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Article: Yankee Stadium to Host Annual College Football Bowl Game.
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- The Biz of Baseball
- Article date:
- September 30, 2009
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Byline: Maury Brown
The New York Yankees announced today that Yankee Stadium will host an annual college football bowl game between the Big East Conference and the Big 12 Conference, with the first game slated to be played at the conclusion of the 2010 college football regular season.
The yet-to-be-named bowl game will pit the Big East conference's third or fourth selection against the Big 12 conference's seventh selection and will take place sometime between Christmas Day and New Year's Day. It marks the first NCAA football bowl game in the Bronx since the Gotham Bowl on December 15, 1962, when Nebraska edged Miami (Fla.), 36-34, at the original Yankee ...