We’re revving our engines for the first day of the 2010 college football postseason. To help prime you for the first, decidedly lackluster slate of games, we’ve compiled this handy list of fun factoids concerning the 2010 Humanitarian Bowl.
Setting: The storied Blue Turf of Bronco Stadium, Boise, Idaho
Traditional conference pairing: WAC vs. MAC
2010 matchup: Northern Illinois (10-3) vs. Fresno State (8-4)
Neatest fact: This one’s billed as the “longest-running cold-weather bowl game,” like other postseason contests in northern climes just aren’t tuff enough to stand the test of time. (In this case, 13 whole years! That’s like forever way up there where stuff can freeze and fall off!)
Closest finish: Fresno State’s 37-34 overtime win over Virginia after the 2003 season.
Most lopsided finish: Georgia Tech’s 52-10 blowout of Tulsa in 2004.
Tidbits of interest: This is the game you used to know and love and revile as the MicronPC Computers Bowl, back in the halcyon days before we had horribler names like PapaJohns.com Bowl to deal with. Also, we’re mere hours from kickoff and ticket prices have yet to be “announced” on the organization website. (Again, though, they do list their administrative assistant’s contact information, so maybe give her a ring and she can set you a price point.)
The 2010 Humanitarian Bowl kicks off at 5:30 p.m. EST, Saturday, December 18. The game will be televised on ESPN. Browse our complete 2010 college football postseason schedule, and connect with Northern Illinois fans at SB Nation’s Red And Black Attack.
2010 Humanitarian Bowl Game: Time, Location, History, And More
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