Big East Shuffles Bowls

[MeanGreen61]

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While that seems to give the Big East seven bowl slots for an eight-team league, the Gazette has learned the Texas Bowl, which was supposed to play host to the league twice in four years, will disappear from the Big East roster.

Conference USA, of which Marshall is a member, will be a full partner of the Texas Bowl lineup opposite a Big 12 team. In exchange for that, C-USA gave way to the SEC-Big East matchup in the PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala.

Conference USA has sent its champion to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., since the league's inception. Other C-USA partners are the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala., the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, and the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.

The Liberty Bowl recently landed a Jan. 2 date, getting an exclusive time slot between the Cotton and Sugar bowls.

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http://sundaygazettemail.com/Sports/WVU/200805010004

[UNTflyer]

The Liberty Bowl recently landed a Jan. 2 date, getting an exclusive time slot between the Cotton and Sugar bowls.

That's a pretty good deal for CUSA. We need to turn it around for the day C-USA looks to replace defectors.

Edited May 1, 2008 by UNTflyer