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Yankee (or Gotham Redux) Bowl Slated for 2010

The Big East, Big XII and the New York Yankees will announce tomorrow the creation of a new bowl game to be played in new Yankee Stadium. The game will pit the fourth place finisher from the Big East against the seventh place finisher from the Big XII, with the inaugural game taking place following this season, assuming NCAA certification can be obtained in time.

This new bowl will mark the first time a bowl game has been played in New York since the Gotham Bowl in 1962, when Nebraska edged Miami 36-34. Now, as longtime readers may recall I have a certain affinity for Big East football, but Bruce Wayne I'm not and there is simply no way that Gotham City in late December can possibly be seen as an appealing post season destination. The whole idea of bowl games was to attract fans from cold weather climes to the beach in the dead winter. Granted, that idea is a bit old fashioned (take a bow, Shreveport, Toronto and Detroit) but at least Toronto and Detroit are indoors.

If you are so inclined, the press conference will be broadcast live on the Big East's website; you can register for free here.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on September 30, 2009 (boomark / email).