birmingham bowl history
birmingham bowl history
As the Birmingham Bowl brings NCAA College football back to Alabama during bowl season, Birmingham Bowl tickets will be in high demand for a region that is filled with college football fans. The Birmingham Bowl will bring a bowl game back to the city of Birmingham Alabama for the first time since the All-American Bowl was canceled in 1990. Get your tickets now and come out to the historic Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama where over seventy thousand fans will cheer as a team from the Big East Conference faces off against a team from Conference USA on December 23, 2006.
Best known for the annual, season-ending game between Alabama and Auburn from 1948 to 1988, Legion Field has previously hosted three other college bowl games. The Dixie Bowl, the Hall of Fame Classic and the American Bowl were all played at Legion Field, in addition to being the site of the first two SEC championship games. Legion Field has recently undergone upgrades that include a new high-tech grass surface and was used as a site for some major soccer events that include the match up between the United States and Argentina for the 1996 Olympic Games. The crowd of 83,810 was the all-time record for the number of fans at Legion Field for any one event.
Just who will represent the two conferences at the Birmingham Bowl is still to be decided, but any of the top teams in either Conference USA or the Big East are sure to put on a dazzling show as both conferences continue to bolster football programs in an attempt to make a push at another shot at the National Championship Game. Big East play is sure to be marked by strong showings from early favorites like Louisville, and last years Big East Champion, West Virginia. UConn, Pitt, South Florida and Rutgers are also look very strong heading into this years regular season of play.
In Conference USA last year, Tulsa won the championship and has a lot of experienced players come back this year, but there seems to be no clear cut favorite to run over the rest of the conference. The only thing that seems certain in Conference USA is that the Golden Hurricane will have to defend its title against some tough competition this year. Southern Miss is one of those stronger teams that seem to be on the rise again after failing to make a bowl game in the 2001 season. They have now made four consecutive bowl appearances, included impressive back to back victories in the New Orleans Bowl the last two years. Any fan with Birmingham Bowl tickets will surely relish the fact that they will be there as the first victor of this new instated game is played out on the field.
College football fans across the country love to get in on the action of bowl season as they support and follow the success of their favorite teams. With this being the inaugural event, Birmingham Bowl tickets are sure to be in high demand for fans of the Big East, Conference USA and the residents of Birmingham, Alabama, so you will want to score your tickets early to this hot bowl game. Allow us to handle all your ticket needs for The Birmingham Bowl at Legion Field and you can be sure that you will be one of the thousands of fans who will be there as the action kicks off this December, 23.
