Bowl Preview: TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl

TICKETSMARTER BIRMINGHAM BOWL

CINCINNATI vs. BOSTON COLLEGE

Thursday, Jan. 2 • 3 p.m. • ESPN

Legion Field (55,948/Natural Grass)

Birmingham, Alabama

Television

ESPN

Kevin Brown, Andre Ware and Dawn Davenport

National Radio

SiriusXM 105/207/968

Cincinnati Radio

WLW-AM 700 (flagship)

SiriusXM 121/210/969

THE GAME

The Birmingham Bowl generally pairs an American Athletic Conference team against an opponent from the Southeastern Conference, though Boston College is filling the opposite side of the matchup this season … The game was first played in 2006 as the PapaJohns.com Bowl and was the BBVA Compass Bowl for four seasons … Current members of the American Athletic Conference have made 10 appearances in the…