Group of Five' look to add bowls
ALL MADRIDISTAA'S Because college football's Power Five conferences prefer to play each other in bowl games, the smaller conferences are exploring opportunities to create additional bowl games next season, sources said. As many as nine locations are under consideration to begin bowl games in 2014, according to sources: Miami, Orlando, Little Rock, Ark.; Boca Raton, Fla.; Montgomery, Ala.; Los Angeles; Ireland; Dubai and either Toronto or Nassau, Bahamas. Any new bowls created in 2014 would be for the smaller conferences: the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun Belt. An NCAA moratorium to add new bowls expires after the 2013 season. "The smaller 'Group of Five' conferences are exploring adding bowl games because they are being locked out by the big boys," a source said. "They're looking to create bowl games so their teams will have bowls for their bowl-eligible teams." This season is the la