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The No. 19 Brigham Young University Cougars (10-2), winners of the Mountain West Conference will play the University of Oregon Ducks (7-5) of the Pacific-10 Conference Wednesday night in the Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl in Sam Boyd Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN at 8 p.m. EST.

Oregon started the season winning five of its first six games, including a 34-33 victory over No. 15 Oklahoma. The Ducks, who were ranked as high as 11th in the nation this season and remained in the top 25 for three months, finished their season 7-5 overall and 4-5 in league play.

 The Oregon program has been selected to play in 10 bowl games during head coach Mike Bellotti's 12 years as head coach and this year's trip will mark the 20th bowl game in school history. The first-ever Pac-10 team to appear in the Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl, Oregon defeated Air Force 41-13 on Dec. 20, 1997.

The Cougars will be matched against a familiar face when the two teams meet in Las Vegas. Oregon's offensive coordinator Gary Crowton served as the head coach at BYU from 2001 through 2004. During his four-year tenure, Crowton produced a 26-23 overall record, including a 12-2 clip and a Mountain West Conference Championship during the 2001 season. 

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BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall will be coaching against Oregon for the first time as a head coach. As a player, Mendenhall played for Oregon State. Mendenhall's Oregon State teams were 0-2 in his two years against the Ducks. As a graduate assistant at Oregon State, Mendenhall's teams were also 0-2 against Oregon. 

The Cougars will be led on offense by Mountain West player of the year John Beck. Beck led the league in nearly every passing category. The native of Mesa, Ariz., led the league in passing yards per game (319.1), total offense per game (316.0), passing efficiency (173.3), completion percentage (70.4) and touchdown completions (30). During the season he had four games with over 300 yards passing, including 10 games with over 250 yards passing. He completed at least 65 percent of his attempts in 10 of the 11 games he played during the season and had three or more touchdown completions in seven games, including five games with four touchdowns. Beck set a Mountain West Conference record after being named the league's Offensive Player of the Week seven different times during the season.

It is unsure who will start at quarterback for the Ducks. Brady Leaf got the start in Oregon’s last game in the Oregon State loss and is expected to get the nod from Belotti for the bowl. Prior to the game at OSU, Dennis Dixon had started the previous 15 games. Belotti hasn’t announced the starter and probably won’t until prior to kick-off.

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