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2010 New Mexico Bowl to be Played Saturday, Dec. 18
2010 New Mexico Bowl to be Played Saturday, Dec. 18
Fifth Annual Game Remains on Saturday Before Christmas
Fifth Annual Game Remains on Saturday Before Christmas
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- For the fifth year in a row, the New Mexico Bowl will be played in Albuquerque on the Saturday before Christmas. ESPN Regional Television announced today that the fifth annual New Mexico Bowl will take place Saturday, Dec. 18 in University Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN and ESPN HD. Kickoff time is slated for noon (12 p.m.) MT.
“We’re excited to once again showcase our great state and city and be able to treat fans to another Saturday afternoon game,” said Jeff Siembieda, New Mexico Bowl executive director. “This community has embraced the New Mexico Bowl and taken great pride in its growth and we look forward to building on this tradition with the fifth edition of this event.”
The 2009 New Mexico Bowl was one of the best and most exciting games of the entire bowl season. Trailing by 11 points in the fourth quarter, Wyoming, led by freshman quarterback Austin Carta-Samuels, rallied to tie the score and force overtime. After stopping Fresno State’s Ryan Mathews three times at the goal line in the first overtime, Carta-Samuels found David Leonard for a 13-yard touchdown in the second extra period for the eventual winning score. The Cowboys pulled out the thrilling double-overtime victory, 35-28.
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ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,000 telecasts of sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, WAC).
ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas); MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Papajohns.com Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Texas Bowl (Houston); the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards; collegiate basketball events: the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Cancun Governor’s Cup; Charleston Classic (S.C.); DIRECTV SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); SONIC All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City) and BracketBusters; as well as the new ESPNU Warrior Classic (Lacrosse, April 2010); ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.
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