NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference signed agreements with the St. Petersburg Bowl, the

Papajohns.com Bowl and the Independence Bowl. The agreements, which are effective immediately and

will impact the 2008 and 2009 bowl games, call for bowl-eligible teams from the Sun Belt Conference to

be the first available teams in these bowls should the contracted parties not be able to fulfill their

requirements.

While the Sun Belt Conference champion will still play in the R�L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the St.

Petersburg Bowl or the Papajohns.com Bowl will have second choice to select one of the Sun Belt’s

bowl-eligible teams if the contracted parties are not be able to fulfill their requirements.

The St. Petersburg Bowl will play its inaugural game Dec. 20 at Tropicana Field and is scheduled to pit

teams from the Big East and Conference USA. The 2008 Papajohns.com Bowl is scheduled to feature

teams from the Big East and Southeastern Conference and will be played Dec. 29 at Legion Field in

Birmingham, Ala. Both games are owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television, Inc., a subsidiary

of ESPN.

The agreement signed with the Independence Bowl calls for that bowl game to receive the third choice

to select one of the Sun Belt’s bowl eligible teams if the contracted parties are not able to fulfill their

requirements. The Independence Bowl would also receive the second choice to select a Sun Belt bowl

eligible team should the St. Petersburg Bowl or the Papajohns.com Bowl not have an opening. The

game is scheduled to have a team from the Southeastern Conference

and Big XII and will be played Dec. 28 at Independence Stadium in

Shreveport, La.

The agreements with the St. Petersburg Bowl, the Papajohns.com Bowl, and the Independence Bowl are

for two years, beginning with the 2008 bowl games. Should there be any ties in the Sun Belt standings,

those three bowl games have the right to select the team of their choice.

Congressional Bowl Dec. 20 / 11 a.m. Washington, D.C. Army/Navy/At-Large vs. ACC ESPN

New Mexico Dec. 20 / TBA Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN

St. Petersburg Bowl Dec. 20 / 6:30 p.m. St. Petersburg, Fla. Big East vs. C-USA ESPN2

Pioneer Las Vegas Dec. 20 / 8 p.m. Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN

R&L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 21 / 8 p.m. New Orleans, La. Sun Belt vs. C-USA ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24 / 8 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii WAC vs. Pac-10 ESPN

Motor City Dec. 26 / 7:30 p.m. Detroit, Mich. Big Ten vs. MAC ESPN

Meineke Car Care Dec. 27 / 1 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. ACC vs. Big East ESPN

Champs Sports Dec. 27 / 4:30 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big Ten ESPN

Emerald Dec. 27 / 8 p.m. San Francisco, Calif. ACC vs. Pac-10 ESPN

Independence Dec. 28 / 8 p.m. Shreveport, La. Big 12 vs. SEC ESPN

Papajohn’s.com Dec. 29 / 3 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. Big East vs. SEC ESPN

Valero Alamo Dec. 29 / 8 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Big Ten vs. Big 12 ESPN

Roady’s Humanitarian Dec. 30 / 4:30 p.m. Boise, Idaho ACC vs. WAC ESPN

Pacific Life Holiday Dec. 30 / 8 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Big 12 vs. Pac-10 ESPN

Texas Dec. 30 / 8 p.m. Houston, Texas Big 12 vs. C-USA NFL

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 31 / 12 p.m. Fort Worth, Texas Mountain West vs. C-USA ESPN

Gaylord Hotels Music City Dec. 31 / 3:30 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. ACC vs. SEC ESPN

Insight Dec. 31 / 6 p.m. Tempe, Ariz. Big Ten vs. Big 12 NFL

Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 / 7:30 p.m. Atlanta, Ga. ACC vs. SEC ESPN

Outback Jan. 1 / 11 a.m. Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN

Capital One Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ABC

Rose presented by Citi Jan. 1 / 5 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. *BCS vs. BCS ABC

FedEx Orange Jan. 1 / 8 p.m. Miami, Fla. *BCS vs. BCS FOX

AT&T Cotton Jan. 2 / 2 p.m. Dallas, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC FOX

AutoZone Liberty Jan. 2 / 5 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. C-USA vs. SEC ESPN

Allstate Sugar Jan. 2 / 8 p.m. New Orleans, La. *BCS vs. BCS FOX

International Jan. 3 / 12 p.m. Toronto, Canada Big East vs. MAC ESPN2

Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 5 / 8 p.m. Phoenix, Ariz. *BCS vs. BCS FOX

GMAC Jan. 6 / 8 p.m. Mobile, Ala. C-USA vs. MAC/WAC ESPN

FedEx BCS National Championship Jan. 8 / 8 p.m. Miami, Fla. *BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 FOX

Daily Advertiser, December 9, 2008.