2008 Papajohns.com Bowl Tickets Go on Sale June 1

Birmingham Game Will Feature Teams from SEC, BIG EAST on Dec. 29

ESPN Regional Television, Inc., announced today that tickets for the third annual Papajohns.com Bowl will go on sale at 1 p.m. CT Sunday, June 1.

Tickets are $43 each and can be ordered online at www.papajohnsbowl.com or by phone at (205) 413-4849.

The 2008 Papajohns.com Bowl will be played at Legion Field on Dec. 29. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. CT and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN and broadcast nationally on ESPN Radio.

For a limited time, June 1-15, the Papajohns.com Bowl will offer a Father’s Day special: “Take Your Papa to the Game.” Fans can buy three tickets to the 2008 Papajohns.com Bowl and get one free ticket (a $43 value) for their dad. The special offer includes a large, one-topping pizza, compliments of your Birmingham area Papa John’s.

The first two matchups in the Papajohns.com Bowl featured the BIG EAST and Conference USA, with the BIG EAST winning both contests. The inaugural Papajohns.com Bowl was played in December 2006 with the South Florida Bulls and the East Carolina Pirates playing in front of 28,527. The 2007 game featured the Cincinnati Bearcats (ranked #20 nationally) and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in front of 32,595 fans.

ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership

The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 900 sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, Sun Belt, WAC).

ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several other sporting events, including collegiate football events: the St Petersburg Bowl; the Papajohns.com Bowl; the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl; the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl; the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl, the New Mexico Bowl; the MEAC/SWAC Challenge; and The Home Depot College Football Awards; collegiate basketball events: the O’Reilly Auto Parts All-College Classic (Oklahoma City); the Old Spice Classic (Orlando, Fla.); the SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; the Anaheim Classic (Calif.); the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); and the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters; as well as the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit www.espnplus.com.

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