The St. Petersburg Bowl will play it's second annual college football game on December 19, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Florida. After debuting in 2008 as a new NCAA sanctioned FBS bowl, the game is played at Tropicana Field, known as the home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays. The most likely teams to play in the St. Petersburg Bowl are from the Big East and Conference USA conferences, although there are contingencies for the Sun Belt conference as well. The bowl was approved in the same year as the EagleBank Bowl.
ESPN televises the St. Petersburg bowl and will show the game after the New Mexico Bowl. Although the bowl game is still in it's first few years of existence, it is a hit with fans in the Tampa and St. Pete areas as well as college football fans. What could be better than a college football game on the Gulf Coast in December?
Tropicana Field will once again play host to the St. Petersburg Bowl, a venue that usually is home to the Tampa Bay Rays, and thus, requires some seating modifications to allow for a football game's rectangular gridiron. However, seating is good and adjustments are not obtrusive. With many cities aware that single-use parks are no longer considered a wise economic idea, if the city approves a new Rays stadium in the future, the game will likely move there.
ESPN manages and owns the St. Petersburg Bowl, which is not unusual, as the network owns several bowl games. These include not only the New Mexico Bowl, but also the Armed Forces Bowl, the Maaco Las Vegas Bowl, the Hawaii Bowl and the PapaJohns.com Bowl. With ESPN getting more experience running bowl games, it's possible there may be more bowls they take on in the coming seasons.
The first ever St. Petersburg Bowl pitted nearby South Florida against the Memphis Tigers, in which USF star quarterback Matt Grothe threw for 236 yards in a win over the Tigers, 41-14. Grothe went on to garner the Most Outstanding Player award for the game, throwing three touchdowns in the rout of Memphis.
Before looking for St. Petersburg Bowl tickets, you should be sure to check out some various sources, including free online comparison tools like TicketZinger.com, which can give you a starting point. Sometimes tickets can be picked up on the cheap at eBay or other places as well. Before you pay, remember that if a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. - 31493
ESPN televises the St. Petersburg bowl and will show the game after the New Mexico Bowl. Although the bowl game is still in it's first few years of existence, it is a hit with fans in the Tampa and St. Pete areas as well as college football fans. What could be better than a college football game on the Gulf Coast in December?
Tropicana Field will once again play host to the St. Petersburg Bowl, a venue that usually is home to the Tampa Bay Rays, and thus, requires some seating modifications to allow for a football game's rectangular gridiron. However, seating is good and adjustments are not obtrusive. With many cities aware that single-use parks are no longer considered a wise economic idea, if the city approves a new Rays stadium in the future, the game will likely move there.
ESPN manages and owns the St. Petersburg Bowl, which is not unusual, as the network owns several bowl games. These include not only the New Mexico Bowl, but also the Armed Forces Bowl, the Maaco Las Vegas Bowl, the Hawaii Bowl and the PapaJohns.com Bowl. With ESPN getting more experience running bowl games, it's possible there may be more bowls they take on in the coming seasons.
The first ever St. Petersburg Bowl pitted nearby South Florida against the Memphis Tigers, in which USF star quarterback Matt Grothe threw for 236 yards in a win over the Tigers, 41-14. Grothe went on to garner the Most Outstanding Player award for the game, throwing three touchdowns in the rout of Memphis.
Before looking for St. Petersburg Bowl tickets, you should be sure to check out some various sources, including free online comparison tools like TicketZinger.com, which can give you a starting point. Sometimes tickets can be picked up on the cheap at eBay or other places as well. Before you pay, remember that if a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. - 31493
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