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SoFi Hawaii Bowl Currently In Discussions For A Six-Year Extension

The extension would make it the longest running college football bowl game in Hawaii’s historysofi hawaii bowl

The SoFi Hawaii Bowl is in discussions "aimed at a six-year extension that would keep it operating" through at least the '25 season, according to Ferd Lewis of the HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER. The extension would "take the Hawaii Bowl through a 24th season" and would make it the "longest running college football bowl game in the state’s history." The Aloha Bowl had a 19-year run ('82-'00) at Aloha Stadium before it "moved to Seattle and eventually ceased operation." The companion Oahu Bowl "lasted just three years" ('98-'00). Louisiana Tech's 31-14 win over Hawaii on Saturday marked the 17th season of the Hawaii Bowl. ESPN Events’ current agreements with the Mountain West Conference, Conference USA and Aloha Stadium run through the '19 season, "paralleling most other games." Since the Hawaii Bowl’s debut in '02, "eight of UH’s nine postseason appearances have come in it." ESPN Events is apparently "looking for added flexibility in the upcoming bowl structure to place teams more with an eye to geography and matchups than so heavily along conference tie-ins" (HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER, 12/27).

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