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The Russell Athletic Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played in Orlando, Florida, at the Citrus Bowl. The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group which also organizes the Capital One Bowl and Florida Classic. The bowl was founded in 1990 by Raycom and was originally played at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami where it was known as the Blockbuster Bowl, the CarQuest Bowl, and the MicronPC Bowl. The bowl was also known as the Tangerine Bowl, the original name for the Capital One Bowl, from the time it moved to Orlando until Foot Locker, the parent company of Champs Sports, purchased naming rights in 2004, naming it the Champs Sports Bowl. On June 18, 2012, naming rights were purchased by Russell Athletic for the 2012-2015 games.What is now the Russell Athletic Bowl was sprung from a desire to hold a second bowl game in Miami as an accompaniment to the Orange Bowl, and to showcase the brand new stadium in the city that was built in 1987. Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga quickly joined forces with bowl organizers and brought in Blockbuster Video, which he owned at the time, as title sponsor. The inaugural game, played on December 28, 1990, pitted Florida State and Penn State, and two legendary coaches, Bobby Bowden versus Joe Paterno in front of over 74,000 at Joe Robbie Stadium. Subsequent games, however, never matched the success of the first, even though the bowl was eventually moved to New Year's Day in 1993. For the 1994 playing, CarQuest Auto Parts became the title sponsor after Huizenga sold Blockbuster Video to Viacom (which later acquired, and renamed itself after, the CBS TV network, which broadcast the game during its New Year's Day era; a new Viacom was spun off from CBS in 2006, though Blockbuster was itself spun off in 2004). The New Year's Day experiment was short lived as the organizers of the Orange Bowl, who had been seeking to move the game out of the aging Miami Orange Bowl for some time, received permission to move to Joe Robbie Stadium beginning in 1996. After the 2000 playing, Florida Citrus Sports took over the game and moved it to Orlando.Since the 2006 football season, the bowl has matched teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference. Under the terms of a television deal signed with ESPN in 2006, the bowl will be held after Christmas Day from 2006–2009, and be shown on ESPN in prime time. The change was made to move the game from the less-desirable pre-Christmas date utilized from 2001–2004.On August 18, 2009, the Champs Sports Bowl announced that the Big East will

Miami head coach Mark Richt, left, shakes hands with quarterback Brad Kaaya (15) on the field after an NCAA college football game against Duke in Miami Gardens, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016. adiaz@miamiherald.com Last year it was a cold, snowy Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, for the Miami Hurricanes.This year it will be a warm Russell Athletic Bowl just as the sun is setting in Orlando.The Hurricanes (8-4, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) are headed to Orlando to meet West Virginia (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) in the Russell Athletic Bowl at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 28 at Camping World Stadium.“Great opportunity against a great team,” UM quarterback Brad Kaaya posted on Twitter on Sunday night. “Let’s go to work!”This will be the first game between the once bitter Big East rivals since 2003, when then-No. 2 Miami won 22-20 in the Orange Bowl Stadium.“The good news is we’ve got about a month to rekindle some of that flame,” said WVU coach Dana Hologorsen on a teleconference Sunday night. “We’ll be down there in droves, I can assure you of that.”Added UM coach Mark Richt: “I know everybody is really loving this opportunity. We’re playing a great team in West Virginia.”The unranked Hurricanes, seeking their first bowl victory since 2006 against Nevada, lead the series 16-3, including victories in the past six meetings.The Mountainers — No. 16 in the College Football Playoff rankings and No. 14 in the final, regular-season Associated Press poll — had a strong season, finishing behind Oklahoma (10-2, 9-0) and tied for second with Oklahoma State in the conference. West Virginia won its first six games of the season against Missouri, Youngstown State, BYU, Kansas State, Texas Tech and TCU. The Mountaineers’ first loss came on Oct. 29 at Oklahoma State — 37-20 — before WVU rebounded with

