Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth switches to Pac-12 vs. SEC matchup for this year’s game
TCU won’t be playing a bowl game in its home stadium this year as some media outlets projected.
Neither will any other Big 12 team.
Instead, the Armed Forces Bowl announced that it would host schools from the SEC and Pac-12 this year. The game is set for 11 a.m. on Dec. 31 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.
The game will be televised on ESPN.
The Pac-12 issued a statement on the news, saying in part: “In this challenging pandemic environment, we remain committed to finding opportunities for our football student-athletes to compete on national stages against great competition, and we are very pleased to have been able to arrange this matchup with the SEC for this year.”
The bowl was a Big 12 vs. American Athletic Conference set up last season, although not enough Big 12 teams were eligible. Tulane of the American and Southern Miss of Conference USA were the participants. Tulane won the game 30-13.
The Big 12 is rotating its final bowl game between the Armed Forces Bowl and the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas through 2025. The Big 12 is tied to the First Responder Bowl this season.
This story was originally published December 3, 2020 at 6:32 PM.
