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’09 GAME TO BE PLAYED DEC. 19 IN PRIME TIME
The 2009 installment of the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl will come at you in prime time: Saturday Dec. 19, 8 p.m. ET
on ESPN. The inaugural game—South Florida beat Memphis—was well
received, and set the stage for this year. Said Pete Derzis, an
ESPN executive: “After an outstanding introduction in the St. Petersburg
community in our first year, we are thrilled to bring the game
to the fans in prime time in its second year.” MORE >>
ESPN REGIONAL TELEVISION & Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
ANNOUNCE TICKETS ON SALE NOW
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – ESPN Regional Television announces the sale
of tickets for the second annual Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl game. Individual
tickets are available for $30 through Ticketmaster.com and at the
Tropicana Field box office.
The second annual Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, featuring a team from the
BIG EAST Conference against a team from Conference USA, will be played
Dec. 19 at Tropicana Field. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET. The game
will be nationally televised on ESPN.
“ESPN is excited to bring the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl and college football
back to this area and to the local fans,” said Brett Dulaney, executive
director of the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. “We believe our bowl game is
a great experience for residents throughout the Bay area and beyond,
as well as for the teams, coaches and staffs who participate.”
Last year the game welcomed the teams from University of South Florida
and University of Memphis, as well as fans and alumni who enjoyed
the beaches, entertainment and local restaurants in the Bay area.
Throughout the college football season, fans can visit the Bowl’s
official Web site, www.stpetersburgbowl.com, to keep track of what
teams are predicted to potentially face off in the 2009 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl.
About 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, Sun
Belt, WAC).
ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several
sporting events, including collegiate football events: the 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); Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl; 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.); Charleston
Classic (S.C.); ESPNU
Road to the Championship (Women; San Antonio); 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); SEC/BIG
EAST Invitational; All-College Classic (Oklahoma
City) and BracketBusters;
as well as the ESPN
National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway.
For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.
Media contacts:
Brock Communications contact: Megan Danner at (813) 961-8388
or megan@brockcomm.com.
ESPN contact: Jenny Zimmerman, at (407) 566-2213 or jennifer.j.zimmerman@espn.com.
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