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The Big 12 and Big East conferences are on track to pair two of their teams in a bowl game to be played in the new Yankee Stadium beginning in 2010.
Bob Burda of the Big 12 said the conference board of directors has discussed the idea participating in the "Yankee Bowl" with the Yankee organization but has not set a timetable for reaching an agreement. Any new bowl game would have to be certified by the NCAA's postseason football licensing subcommittee in April.
Because of existing agreements with other bowls, the most likely matchup would be the seventh place team from the Big 12 against the third or fourth place team from the Big East.
"We've been in discussions for the last two months but nothing is finalized yet," said Big East spokesman Nick Carparelli, Jr. "But the possibility of playing a bowl game in the greatest city in the world in a world-renowned venue would be intriguing to anyone."
The original Yankee Stadium regularly hosted both college and professional football games. New sporting arenas have increasingly looked for ways to bring in additional income by attracting out-of-season events and the new Yankee Stadium has already lined up four college games involving Notre Dame, Army, Rutgers and Boston College over the next five years.
"It only made sense that with this new beautiful stadium that is not only winterized, but has a field large enough for football, that we bring the college game back," said Mark Holtzman, director of program development for the Yankees. "Once we did that, we saw no reason why we couldn't bring a bowl game back to New York City and make the stadium a Mecca not only for baseball, but college football."
The Big 12 and Big East conferences are on track to pair two of their teams in a bowl game to be played in the new Yankee Stadium beginning in 2010.
Bob Burda of the Big 12 said the conference board of directors has discussed the idea participating in the "Yankee Bowl" with the Yankee organization but has not set a timetable for reaching an agreement. Any new bowl game would have to be certified by the NCAA's postseason football licensing subcommittee in April.
Because of existing agreements with other bowls, the most likely matchup would be the seventh place team from the Big 12 against the third or fourth place team from the Big East.
"We've been in discussions for the last two months but nothing is finalized yet," said Big East spokesman Nick Carparelli, Jr. "But the possibility of playing a bowl game in the greatest city in the world in a world-renowned venue would be intriguing to anyone."
The original Yankee Stadium regularly hosted both college and professional football games. New sporting arenas have increasingly looked for ways to bring in additional income by attracting out-of-season events and the new Yankee Stadium has already lined up four college games involving Notre Dame, Army, Rutgers and Boston College over the next five years.
"It only made sense that with this new beautiful stadium that is not only winterized, but has a field large enough for football, that we bring the college game back," said Mark Holtzman, director of program development for the Yankees. "Once we did that, we saw no reason why we couldn't bring a bowl game back to New York City and make the stadium a Mecca not only for baseball, but college football."
