NCAA committee approves 34 football bowl games

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP)â€â€The NCAA has approved applications for 34 football bowl games for 2008, including 32 existing bowls and two new games in Washington, D.C., and St. Petersburg, Fla.

The NCAA Postseason Football Licensing Subcommittee on Wednesday also turned down a request for a proposed Rocky Mountain Bowl in Salt Lake City.

The new bowl games for next season will be the Congressional Bowl in the nation’s capital and the St. Petersburg Bowl.

Licenses were renewed for the:

Allstate Sugar

AT&T Cotton

AutoZone Liberty

BCS National Championship

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces

Brut Sun

Capital One

Champs Sports

Chick-fil-A

Emerald

Fed Ex Orange

Gaylord Hotels Music City

GMAC

Roady’s Humanitarian

Insight, International

Konica Minolta Gator

Meineke Car Care

Motor City

New Mexico

Outback

Pacific Life Holiday

Papajohns.com

PetroSun Independence

Pioneer Las Vegas

R+L Carriers New Orleans

Rose

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia

Sheraton Hawaii

Texas

Tostitos Fiesta

Valero Alamo bowls.

The subcommittee, meeting in Weston, Fla., also reported about 1.6 million fans attended last season’s bowl games, and about $222 million in revenue from those games was distributed to the participating teams and conferences.

[bullman3]

What is the conference affiliation for the new Washington DC bowl?  Brrr

[Guest]

What is the conference affiliation for the new Washington DC bowl?  Brrr

ACC #9 and Navy/Army