IRVING, Tex. – Your Jayhawks, Tigers or Wildcats could be playing in some additional bowl games down the road.
The Big 12 Conference announced on Tuesday that it is has made agreements with the Dallas Football Classic and Eagle Bank Bowl in Washington D.C. for the 2010-13 seasons.
Under the contract, the Big 12 is guaranteed a spot in the Dallas Football Classic for the 2010 and ’12 seasons and the Eagle Bank Bowl in 2013.
The Big 12 will provide a team to either bowl in 2011 if the conference/team under contract that season is unable to supply an opponent. For 2011, the Dallas Football Classic has deals with the Big Ten and Conference USA. The Eagle Bank Bowl is partnered with the Atlantic Coast Conference and Navy for 2011.
These bowls join the Tostitos Fiesta, AT&T Cotton, Valero Alamo, Insight, Pacific Life Holiday, Texas and New York Yankees Bowls in partnering with the Big 12.
“This completes our bowl negotiations for the 2010-13 seasons,” Big 12 Conference commissioner Dan Beebe said. “We are very pleased with the agreements we have entered which give the Conference the opportunity to provide at least eight bowl teams annually. These agreements meet all of the objectives that we established at the start of the negotiation process. We have great destinations and quality opponents in these games and are the only conference with a line up that features opponents from BCS automatic qualifying conferences in all of its bowl games.”
Beginning in 2010, the Big 12 bowl lineup will feature (opponent):
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and/or BCS National Championship Game
AT&T Cotton (SEC)
Valero Alamo (Pac-10)
Insight (Big Ten)
Pacific Life Holiday (Pac-10)
Texas (Big Ten)
New York Yankees (Big East)
Dallas Football Classic/Eagle Bank (Big Ten/ACC)
