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2017 Bahamas Bowl Preview: Ohio Bobcats vs. UAB Blazers

Bing Crosby dreamed of a White Christmas. But these two green teams won't be fighting in the snow this Christmas season — but rather, on the beach. The Ohio Bobcats (8-4) and UAB Blazers (8-4) will face off in Nassau, Bahamas on December 22 in the only current bowl game played outside of the United States.

It will be the second of two MAC-vs.-C-USA bowl games this bowl season, after Florida Atlantic claimed the first in the 2017 series. In the three-year history of the Bahamas Bowl, the MAC has won just once, as P.