The Big East and Big 12 conferences are in serious discussions to play in the new Yankee Bowl beginning in 2010, multiple sources told FanHouse.
The Big East would send its third- or fourth-selection to New York, while the Big 12 would likely send between its fourth- to seventh-selection. The bowl game would be played at the new Yankee Stadium with a seating capacity of about 47,000.
This is the final year of the current bowl cycle with the new cycle running from 2010-13.
Last month, the Big East officially announced the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando would get the league’s second selection or Notre Dame once every four years if eligible beginning in 2010, taking the place of the current hybrid agreement with the Gator and the Sun bowls.
The Sun Bowl had an offer from the Big East to take the league’s third selection, but opted to take the fifth selection from the Atlantic Coast Conference, The Tampa Tribune reported.
If the Big East adds the Yankee Bowl, the league’s new six-bowl lineup would likely consist of BCS, Champs (Orlando), Yankee (New York), Meineke Car Care (Charlotte, N.C.), Papajohns.com (Birmingham, Ala.) and St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
The Big 12 currently has agreements with eight bowls for this season, although the Sun Bowl will not be affiliated with the Big 12 beginning in 2010.
If the Big 12 adds the Yankee Bowl, the league’s bowl lineup could consist of BCS, Cotton (Dallas), Alamo (San Antonio), Insight (Tempe, Ariz.) Holiday (San Diego), Yankee (New York) and Texas (Houston) and possibly the Independence (Shreveport, La.)
Yankee Stadium officials are actively seeking college football games to be played at the stadium and have announced several future regular-season games, including Notre Dame-Army in 2010, Army-Rutgers in 2011, Army-Air Force in 2012 and Army-Boston College in 2014.
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