Big Ten to Big Apple: Conference agrees to 8-year deal with Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Big Ten and the Pinstripe Bowl have agreed to an 8-year deal that the conference hopes will help claim New York as its territory.
Commissioner Jim Delany is at Yankee Stadium for the announcement of the deal with the three-year-old bowl game that will begin in 2014. He appeared at a news conference with Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner and team president Randy Levine.
The Big Ten will take the Big 12's place in the game. It was a natural addition to the Big Ten's bowl lineup after the league invited Rutgers, located in nearby Piscataway, N.J., and Maryland. Those schools will join the Big Ten in 2014.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Pinstripe Bowl has been matching the Big East against the Big 12 since it started in 2010.