PapaJohns.com Bowl to Host SEC
This is a little late in coming, as this was first announced in April, but the PapaJohns.com Bowl - the Cadillac of NCAA bowl games hosted in Birmingham - has changed their format to make the event even better. Traditionally, the bowl was host to a team from the Big East conference and Conference USA. The new format, however, replaces the lame duck Conference USA (sorry UAB) with the best conference in the country… the SEC.
This transition will drastically affect the overall magnitude of this bowl and its effect on Birmingham. Having any SEC team grace Legion Field with its presence is much more welcome, in this author’s opinion, than any possible team in the C-USA. This move makes so much sense that it is surprising that it wasn’t this way from the start.
- The SEC is headquartered here in Birmingham.
- Birmingham is practically the physical epicenter of the entire SEC.
- Birmingham was the traditional home of both the Iron Bowl and the SEC championship.
- With the amount of SEC fans in Birmingham, the bowl game should see a drastic increase in attendance and support.
- I will actually watch/attend this year.
link - PapaJohns.com Bowl (wikipedia)