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Article: Motor City Bowl Moves to Detroit
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- November 5, 2002
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DETROIT (AP) _ The Motor City Bowl will finally take place in the Motor
City.
After five years at the Pontiac Silverdome, the bowl game will move
to Ford Field in downtown Detroit and will match the Mid-American
Conference champion and the Big Ten's seventh bowl-eligible team.
The Big Ten and Motor City Bowl signed a four-year contract Monday.
"I think it's a real natural relationship," MAC commissioner Rick
Chryst said. "We play each other a lot. There's healthy competition
in September, early part of October, now we think it'll extend into
December."
The Motor City Bowl seems to be a good fit geographically for the
Big Ten, according to ...