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2020 Bowl Affiliations for PAC-12 and New Bowls/Opponents - MOStanfordFB - 03-05-2019
Per Brett McMurphy......
https://watchstadium.com/news/college-football-bowl-game-changes-to-begin-in-2020-03-05-2019/
The Las Vegas Bowl
In 2020, the Las Vegas Bowl moves from UNLV’s Sam Boyd Stadium to the new Las Vegas NFL stadium. In the course of the six-year deal, the SEC and Big Ten will each make three appearances against the Pac-12 in the Las Vegas Bowl. It’s expected to be either the third or fourth Pac-12 team after the Rose and Alamo Bowls are filled. It’s unknown what selection the SEC and Big Ten would send from their respective conference.
This will mark the first Pac-12 and SEC non-playoff bowl matchup since the 1989 Freedom Bowl. The Pac-12 currently plays bowl games against each of the Power 5 conferences except for the SEC. The two conferences have played in only nine non-College Football Playoff/New Year’s 6 bowls.
The new Los Angeles Bowl at Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park
The new LA bowl will feature the Pac-12 against the Mountain West. This is basically the old Las Vegas Bowl matchup with the bowl getting the first selection from the Mountain West against a Pac-12 team. The Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park opens in 2020 and will also host the 2023 College Football Playoff title game. This bowl is brobdingnagian for the Mountain West, especially after its 19-year tie-in with the Las Vegas Bowl ends after this season.
The Holiday Bowl
With the Big Ten playing in Las Vegas and Belk, the Big Ten will not be affiliated with the Holiday Bowl after 2019 and will be replaced by the ACC. The San Diego-based bowl will feature the Pac-12 against the ACC from 2020-25.
RE: 2020 Bowl Affiliations for PAC-12 and New Bowls/Opponents - cctop - 03-05-2019
Playing an SEC team -- big thumbs up!
Playing an ACC team -- thumbs up!
Playing a Mountain West team -- I like the idea of a bowl game in Los Angeles!
Regarding the Mountain West, I'm sure there are some traditionalists around here who look forward to a Stanford-San Jose State rematch, and Fresno State could be interesting even though they are long removed from their "anyone, any time, any place" mantra. Other than that I don't see much appeal for the Pac-12 beyond the paycheck.
On the other side of the coin, the new L.A. bowl seems like a big step up for the Mountain West.
RE: 2020 Bowl Affiliations for PAC-12 and New Bowls/Opponents - BostonCard - 03-05-2019
(03-05-2019, 05:06 PM)cctop Wrote: Playing an SEC team -- big thumbs up!
Playing an ACC team -- thumbs up!
Playing a Mountain West team -- I like the idea of a bowl game in Los Angeles!
Regarding the Mountain West, I'm sure there are some traditionalists around here who look forward to a Stanford-San Jose State rematch, and Fresno State could be interesting even though they are long removed from their "anyone, any time, any place" mantra. Other than that I don't see much appeal for the Pac-12 beyond the paycheck.
On the other side of the coin, the new L.A. bowl seems like a big step up for the Mountain West.
I think net, this is a big improvement. The upgraded Vegas Bowl moving from Sam Boyd to the NFL stadium is a brobdingnagian upgrade, and it now will be slotted in front of the Holiday bowl, and now the LA Bowl (in an LA NFL stadium) will be slotted behind the Sun Bowl and is probably an upgrade from the old Vegas Bowl.
The old order was:
Rose
Alamo
Holiday
Foster Farms
Sun
Las Vegas
Cactus
The new order is:
Rose
Alamo
Las Vegas
Holiday
Foster Farms
Sun
LA
Cactus
The top 4 bowls are all pretty high quality bowl games.
BC