Sports
Sports

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.

» More: 2018-19 College football bowl schedule

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.

More Stories

Keep Reading

Kirby Smart (left) and Georgia beat Brent Key and Georgia Tech 44-42 in eight overtimes last November in Athens. The Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets bring Clean Old-Fashioned Hate off campus for 2025, playing at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC 2024)

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Weekend Predictions: Falcons, Clean Old-Fashioned Hate and Kennesaw State

ROD BEARD

Family, food and football: Continuing the tradition of giving thanks

AJC Senior Sports Editor Rod Beard carries on an Atlanta tradition started seven decades ago by AJC writer Furman Bisher, with Thanksgiving thoughts.

Georgia State falls to New Mexico State at the Cancun Challenge, 77-58

Led by Jemel Jones' 12 points, the New Mexico State Aggies defeated the Georgia State Panthers 77-58 on Wednesday at the Cancun Challenge

The Latest

General view as the Atlanta Hawks host the San Antonio at State Farm Arena, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Atlanta. The Spurs won 126-125. (Jason Getz / AJC)

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

Atlanta TV sports listings

Weekend Predictions: Falcons, Clean Old-Fashioned Hate and Kennesaw State

ROD BEARD

Family, food and football: Continuing the tradition of giving thanks

Featured

Carleigh Knight (left) and her sister, Natalie Rogovin, look at Christmas ornaments while shopping at Kudzu Antiques + Modern in Decatur on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

Credit: Natrice Miller

Metro Atlanta retailers hopeful for strong holiday season after chaotic year

Some independent retailers in metro Atlanta are entering this holiday season feeling battered by what they call a chaotic year.

$21B data center proposal aims to become one of Georgia’s largest

Trammell Crow Co. is planning a $21 billion technology campus for a 1,632-acre site along I-75 roughly 60 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.

This metro Atlanta couple spearheaded a change in football helmets

Erin and Lee Hanson are the founders behind Guardian Sports, the company that makes the Guardian Caps worn by college football and NFL players.