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NASSAU, Bahamas – UAB will represent Conference USA and Miami (Ohio) will represent the Mid-American Conference as both institutions accepted bids today to the 2022 HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl, set for Friday, Dec. 16 in Nassau’s Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. The Bahamas Bowl will be played at 11:30 a.m. ET and will be televised…

May 26, 2022 Bowl Season will begin in the Bahamas this year as the longest-running international bowl game in college football history, the HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl, will be played Friday, Dec. 16 at 11:30 a.m. ET. Nassau’s 15,000-seat Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium will host the eighth edition of the HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl,…

May 25, 2022 HomeTown Lenders (HTL), a rapidly emerging leader in the national mortgage lending industry, is the new title sponsor of the Bahamas Bowl college football game. ESPN Events, which has owned and operated the game since 2015, announced the new multi-year sponsorship today. “We are looking forward to a long relationship with HomeTown…

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…

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…

NASSAU, Bahamas – Freshman quarterback Nicholas Vattiato completed 23 of 35 passes for 270 yards and two scores to lead Middle Tennessee past Toledo 31-24 in the seventh edition of the Bahamas Bowl at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. Trailing 17-14 after three quarters, the Blue Raiders (7-6) scored 17 consecutive points in the fourth…

Head Coach Rick Stockstill Opening statement… “First of all I’d like to congratulate Toledo on the season they had. It was a great fight out there today. I’m really proud of our team. The toughness, the guts, the competitiveness, the resilience, the mental toughness they showed today, was fun to watch. I told them at…

Head Coach Jason Candle Opening statement… “In the first half we produced a lot of yards, but not points. In the third quarter there was a little bit of a lull. We didn’t make some of the tough plays, I thought, in the second half offensively. Too many penalties, self-inflicted, on both sides of the…

Superlatives: Dequan Finn’s 90-yard touchdown pass to Matt Landers for Toledo in the second quarter was the longest play in Bahamas Bowl history. It was also Toledo’s longest play of the year and a career-long rush for Finn. Landers finished with 137 receiving yards, tied for the third-most in the game’s history. Middle Tennessee set…

NASSAU, Bahamas – Middle Tennessee and Toledo players have heard the “Something has to give” cliché all week long as the two teams prepare to play in the annual Bahamas Bowl on Friday (Noon kickoff, ESPN). MTSU (6-6 overall, 4-4 in Conference USA) leads the nation when it comes to forcing and recovering turnovers. The…