https://www.floridabeachbowl.com/thegame
It looks like somebody has created a new Bowl Game for this season. The Florida Beach Bowl will take place on December 13th (a Wednesday) between "two well deserved institutions and NCAA Division II football programs." To be eligible a team must have earned 6 wins during the regular season and be in good academic standing with their prospective conference. The game will be played at DRV PNK Stadium (home of the Miami MLS team). Couple of things:
It looks like somebody has created a new Bowl Game for this season. The Florida Beach Bowl will take place on December 13th (a Wednesday) between "two well deserved institutions and NCAA Division II football programs." To be eligible a team must have earned 6 wins during the regular season and be in good academic standing with their prospective conference. The game will be played at DRV PNK Stadium (home of the Miami MLS team). Couple of things:
- The site doesn't officially say it's an HBCU only game, but all the marketing tends to make it seem that way.
- No conference tie in, so I guess technically they could invite Lincoln (MO) or WVSU.
- They have pictures of FCS teams on the webpage (Hampton, NCCU, Jackson State).
- This game will take place a month after the end of the regular season.
- That's even longer if one of the invited schools is a CIAA or SIAC team that doesn't play in their conference championship game.
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