C-USA Announces 2020-25 Bowl Lineup

Harry · May 28, 2020

DALLAS – Conference USA has announced the league’s bowl lineup that will span the six-year cycle from 2020-25. The conference is guaranteed seven bowl appearances in each year of the new cycle.

C-USA Bowl Lineup 2020-25 Release.(pdf)

“We are very pleased with our future bowl lineup,” said C-USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod. “Our teams will continue to have postseason opportunities in outstanding destinations that are very accessible to our schools and their fans. We are also excited to have additional flexibility to create great matchups.”

As part of the new bowl cycle, C-USA will annually send teams to the Bahamas Bowl against a Mid-American Conference opponent, and to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, against a Sun Belt Conference school. The league has participated in all six Bahamas Bowls and has placed a team in the New Orleans Bowl 14 times in its first 18 years.

As previously announced, the league will continue its relationship with the Independence Bowl. C-USA is guaranteed to send a team to the Shreveport, Louisiana-based bowl in 2021 and 2025, while holding a secondary agreement with the bowl in the other years of the cycle.

C-USA will also continue its long-standing relationship with the Hawai’i Bowl. The league is set to participate in the Honolulu-based game in 2020, 2022 and 2024.

The conference’s remaining guaranteed selections in the cycle (either 4 or 5 per season) will include the LendingTree Bowl (Mobile, Alabama) and the following games which are owned and operated by ESPN Events:

1. Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas)
2. TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama)
3. Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Florida)
4. Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
5. Cure Bowl (Orlando, Florida)
6. Fenway Bowl (Boston, Massachusetts)
7. SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
8. Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas)
9. Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida)
10. Myrtle Beach Bowl (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
11. New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

“We are excited about extending our relationship with Conference USA,” said Pete Derzis, ESPN senior vice president of programming and ESPN Events. “We look forward to continuing to feature the conference’s top programs, student-athletes, coaches and fans in our bowl games across ESPN’s networks.”

C-USA’s 25th football season is scheduled to begin on Saturday, August 29. The league’s 16th annual football championship game is scheduled for Saturday, December 5.

read more: https://conferenceusa.com/news/2020/5/28/football-c-usa-announces-2020-25-bowl-lineup.aspx

UNTexas · May 28, 2020

I want us to play in the Frisco Bowl because it would sell out. (If fans are allowed) Most bowls are ghost towns so I want us to pack a stadium. Plus, its light years nicer than many venues. Especially the Cotton Bowl. The endzone bar is awesome too.

NorthTexasSportsNetwork · May 28, 2020

3 hours ago, UNTexas said:

I want us to play in the Frisco Bowl because it would sell out. (If fans are allowed) Most bowls are ghost towns so I want us to pack a stadium. Plus, its light years nicer than many venues. Especially the Cotton Bowl. The endzone bar is awesome too.

Let's just make a bowl first

Matt from A700 · May 29, 2020

COVID-19 ruined my planned Hawai'i trip this summer for a friend's wedding. I'll gladly take a Hawaii Bowl .. I still have the flight credit!!

UNTexas · May 29, 2020

20 hours ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Let's just make a bowl first

There is that one minor detail. Lol.

Mean Green Matt · May 29, 2020

How cool would it be to see NT play at Fenway?

wardly · May 30, 2020

We blew it big time last year. A bowl eligible or better season could have put us in Ft. Worth which would have been great exposure for recruiting.

UNTexas · May 30, 2020

1 hour ago, wardly said:

We blew it big time last year. A bowl eligible or better season could have put us in Ft. Worth which would have been great exposure for recruiting.

Last year the team blew so many opportunities. The worst was a couple days before Halloween. I was getting ready for a party and lost my mind. 2 plays is all it took to smoke our defense for something like 70 yards if I remember correctly. It might as well be 2 yards 2 plays. Same outcome. Unreal.

Edited May 30, 2020 by UNTexas