchdown section tickets to the 2021 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Game, which will be played on Dec. 31, 2021, along with one (1) Boss Chicken BOSS COMBO.

Sonia Trujillo automatically advances to “Championship Week.” The weekly winners that advance to “Championship Week,” will once again predict the winners of each college football conference championship game. The 13 weekly winners will win two (2) Touchdown section tickets to the 2021 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Game along with one (1) Boss Chicken BOSS COMBO.

Trujillo was the only person to pick all 10 games correctly.

Link to play: http://www.sunbowl.org/contest

A complete list of rules and prizes can be found at http://sunbowl.org/contest/terms.

This week’s games to pick from: ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN TIME
Clemson vs. Syracuse – Friday, October 15 at 5 p.m.
California vs. No. 9 Oregon – Friday, October 15 at 8:30 p.m.
Duke vs. Virginia – Saturday, October 16 at 10:30 a.m.
Miami vs. North Carolina – Saturday, October 16 at 1:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Virginia Tech – Saturday, October 16 at 1:30 p.m.
Arizona vs. Colorado – Saturday, October 16 at 1:30 p.m.
No. 22 NC State vs. Boston College – Saturday, October 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Stanford vs. Washington State – Saturday, October 16 at 5:30 p.m.
UCLA vs. Washington – Saturday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m.
No. 18 Arizona State vs. Utah – Saturday, October 16 at 8 p.m.

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1935
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1938
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1948
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1958
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1963
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1975
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1986
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1990
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1996
A Norwest/Wells Fargo Bank merger changes the name to Wells Fargo Sun Bowl.

1999
Name is changed to Vitalis Sun Bowl as the largest crowd in Sun Bowl history (51,288) witnesses Arizona State edge Purdue, 27-23.

2004
Renamed the Brut Sun Bowl after securing sponsor Helen of Troy Ltd. through 2009 making largest team payout ever: $1.9m/team.

2006
The game sold out in 22 hours setting a new stadium attendance record, 54,021 as Notre Dame and Miami renew their storied rivalry.

2010
Utah RB John White rushed for 124 yards on 26 carries scoring the winning touchdown in the Sun Bowl’s first ever overtime game.

2011
Sun Bowl fans were able to watch the future No. 2 (Mitch Trubisky) and No. 3 (Solomon Thomas) picks in the NFL Draft battle it out in their final collegiate football game.

2016
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