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Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach Brent Dearmon On the first practice in the Bahamas… “It was awesome out here. We are not accustomed to 80 degrees this time of year. Our guys have been more used to 45, 50 degrees back at Middle Tennessee, so getting down here and getting used to this weather has been really…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- For the first time in Bahamas Bowl history, two programs are making return trips to Nassau and Atlantis Paradise Island resorts, and they couldn't be more excited to be here. For Toledo and head coach Jason Candle, the visit is the second in four years after falling in the 2018 game. “I…

Head Coach Jason Candle On today’s trek to Atlantis… “Long day, obviously. We practiced this morning, up early, but what an adventure to get here and what a great experience to have to finish up the season. Looking forward to a great week here at the Atlantis. The hospitality, obviously, is first class as always.…

Head Coach Rick Stockstill On what he told the team heading into the week… “I’ve told them to enjoy it. It’s a reward. It’s a great experience. It’s the first time probably 95 percent of this team has been out of the country. Enjoy it but also understand the reason we are here – to…

NASSAU, Bahamas – Middle Tennessee will represent Conference USA and Toledo will represent the Mid-American Conference as both institutions accepted bids today to the 2021 Bahamas Bowl, set for Friday, Dec. 17 in Nassau’s Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. The Bahamas Bowl will be played at 12 p.m. ET, and will be televised on ESPN…

The 2021 bowl season will begin in the Bahamas this year as the longest-running international bowl game in college football history, the Bahamas Bowl, will be played Friday, Dec. 17 at noon ET. After a year away due to the pandemic, the Bahamas Bowl will play its seventh edition in Nassau’s 15,000-seat Thomas A. Robinson…

DALLAS (May 27, 2021) -- Bowl Season today announced the complete 2021-22 college football bowl schedule, which includes 44 games, beginning December 17. All games will be televised on the ABC and ESPN family of networks, with one bowl on CBS and another on FOX. Two bowl games still have networks and times to be…

The 2014 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, which was voted one of the top 25 bowl games of all time during the 150th-anniversary celebration of college football last year, will be re-aired on Thursday, Dec. 24 at 7 pm ET on ESPNU in the United States and ESPN Caribbean in the Bahamas. While the 2020 Bahamas Bowl…

Logo and visual identity developed for the annual “Celebration of College Football” DALLAS, TEXAS (October 23, 2020) -- The Football Bowl Association is getting a new name and brand: Bowl Season. The debut of the name change, logo and website for the organization is part of a major brand overhaul announced today by Executive Director…

ESPN Events will cancel two of its 17 postseason college football bowl games for the 2020 season. The Bahamas Bowl and the Hawaii Bowl, which were both set to be played in December, have been cancelled due to the current health pandemic and travel restrictions. “We are disappointed that we aren’t able to stage events…