The 2011 San Diego County Credit Union

San Diego County Credit Union

San Diego County Credit Union is a credit union based in San Diego, California. SDCCU was founded in 1938 as San Diego County Employees Credit Union and was formed to provide for the financial needs of local county government employees...

 Poinsettia Bowl, the seventh edition of the game, will be a post-season American college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 bowl game

Bowl game

In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...

, held on December 21, 2011

2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011...

 at Qualcomm Stadium

Qualcomm Stadium

Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in San Diego, California, in the Mission Valley area....

 in San Diego, California as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season

2011–12 NCAA football bowl games

The 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games, which will conclude the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, are tentatively scheduled to include 35 team-competitive bowl games, and four all-star games...

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The game, which will telecast at 5:00 p.m. PT

Pacific Time Zone

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 on ESPN

ESPN College Football

ESPN College Football is the branding used for broadcasts of NCAA Division I FBS college football across ESPN properties, including ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN Classic, ESPNU, and ESPN Radio...

, will feature the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

2011 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

The 2011 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represents Louisiana Tech University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team is coached by Sonny Dykes, who is in his second season with Louisiana Tech...

 from the Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

 (WAC), and a team from the Mountain West Conference

Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...

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Louisiana Tech accepted a bid to compete in the 2011 edition of the game on November 26.

Louisiana Tech University

On November 26, 2011, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs accepted an invite to represent the WAC.. The Bulldogs entered the bowl with a record (currently) of 8-4. This marks the first appearance in a bowl game for Louisiana Tech since the 2008 Independence Bowl

2008 Independence Bowl

The 2008 Independence Bowl marked the thirty-third edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The game was contested starting on Sunday, December 28, 2008, with a 7:15 PM US CST kickoff, telecast on ESPN. the contest pitted the...

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External links

• Official site of the Poinsettia Bowl