NCAA approves St. Petersburg Bowl - St. Petersburg Times

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By Greg Auman , Times Staff Writer In print: Thursday, May 1, 2008 The St. Petersburg Bowl is officially part of college football's bowl lineup. The game — to debut at Tropicana Field between Dec. 20 and 23 this season — was approved by an NCAA subcommittee Wednesday afternoon in South Florida and will pit teams from the Big East and Conference USA. ESPN will own and operate the game as it ... [link]

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THE EDSBS BOWL: LET’S RIDE
Published 5/1/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... St. Petersburg has a new bowl game, and we have one number for you, people: $350,000. Yes, all it takes to turn the as-yet-unnamed St. Pete Bowl into the EDSBS Bowl is a measly $350,000 in any currency. Imagine the splendor: ...

Step Right Up To Get Your Own Bowl Game [Bowl Games]
Published 5/2/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
A brilliant discovery by Every Day Should Be Saturday has our minds a-racin'. It turns out that St. Petersberg is getting a bowl game but doesn't have a sponsor yet. Hmm. OK, so the price tag is a little high: Organizers will seek a corporate title sponsor who likely will pay between $350,000 and $500,000 a year for the exposure that comes with the bowl. Hey, that ain't THAT much! Somewhere, someone, some crazy rich human out there has to be willing to pony up a vanity cash grab to get their name on a bowl game. After ...

The Deadspin Bowl Presented By AOL Fanhouse, Sponsored By EDSBS
Published 5/6/2008 by mlmintampa at Alligator Army: Front Page Posts
... Last week, the NCAA awarded a bowl game to St. Petersburg, home of art museums, old people, and your Tampa Bay Rays. Obviously, those characteristics and a possible matchup of .500 Big East and Conference USA teams do not bring out the corporate dollars. (What, no ...