Quote:American Athletic Conference Bowl Lineup (2020-25)
Annual Appearances
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (Annapolis, Maryland)
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas)/SoFi Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, Hawaii) – alternating years
Bowl game to be named – (Boston, Massachusetts)
Four Selections Annually From the Following
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama)
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida)
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Florida)
Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas)
AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando, Florida)
Myrtle Beach Bowl (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
https://theamerican.org/news/2019/7/16/f...ineup.aspx
AAC bowl lineup is out. Here are some of the direct impacts to the MAC.
-Bahamas Bowl now looks a solid MAC vs. CUSA tie-in situation.
-AAC is going in 4 slots for Boca Raton and Frisco. Most likely here CUSA and MAC also are in the rotation for 4 slots again.
-More pieces are filling in on the P5 bowl pool.
Gasparilla: AAC (4), ACC (2), SEC (6), CUSA?
Birmingham: AAC (4), ACC (2), SEC (6), CUSA?
First Responder: AAC (4), ACC (2), XII (3), CUSA?
These spots are down to CUSA and the PAC to fill with the idea when they don't fill ESPN can place Army/BYU in an opening.
-Myrtle Beach is going to have 4 AAC slots. The MAC is supposed to have 4 slots well so does leave CUSA out with the SBC as the host bowl that may be.
-The Independence Bowl is looking pretty open for a CUSA/MAC arrangement with 2 slots going to the SBC. The AAC isn't going in there and I bet the MWC is going to be using its last slots in the Armed Forces/First Responder bowl in DFW.
Where does this then leave the MAC?
Quick Lane (vs. B1G)
Arizona (vs. MWC)
Potato (vs. MWC)
Bahamas (vs. CUSA)
Frisco/Boca (vs. AAC/CUSA)-4 slots each
Myrtle (vs. AAC/SBC)-4 slots each
The MAC can only sign 6 bowls so how does it fit in the games in Alabama vs. SBC and/or Independence Bowl?
CUSA can sign 7 bowls so they are going to have to pick up the slack on the Alabama games, maybe sign both of them.