Pataskala
7/6/2021 5:43 PM
Yeah, I know it's way too early to be thinking about this, but assuming the season is somewhat normal this year the MAC will have six direct tie-ins and four pool tie-ins with bowl games this season. All will be on an ESPN channel except one, the yet-to-be-scheduled Arizona Bowl, which would be on CBS. Here's how it looks:
Direct tie-ins:
Bahamas Bowl vs CUSA, 12/17, noon, ESPN
Lending Tree Bowl (Mobile) vs Sun Belt, 12/18, 5:45 pm, ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl vs MWC, 12/21, 3:30 pm, ESPN
Camelia Bowl vs Sun Belt, 12/25, 2:30 pm, ESPN
Quick Lane Bowl vs Big 10, 12/27, 11 am, ESPN
Arizona Bowl vs MWC, TBD, CBS
Pool tie-ins:
Cure Bowl (American, CUSA, MAC, MWC, Sun Belt, Army), 12/17, 6 pm, ESPN2
Boca Raton Bowl (American, CUSA, MAC, MWC, Sun Belt, Army), 12/18, 7 pm, ESPN
Myrtle Beach Bowl (American, MAC, Sun Belt), 12/20, 2:30 pm, ESPN
Frisco Bowl (American, CUSA, MAC, MWC, Sun Belt, Army), 12/21, 7:30 pm, ESPN
The Camelia Bowl is the only bowl game on Christmas Day and somewhat serves as a lead-in for the Browns-Packers game (4:30 on Fox).
In all, there are 42 bowl games proposed for this year. Two have yet be scheduled, the Arizona Bowl and the Redbox Bowl, which is trying to find a home after the 49ers refused to renew the stadium contract. Jimmy Kimmell (likely through Disney) bought the naming rights for the brand-new LA Bowl, probably so he could include his book of unfunny jokes in the swag bag.