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11-29-2006, 05:34 AM
Associated Press
ATHENS, Ohio - Ohio University has accepted a bid to the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 7 in Mobile, Ala., its third bowl appearance and first in nearly four decades.
The Bobcats (9-3) will play the loser of Friday's Conference USA championship game between Houston and Southern Mississippi.
Ohio has never won a bowl game, losing 49-42 to Richmond in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl and 15-14 to West Texas State in the 1962 Sun Bowl.
Three other Mid-American Conference teams accepted bowl invitations Tuesday: Central Michigan (Motor City), Western Michigan (International) and Northern Illinois (Poinsettia).
The Bobcats, winners of seven straight games, play Central Michigan on Thursday night in the MAC championship game at Detroit's Ford Field, site of the Motor City Bowl.
ATHENS, Ohio - Ohio University has accepted a bid to the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 7 in Mobile, Ala., its third bowl appearance and first in nearly four decades.
The Bobcats (9-3) will play the loser of Friday's Conference USA championship game between Houston and Southern Mississippi.
Ohio has never won a bowl game, losing 49-42 to Richmond in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl and 15-14 to West Texas State in the 1962 Sun Bowl.
Three other Mid-American Conference teams accepted bowl invitations Tuesday: Central Michigan (Motor City), Western Michigan (International) and Northern Illinois (Poinsettia).
The Bobcats, winners of seven straight games, play Central Michigan on Thursday night in the MAC championship game at Detroit's Ford Field, site of the Motor City Bowl.