<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="WIDTH: 100%; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top>How would you feel if you earned the honor of playing in the BCS Bowls and then, after your game, the GMAC Bowl appeared on TVs on the eve of the National Championship game? <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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GMAC Bowl jumps from December to January
July 14, 2006
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>MOBILE, Ala. -- The GMAC Bowl is moving to Sunday, Jan. 7, and will be played on the eve of the BCS national championship game, bowl officials said Friday.
The game was played on the Wednesday or Thursday before Christmas from 1999-2005.
"Our only hesitation was: Why do you mess with what has been successful?" GMAC Bowl president Jerry Silverstein said. "But to play in prime time the night before the national championship game offers more exposure for the city, the teams, the conferences, GMAC and the bowl."
The GMAC Bowl will kickoff at 7 p.m. CT and be televised nationally by ESPN.
Silverstein said ESPN has cleared the GMAC Bowl to move to January at least through 2010.
The game features teams from the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.
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GMAC Bowl jumps from December to January
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>MOBILE, Ala. -- The GMAC Bowl is moving to Sunday, Jan. 7, and will be played on the eve of the BCS national championship game, bowl officials said Friday.
The game was played on the Wednesday or Thursday before Christmas from 1999-2005.
"Our only hesitation was: Why do you mess with what has been successful?" GMAC Bowl president Jerry Silverstein said. "But to play in prime time the night before the national championship game offers more exposure for the city, the teams, the conferences, GMAC and the bowl."
The GMAC Bowl will kickoff at 7 p.m. CT and be televised nationally by ESPN.
Silverstein said ESPN has cleared the GMAC Bowl to move to January at least through 2010.
The game features teams from the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.
AP NEWS
The Associated Press News Service
Copyright 2005-2006, The Associated Press, All Rights Reserved
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