On Aug. 19 The Mid-American Conference announced the creation of the Camellia Bowl, a new bowl set to begin in 2014 and based in Montgomery, Ala.The Camellia Bowl is owned and operated by ESPN and will put one Mid-American Conference bowl eligible team against one Sun Belt Conference bowl eligible team for the next six consecutive seasons.
The Camellia Bowl will be the ninth ESPN owned non-College Football Playoff bowl game and is set to be played at the Cramton Bowl Stadium in Montgomery, Ala. ESPN may own up to 11 of the 31 bowl games before the 2014 season along with another MAC associated bowl the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
The MAC is also associated with the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Ala., against the number one ranked Sun Belt team and the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl hosted in Detroit, Mich., against the eighth ranked team in the Big Ten Conference.