Two Bahamas Bowl Alumni Selected In The 2022 NFL Draft
Two student-athletes from Toledo who participated in last year’s Bahamas Bowl were selected during the 2022 NFL Draft, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Toledo Safety Tycen Anderson was selected in the Fifth round (No. 166 overall) by the Cincinnati Bengals, followed by fellow teammate Samuel Womack 6 picks later (No. 172 overall) to the San…
Read MoreLea Miller-Tooley Named Executive Director of ESPN Events’ Bahamas Bowl
April 28, 2022 A recognized leader in the sports industry, Lea Miller-Tooley has been named the Executive Director of ESPN Events’ Bahamas Bowl. The Bahamas Bowl, which has featured seven editions and is the longest-running international bowl game in college football history, is played annually in Nassau’s Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. ESPN Events began…
Read MoreBahamas Bowl Weekly Preview – 2017 Week 11 (November 9-15)
Click here to read the 2017 Bahamas Bowl Weekly Release – Week 11 – November 9-15 (PDF) PASSPORT STAMPED (BOWL-ELIGIBLE TEAMS): C-USA (5): FIU (6-2), Florida Atlantic (6-3), Marshall (6-3), North Texas (6-3), UAB (6-3); MAC (5): Central Michigan (6-4), Northern Illinois (6-3), Ohio (8-2), Toledo (8-2), Western Michigan (6-4). AT CUSTOMS (ONE VICTORY SHY):…
Read MoreBahamas Bowl Weekly Preview – 2017 Week 10 (November 2-8)
Click here to read the 2017 Bahamas Bowl Weekly Release – Week 10 – November 2-8 (PDF) PASSPORT STAMPED (BOWL-ELIGIBLE TEAMS): C-USA (1): Marshall (6-2); MAC (3): Northern Illinois (6-2), Ohio (7-2), Toledo (7-1). AT CUSTOMS (ONE VICTORY SHY): C-USA (7): FIU (5-2), Florida Atlantic (5-3), North Texas (5-3), Southern Miss (5-3), UAB (5-3), UTSA…
Read MoreBahamas Bowl Weekly Preview – 2017 Week 9 (October 26-November 1)
Click here to read the 2017 Bahamas Bowl Weekly Release – Week 9 – October 26-November 1 (PDF) PASSPORT STAMPED (BOWL ELIGIBLE TEAMS): C-USA (1): Marshall (6-1); MAC (2): Ohio (6-2), Toledo (6-1). AT CUSTOMS (ONE VICTORY SHY): C-USA (2): Southern Miss (5-2), WKU (5-2); MAC (2): Northern Illinois (5-2), Western Michigan (5-3). THIS WEEKEND:…
Read MorePostgame Notes – December 23, 2016
FINAL SCORE: Old Dominion 24, Eastern Michigan 20 Superlatives Prior to today, the fewest points scored by any Popeyes Bowl participant was 31 points (by Middle Tennessee State in 2015). Prior to today, only one Popeyes Bowl participant had scored less than 45 points (31 points by MTSU in 2015). Eastern Michigan broke a Popeyes…
Read MoreEastern Michigan Quotes – December 23, 2016
Eastern Michigan Head Coach Chris Creigthon Opening Remarks “I want to congratulate Old Dominion, Coach Wilder, and his staff, and their team on a great victory. Obviously, they’re a good football team with 10 wins on the season. We played a really good team today. I’m proud of our football team. Obviously, we came up…
Read MoreOld Dominion Quotes – December 23, 2016
BOBBY WILDER, Head Coach Opening remarks “I just want to say how excited we are to win the game, but number two how grateful we are for how we were treated this week by everybody associated with the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl – all the wonderful people we met. This was a life-changing experience. We talked…
Read More2016 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Preview
By Chris Pika After a pair of exciting high-scoring games in Nassau, today’s third edition of the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl will be contested between two schools that are familiar with each other, and whose styles promise another entertaining game in Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. Eastern Michigan won one game last season. But, behind a…
Read MorePopeyes Bahamas Bowl Experience Tops for Eagles, Monarchs
With just 24 hours to go before Eastern Michigan and Old Dominion meet on the gridiron, the two teams met with the media at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium Thursday afternoon. The mood in the room was light as the players and coaches reflected on the last few days preparing for the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl….
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