LA Bowl

The LA Bowl is an upcoming NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game scheduled to be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, starting in the 2021–22 bowl season. The game plans to feature bowl-eligible teams from the Mountain West Conference and Pac-12 Conference.

LA Bowl
StadiumSoFi Stadium
LocationInglewood, California
Operated2021 (planned debut)
Conference tie-ins

History

The Mountain West and Pac-12 announced tie-ins for the new bowl in July 2019, under a five-year agreement.[1] The game was officially unveiled in February 2020. It will match up the Mountain West champion (or the next-highest pick available if the conference champion is selected for the New Year's Six) against the fifth pick from the Pac-12. Previously, the Mountain West champion had received an automatic bid to the Las Vegas Bowl.[2]

Three weeks before the scheduled bowl game debut on December 30, 2020, the game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]

Media

The planned 2020 game was scheduled to be televised by ESPN.[5]

References
  1. Crepea, James (2019-07-25). "Pac-12 adds Los Angeles Bowl to postseason lineup starting in 2020". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  2. "SoFi Stadium will be home to new college bowl game this season". Los Angeles Times. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  3. "Inaugural LA Bowl canceled for 2020 due to coronavirus". ESPN. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  4. "Inaugural LA Bowl postponed until 2021 due to coronavirus". ESPN. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  5. "College Football TV Schedule". Sports Media Watch. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2020-12-06.


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