MAC Release

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From MAC website..

No mention of Hawaii Bowl.. And I think the League office would know.

Of course a couple of the others are off the table too..

Postseason Invitation Extended to MAC Schools

Bowling Green accepts GMAC Bowl Invite

Nov. 30, 2004

Cleveland - Initial post season invitations to Mid-American Conference bowl eligible teams have been extended, the MAC office announced today.

The Motor City Bowl, which the MAC has been affiliated with since 1997, will select the MAC Champion to compete in this year's game to be held Monday, December 27 at 5:30 p.m. (ET) at Detroit's Ford Field. The MAC Champion will face the UConn Huskies (7-4) of the Big East Conference. UConn is making its first bowl appearance in history.

The GMAC Bowl, which the MAC has been affiliated with since 2001, announced that it has selected Bowling Green (8-3) to face Memphis (8-3) of C-USA in a game to be played Wednesday, December 22 at 8 p.m. (ET) in Mobile, Ala. This makes the Falcons second consecutive bowl game after last year's Motor City Bowl.

Additional bowl selections are anticipated this week from amongst the remaining MAC bowl eligible teams [Miami/Toledo 8-3, Northern Illinois 8-3, Marshall 6-5 and Akron 6-5].

The MAC has a third position contracted with the Silicon Valley Football Classic and discussions are ongoing with several bowls, including the Champs SPORTS Bowl, Independence Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, MPC Computers Bowl and PlainsCapital Ft. Worth Bowl.