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Open Thread: NCAA Football Comes To The Bronx

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That pic comes courtesy of the Yankees, and it’s obviously a shot of the field goal posts being put up in Yankee Stadium in advance of the two NCAA football games that will be played there this winter. Army and Notre Dame will meet on November 20th, and exactly a month later two teams will meet in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Apparently the field will be laid out like this, which is … interesting. Anyone out there going to either of the games? I sure as hell ain’t.

Anyway, here’s your open thread for the evening. It’s Friday, so I suggest going out and doing something fun. If you’re stuck inside, you could always seek the comfort of the Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Islanders, and/or Devils, all of whom are in action tonight. Talk about whatever, go nuts.

Yanks to host Pinstripe Bowl for four years

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The Yankees announced earlier this week that the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, an NCAA match-up set for December that will feature the third-best Big East team and the sixth-best Big 12 team, has been granted an unprecedented four-year license. The NCAA’s Football Issues Committee’s decision to extend the grant means the Pinstripe Bowl will be an annual tradition through at least 2013.

?We could not be more excited about bringing this premier college football bowl game to Yankee Stadium and the Bronx,? said Yankees President Randy Levine. ?Yankee Stadium was built to be a premier destination not only for baseball but for other exceptional and memorable events. The pageantry and tradition of college football belongs in Yankee Stadium and New York City.?

This year’s Pinstripe Bowl will be played on December 30, but that could change in the future. Under the terms of the license, the game can take place “no earlier than Christmas Day and no later than New Year?s Day.” While fans of college football will be pleased by this development, those wishing to see the NHL’s outdoor Winter Classic come to Yankee Stadium will have to wait. By granting the NCAA this late-December window, the Yanks have seemingly precluded the NHL from being able to set up and host their traditional New Year’s Day game.

New Era Pinstripe Bowl set for Dec. 30

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The Yankees, along with the Big 12 and the Big East Conferences, ESPN and the New Era Cap Company, announced today that Yankee Stadium will play host to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 30, 2010. The game, set to be broadcast nationally on ESPN, will feature the third-best Big East team and the sixth-best Big 12 team, and it will be the first college bowl game hosted by the Yanks since 1962.

“We’re very excited to be hosting the Pinstripe Bowl — two great football conferences, the Big 12 and the Big East. We all know the old tradition that’s held across the street is a rich history. Most of it is baseball, but there’s football there, too,” Hal Steinbrenner said at the morning press conference. “Football has always been a love of my dad. He played it; he coached it; he’s got a great many friends in the sport itself. He’s very excited about this. He’s looking forward to December, as we are all.”

New Era, celebrating its 90th year as the nation’s premier cap company, has agreed to sponsor the game for the next four years. They will, unsurprisingly, be the exclusive headwear provider for the Pinstripe Bowl as well. The Yanks unveiled the game’s official logo, seen above, today as well.

For more on the Pinstripe Bowl, check out the game’s official site. With Notre Dame set to play Army at the new stadium on November, the Bronx should play host to a pair of compelling college football games this year. How the field will be arrayed remains to be seen.