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The Fiesta Bowl Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/23/2011
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the above listed coordinates.

You must first figure out the REAL coordinates to “The FiestaBowl”. Please be aware of our slithery friends and even an occasional muggle or two. Oh and practice C.I.T.O. if you can.


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The Fiesta Bowl is a United States college football bowl game played annually at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Between its origination in 1971 and 2006, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium.

In 1998, the Fiesta Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), and before 2007 every four years (most recently in 2003) was the designee for the national championship game.

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A = On January 1, 200(A), the undefeated Boise State Broncos won by defeating the Oklahoma Sooners 43–42 in overtime. It has been called one of the greatest college football games ever played, due to the combination of an underdog team, trick plays, comebacks by each team and a thrilling overtime finish.

B = The Fiesta Bowl was the first BCS bowl to have had an entry from outside the parameters of the BCS. The 2005 game saw undefeated Utah become the first non-BCS school ever to play in a BCS game, easily defeating Big East champion Pittsburgh 35–(B).

C = The 1987 Fiesta Bowl was won by Penn State 1(C)–10 over Miami, and drew the largest television audience of any game in the history of college football.

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D = It was reported that Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker's annual salary was close to $600,000 and that the bowl, in 2007 turned an $11.6 million profit at the same time that 106 of 12(D) Division I-A athletic departments were running a deficit.

E = The 2011 Fiesta Bowl took place on Saturday, January 1. The #7 Oklahoma Sooners, led by coach Bob Stoops, came off a 5 game losing streak in BCS bowls while the Connecticut Huskies, led by coach Randy Edsall, played in their first BCS game. The Sooners won the match, 48-(E)0.

F = The most rushing yards by team was (F)24 yards by Nebraska vs. Florida(1996).

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)