FedEx Orange Bowl Starts Tenure as the Home of the ACC Champion
08.01.06 (4:08 pm) [edit]The Orange Bowl Committee (OBC) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announce a new exclusive partnership that places South Florida and the FedEx Orange Bowl as “Home of the ACC Champion” throughout the next four seasons. “The Orange Bowl Committee is excited to formalize its relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference and partner our joint-brand for a mutually beneficial long-term relationship,” said Albert E. Dotson, Jr., President and Chairman of the Orange Bowl Committee. “It is our plan to make sure that football fans of the ACC know the FedEx Orange Bowl is ‘Home of the ACC Champion’.” “The ACC and the Orange Bowl have been great partners for many, many years and the opportunity to formalize our relationship will be extremely beneficial to the ACC,” said ACC Commissioner John D. Swofford. “We are just as anxious as the Orange Bowl Committee to brand the ACC Football Champion as the team that will compete in the prestigious FedEx Orange Bowl.” “This is an immense opportunity for the Orange Bowl Committee and the Atlantic Coast Conference to partner together one of the nations’ most successful and historic collegiate athletic conferences with a premier and historic postseason college football bowl game,” added Eric Poms, the OBC’s Chief Executive Officer. “The tradition and pageantry that both of our organizations possess will translate into an exceptional event for both, the teams involved and their supporting fans on an annual basis.” The Orange Bowl Committee is a not-for-profit, 329-member, all-volunteer organization that exists as a self-sustaining, independent organization supporting and producing activities and events which enhance the image, economy, and culture of South Florida. Among the core Orange Bowl Festival events are the FedEx Orange Bowl and World-Class Halftime Show, the MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, the Orange Bowl PATCH Beach Bash, the Orange Bowl Tailgate Party, Boston Market Orange Bowl Youth Football Championships, Orange Bowl Cheer & Dance Championships, Orange Bowl Swim Classic, Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships and Orange Bowl Sailing Regatta Series. FedEx Orange Bowl Game Facts Match-Up: ACC Champion vs. BCS At-Large Selection Date: January 2, 2007 Time: 8:00 p.m. (EST) Television/Radio: FOX/ESPN Radio Stadium: Dolphin Stadium (72,230) Venue Location: Miami Gardens, Florida Payout: $14-17 million (per institution) Last Year’s Game: Penn State 26, Florida State 23 (3OT) Last Year’s Attendance: 77,773 First Year’s Game: January 1, 1935 – Bucknell 26, Miami 0
Cotton Bowl
08.01.06 (4:06 pm) [edit]Date Built 1932 Ownership (Management) City of Dallas (City of Dallas) Capacity 68,252 Surface Grass Conference WAC Cost of Construction Unknown
ESPN Radio Signs With Fox for College Bowls
08.01.06 (3:16 pm) [edit]Fox Sports said it reached a four-year sub-license agreement with ESPN Radio for the terrestrial broadcast rights to Bowl Championship Series games televised on Fox. Terms were not disclosed. Fox is in the middle of a four-year deal with the BCS covering media distribution rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Allstate Sugar Bowls and a new BCS National Championship Game. The agreement does not include satellite radio rights or provide exclusivity in home markets of participating schools. “Participating school rights holders may broadcast the game in which their team is playing locally,” Fox stated. ESPN Radio has broadcast the Rose Bowl since 1998, the Fiesta and Orange Bowls since 1999 and the Sugar Bowl since 2000.