Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mineral Water Bowl, List of Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association Football Champions, Kanza Bowl. Excerpt: The Mineral Water Bowl is an annual American NCAA Division II college football bowl game between teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association hosted in Excelsior Springs, Missouri at Tiger Stadium. Roosevelt Field at Excelsior Springs High School which was home to the bowl until the school moved in 2003. The stadium in on the banks of the Fishing River near downtown Excelsior Springs blocks from the Hall of Waters Historic District and Elms Hotel Tiger Stadium at the new Excelsior Springs High School on the edge of Excelsior SpringsFrom 1947 to 1951, it was a high school bowl game to show case the Excelsior Spring High School team; however, this ended when the Missouri High School Athletic Association disallowed non-sanctioned post-season games, and the bowl was put on hold. In 1954, the game was revived as a small-college game. As of 1957, it was one of 11 NCAA sanctioned bowl games. The bowl game continued until 1975, when declining interest lead to the game being discontinued for a second time. In 1992 the bowl was again revived, this time as a National Junior College Athletic Association bowl game. After 1999, the bowl was reclassified as an NCAA bowl game once again, this time for Division II. Representatives from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association are chosen yearly for the game. The top-placing team in each conference not receiving a bid to the NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs receives an invitation to compete. In 2009 the MIAA announced plans to also compete in the Kanza ... More: