Hawaii Bowl
The Hawaiʻi Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since 2002. Typically played on either Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the game matches teams from either Conference USA or the Pac-10 vs. WAC member schools. As part of the agreement with the WAC, a "Hawaiʻi guarantee" allows the University of Hawaiʻi the Hawaiʻi Bowl bid, regardless of its standings in the WAC, provided it is bowl eligible and doesn't qualify for the BCS (as it did in 2007). If Hawaiʻi is not eligible then another WAC member is chosen. However, since Hawai'i is leaving the WAC for the Mountain West Conference in football, the bid will transfer with Hawai'i to the MWC.
The bowl is one of six post-season contests run by ESPN Regional Television ("ESPN Plus"), a subsidiary of ESPN, which has carried the game since its outset.
Read more about Hawaii Bowl: Bowl Games in Hawaii, Game History, Tenth Anniversary Team (2011), Game Results, MVPs, Most Appearances, Wins By Conference
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