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An SEC team could play bowl game in Las Vegas

Sept. 1: vs. Austin Peay Sept. 8: at South Carolina Sept. 15: vs. Middle Tennessee State Sept. 22: at Missouri Sept. 29: vs. Tennessee Oct. 6: vs. Vanderbilt Oct. 13: at LSU Oct. 27: vs. Florida (in Jacksonville, Fla.) Nov. 3: at Kentucky Nov. 10: vs. Auburn Nov. 17: vs. Massachusetts Nov. 24: vs. Georgia Tech Dec. 1: SEC Championship Game in Atlanta
June 7, 2018

The SEC is reportedly the “most intriguing possibility” to replace the Mountain West Conference as the Pac-12’s opponent in the Las Vegas Bowl once the city completes its new NFL stadium in 2020, sources confirmed to college football insider Brett McMurphy on Thursday.

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The Las Vegas Bowl’s change in locations will correspond with the end its 19-year relationship with the MWC, which was last represented by Boise State during a 38-28 victory against Oregon in December.

The bowl game currently takes place at UNLV’s Sam Boyd Stadium, but will move once the soon-to-be Las Vegas Raiders have their new stadium built. The projected 65,00-seat domed stadium is expected to be completed around June 2020.

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