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Pizza Bowl for Pirates?
By Denny O'Brien
©2006 Bonesville.net
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RALEIGH With its 21-16 win over rival N.C. State,
East Carolina (7-5) guaranteed itself a spot in one of Conference USA's five
guaranteed bowls. Though no invitations have been sent, it looks like ECU
could make its second trip to Birmingham this year.
According to one ECU official, the
PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham has shown a lot of interest in the Pirates
and appears to be the most likely scenario. The game is played on Saturday,
Dec. 23, on ESPN2 and is slated for a 1:00 p.m. (EST) kickoff.
If the PapaJohns.com Bowl is indeed the
Pirates' destination, they will face a Big East opponent, most likely either
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, or South Florida.
This marks the inaugural season for the
PapaJohns.com Bowl, and ECU is no stranger to launching postseason games. In
1999, the Pirates played in the first Mobile, Alabama Bowl (now the GMAC
Bowl), and in 2000, they pummeled Texas Tech in the inaugural
galleryfurniture.com Bowl (now the Texas Bowl).
The PapaJohns.com Bowl marks the renewal of
a postseason game for the Iron City. From 1977-90, Birmingham hosted the
All-American Bowl.
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02/23/2007 02:03:52 AM |
