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The St. Petersburg Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, since 2008. It was first known as the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl, after corporate sponsor magicJack. When Beef O'Brady's became the sponsor in 2009, the official name was changed to the St. Petersburg Bowl Presented by Beef 'O' Brady's and in 2010, the game became known as the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. The restaurant stopped sponsoring the bowl in 2014.〔() "'O' No! Beef 'O' Brady's to drop sponsorship of local bowl game" Tampa Bay Business Journal January 8, 2014〕 On June 18, 2014, it was announced that bitcoin payment service provider BitPay would become the new sponsor of the game under a two-year deal, renamed the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. Bitcoin, the digital currency, will be accepted for ticket and concession sales at the game as part of the sponsorship, and the sponsorship itself was also paid for using bitcoin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/bitpay-to-sponsor-st-petersburg-bowl-in-first-major-bitcoin-sports-deal-1403098202 )〕 On April 2, 2015, after one year of sponsorship, BitPay declined to renew sponsorship of the game.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/04/02/bitcoin-backer-bitpay-dumps-st-pete-bowl.html?iana=ind_sports )〕 The bowl game features teams from the American Athletic Conference against either the Atlantic Coast Conference or Conference USA, unless one of the conferences does not have enough bowl eligible teams, in which case the Mid-American or Sun Belt Conference are eligible to send a team. ==History== The St. Petersburg Bowl is the third college bowl game to be played in the Tampa Bay area; both the long-defunct Cigar Bowl and the ongoing Outback Bowl have been held across the bay in Tampa. On April 30, 2008, the NCAA's Postseason Football Licensing Subcommittee approved a to-be-named bowl for Tropicana Field to be played after the 2008 college football season.〔(NCAA committee approves 34 football bowl games ) The Associated Press, ESPN.com. April 30, 2008. Accessed April 30, 2008.〕 On November 25, 2008, ESPN Regional Television, the game's owner, announced a one-year title sponsorship agreement with magicJack.〔("No longer St. Pete Bowl" ) from ''Tampa Tribune'', 2008-11-25, retrieved 2008-12-02〕 The inaugural game was played on Dec 20, 2008, between the South Florida Bulls and Memphis Tigers, with the USF Bulls winning by a score of 41–14. USF Quarterback Matt Grothe was named Most Outstanding Player, after throwing for 236 yards and three touchdowns and rushing for 83 yards on 15 carries. Both the UCF Knights and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights accepted bids to play in the 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl on December 19, 2009. On December 9, 2009, the bowl's name was changed to the St. Petersburg Bowl Presented by Beef O'Brady's after the restaurant chain obtained a title sponsorship.〔 *("Beef O Brady's Sponsorship Press Release" 2009-12-09, retrieved 2009-12-13 )〕 In the second St. Petersburg Bowl, Rutgers defeated Central Florida 45-24. The 2010 Beef 'O' Brady's bowl pitted the Southern Miss Golden Eagles against the Louisville Cardinals on December 21, 2010. It was the 29th meeting between former Conference USA rivals.〔("Golden Eagles to Face Louisville in Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl" ) 2010-12-05, retrieved 2010-12-05〕 After falling behind 14–0 and 21–7, Louisville came back to win their sixth contest in a row against Southern Miss, 31–28 〔http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/louisville-holds-on-for-31-28-win-over-southern-miss-in-beef-o-bradys-bowl/1141414〕 The 2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl featured the first Sun Belt conference team to play in the game, as Florida International lost 20-10 to Marshall (Conference USA). This was the first time that the Big East was unable to send a team to the game. FIU joined Marshall in C-USA in 2013, both will compete in the conference's East Division for football. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Petersburg Bowl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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