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Four student-athletes who played in the Bahamas Bowl will get their opportunity to make NFL rosters after being selected in the 2018 NFL Draft, held April 26-28 in Arlington, Texas. Three of the universities that participated in the Bahamas Bowl – Middle Tennessee (2015), Ohio (2017) and Western Michigan (2015) – had at least one…

The Bahamas Bowl took an opportunity to thank everyone who assisted in the success of the 2017 game with a half-page ad in The Nassau Tribune.  

NASSAU, Bahamas — Dorian Brown tied a Bahamas Bowl record with four touchdown runs to lead Ohio to a 41-6 victory over UAB in the fourth edition of the bowl game in paradise on a beautiful Friday afternoon at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. The Bobcats (9-4) posted their first bowl game win since a…

Head Coach Frank Solich Opening statement... “It was a great win. We certainly appreciate all this team has been about - the way they’ve gone through the season, the way they started to prepare for the Bahamas Bowl at home and then continue the preparation here. To end up playing a very, very good football…

Head Coach Bill Clark Opening thoughts on the game... “They ran the ball on us. We had some chances to get off the field and we didn’t. But they did what they do. They ran their quarterback. They broke some tackles. Maybe our depth on the defensive line showed a bit. But give them credit,…

Superlatives: Ohio RB Dorian Brown’s 74-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter was the longest run and longest rushing TD in Bahamas Bowl history (previous long: 62 - Jamauri Bogan, Western Michigan, 2015). Ohio had the second two one-play scoring drives in Bahamas Bowl history (Central Michigan, twice, 2014). The Bobcats scored on a 74-yard…

NASSAU, Bahamas — With kickoff looming less than 24 hours away, the Ohio and UAB football teams met with the media one last time at a pregame press conference prior to squaring off on the gridiron >on Friday. The Bobcats and Blazers meet in the 2017 Bahamas Bowl at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium at 12:30…

Head Coach Frank Solich Opening statement... “We really appreciate being here. Thanks to [Bahamas Bowl staff] Richard [Giannini], Lea [Miller Tooley], Chris [Pika], and everybody else associated with the bowl. It’s been great. This gives an opportunity to a lot of players, a lot of coaches on our staff who had never been down here,…

Head Coach Bill Clark Opening statement... “It is really good to be here. I can’t tell you how honored we are to be here. What a great event. I got to come down to the Bahamas a few years ago at Conference USA’s invitation. Just to see the hard work everyone has put in between…

Most come to the Bahamas and never leave the beach but not Ohio and UAB. The two teams took time out of their Bahamas Bowl preparation and celebration to give back the local Nassau community. The day began with members of the Blazers and Bobcats visiting the Ranfurly Homes for Children to shoot some hoops…