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http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/i...e-american

His bowl outlook continues to be pretty rosy. I don't know how realistic these are.

Quote:Aresco said that the league is working on continuing its tie-ins with the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla., the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., and the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. He also added that the league has been in discussions about a bowl game in Texas, New Orleans, perhaps the Military Bowl in Washington, D.C., and occasionally in Hawaii (that bowl has a tie-in with Conference USA that ends this season).

As for opponents, Aresco expects to continue to play the SEC in Birmingham. The Liberty could feature the Big 12, as could the Texas Bowl game. The league wants to keep playing the ACC as well. Aresco also mentioned there have been preliminary discussions about playing the Pac-12 in the new South Florida bowl game the American wants to create, and to play in Marlins Park.

Aresco hopes to have more bowl tie-ins than the current five, though he also acknowledged the league may be in a good position to receive at-large bids, too. He hopes to have some announcements in the next two to four weeks.

The PAC coming to Miami? That would be a huge stretch for them.

The Pac to Miami is a long ride, but would be a great trip for the kids involved.

(06-28-2013 03:55 PM)goodknightfl Wrote: [ -> ]The Pac to Miami is a long ride, but would be a great trip for the kids involved.

I'm not certain, but I think ECU was involved in the longest distance from a team's campus ever played in a bowl game in the 2007 Hawaii Bowl.

We played in Haw in our first ever bowl. Don't know if it is further or shorter than greenville.