The Pittsburgh Steelers.The stadium was the the home of the Fiesta Bowl for 35 years and the NFL's Arizona Cardinals for 18 seasons. Beginning in 2006, Sun Devil Stadium became the new home of the Insight Bowl.PLAYING SURFACEA complete playing surface renovation was christened by ASU on Sept. 5, 1992, as the Sun Devils hosted Washington in the season-opener. At a cost of $2 million, the stadium addition accomplished four goals: 1) provided Sun Devil Stadium with a more durable playing surface; 2) provided better patron sight lines in the lower seating levels; 3) expanded sideline area for player safety; and 4) provided advantages to television and print photographers.ECHO BETWEEN THE BUTTESConstructed between two mountain buttes, the stadium literally was carved from the desert, and occupies a space between the Tempe buttes - actually small mountains that ideally have accommodated the growth of the structure.RENOVATIONS OVER TIMEThe expansion of 1988, which added a large seating section that completed the oval of the stadium, added almost 1,700 seats to the stadium's capacity. Also added was the Intercollegiate Athletic Complex at the structure's south end, which is now named the Nadine and Ed Carson Student Athlete Center. The building houses the entire realm of the ASU athletic department. A state-of-the-art scoreboard and four-color video replay board were also added.During the 1978 expansion, design features enabled the stadium to be modernized without light supports, sound system supports, or construction pillars in the viewing line of the spectators. The dramatic proximity of every seat to the playing field is another feature that has made Sun Devil Stadium one of the nation's finest college football arenas.Originally erected in 1958 (capacity 30,000), the stadium additions were begun in 1976 (boosting capacity to 57,722) and 1977. The latter raised the seating to 70,491.The expansion effort was an

Indoor national champion in the shot put, is the daughter of retired UFC heavyweight champion and WWE superstar Brock Lesnar. Mya Lesnar was named the Mountain West's Female Athlete of the Year earlier this year. The Bijan Robinson Foundation, founded by the Atlanta Falcons running back and Tucson native, purchased "several hundred" tickets for the Arizona Bowl, according to a bowl executive. The Bijan Robinson Foundation had its own section in the north end zone of Arizona Stadium. Grub galoreThe tailgate featured an abundance of food options from local vendors. They included:• CowPig: The food truck offered a “Gin & Juice” menu that included an “LBC Burger,” “Snoop Fries” and a “Shiznit Sando” (chicken sandwich with bacon and ranch).• Ukies: The Ukrainian truck’s menu included borsch and Solyanka, which Ukies describes as a “hangover soup” consisting of pickles, kielbasa, pulled pork, celery, onions, carrots, black olives and lemon. The menu for the CowPig food truck at the tailgate party on the UA mall before the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. Michael Lev, Arizona Daily Star • Sexy Grilled Cheese: What makes a grilled cheese sexy? The sandwich in question has cheddar, mozzarella and provolone cheeses; shaved chorizo; and red onion jam.• Dr. Bombay: Flavors available at Snoop Dogg’s ice cream stand included Iced Out Orange Cream, Tropical Sherbet Swizzle and Syrupy Waffle Sundaze.Music, tooThe tailgate also showcased local musical acts. They included Tonight’s Sunshine, which fashions itself as, among other things, a “ukelele metal” band.Mariachi bands played outside the gates as fans entered Arizona Stadium. Mariachi Estrella Juvenil performed near Gate 1, while Mariachi Nueva Luna played near Gate 8.Pep in their stepThe pregame festivities began Friday evening with a pep rally at the corner of Fifth and Toole avenues.Both schools’ marching bands played for a crowd of several hundred — although CSU green outnumbered Miami red about four to one. Mariachi Estrella Juvenil performs outside Gate 1 at Arizona Stadium before the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. Michael Lev, Arizona Daily Star “I think we’ve got half of Fort Collins here,” CSU athletic director John Weber said. “This is fantastic.”Thom Brennaman, who called the game for The CW, emceed the pep rally, which did feature a bit of smack talk.“Our mascot is way cooler than CAM,” Miami president Gregory Crawford said, referring to Swoop the Redhawk, who was in attendance. CSU’s mascot is CAM the Ram.Miami athletic director David Sayler then dropped a reference to a matchup between the teams in 2003, when Ben Roethlisberger led the RedHawks to a 41-21 win in Fort Collins. Miami led the series 2-0 entering Saturday.Snoop and SwoopSnoop Dogg posed for a picture with Swoop