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Encyclopedia > Birmingham Bowl

The Birmingham Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that was approved in April 2006 and will be played annually at the historic 71,594 seat Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. ESPN Regional Television (a subsidiary of ESPN) will own and operate the Birmingham Bowl and will deal with the bowl's organization, operation, sponsorship, and marketing. UAB will also provide marketing, management and game day operations support. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... Legion Field is a large stadium in Birmingham, Alabama primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but is occasionally used for other large outdoor events. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Alabama Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 151. ... ESPN (formerly an initialism for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The University of Alabama at Birmingham (also known as UAB) is a public, coeducational university located in Birmingham, Alabama. ...


Conference USA has signed a four-year agreement with the Birmingham Bowl to provide a team for its annual game and will play an opponent from the Big East Conference. In the event that a qualifying Big East team cannot be provided, a Mid-American Conference team will be selected instead. The inaugural game is scheduled to be played on Saturday, December 23 2006 at 12 p.m. CST and will be broadcast on ESPN2. Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference which is now in the Southern United States. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... The Mid-American Conference is a College Athletic Conference whose members are located mainly in the Midwestern United States; nine of the schools are in Ohio and Michigan alone. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Nicknamed the deuce, ESPN2 was to be branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross, snowboarding, and BMX racing. ...

Vs. Conference USA logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links New Big East Conference logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...


History

The Birmingham Bowl marks the return of post-season football to the city of Birmingham. The Magic City previously hosted the Dixie Bowl from 1947-1948, the Hall of Fame Classic from 1977-1985 (relocated to Tampa, FL and now named the Outback Bowl), and the All-American Bowl from 1986-1990 (cancelled when the SEC started hosting their championship game in the city). The Dixie Bowl was a post-season college football game held twice at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, following the 1947 and 1948 seasons, after which it was discontinued. ... The All-American Bowl was an annual post-season college football game played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977 to 1990. ... Outback Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. ... The All-American Bowl was an annual post-season college football game played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977 to 1990. ... The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. ... SEC Championship Game The Southeastern Conference, or SEC, hosts a conference championship game in both Mens and Womens Basketball and Football each year. ...


See also

2005-06 Division I-A College football Bowl Game season
New Orleans (Dec. 20) • GMAC (Dec. 21) • Poinsettia (Dec. 22) • Las Vegas (Dec. 22) • Fort Worth (Dec. 23) • Hawaii (Dec. 24) • Motor City (Dec. 26) • Champs Sports (Dec. 27) • Insight (Dec. 27) • MPC Computers (Dec. 28) • Alamo (Dec. 28) • Emerald (Dec. 29) • Holiday (Dec. 29) • Music City (Dec. 30) • Sun (Dec. 30) • Independence (Dec. 30) • Peach (Dec. 30) • Meineke Car Care (Dec. 31) • Liberty (Dec. 31) • Houston (Dec. 31) • Outback (Jan. 2) • Cotton (Jan. 2) • Gator (Jan. 2) • Capital One (Jan. 2)
Bowl Championship Series games:
Sugar Bowl (Jan. 2) Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 2) Orange Bowl (Jan. 3) Rose Bowl (Jan. 4)
All-Star Games: Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic (Dec. 24) • Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 14) • East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 21) • Hula Bowl (Jan. 21) • Senior Bowl (Jan. 28)


 

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