Challenge
Matchup
Matchup noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
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- Backlash against the Bowl Championship Series had continued into this decade, with among the reasons including the 2010 Fiesta Bowl matchup between "BCS Busters" Boise State and TCUnote was Mountain West at the time, now in the Big Twelve, which denied both a chance to challenge a power conference.
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