High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Beehive Boot, which signifies instate football supremacy among Division I universities from the state of Utah, was conceived in 1971. The authentic pioneer boot, which is estimated to be well over 100 years old, is awarded annually to the Utah school with the best record against its instate NCAA Division I foes. The schools who compete for the boot are Brigham Young, Utah, and Utah State. Weber State plays in the Championship Subdivision of Division I (the other three play in the Bowl Subdivision), thus they were dropped from consideration from winning the Beehive Boot.