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The University of Missouri has accepted an invitation to play in the 2010 Insight Bowl, as announced today by Mizzou and Insight Bowl officials.

The “Insight Bowl” is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season American college football bowl game played in Arizona since 1989. From 1989 to 1999, the games were played at Arizona Stadium in Tucson. The game moved to Phoenix in 2000 and was played at Chase Field (formerly Bank One Ballpark) until 2005. After the 2005 playing the “Insight Bowl” moved to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, where it has been played ever since. The shift to Tempe filled a void left when the Fiesta Bowl, a member of the Bowl Championship Series which had called Sun Devil Stadium its home since its inception, was moved to University of Phoenix Stadium in the western Phoenix suburb of Glendale. The 2006 game saw another change, with the television rights going to the NFL Network, replacing ESPN. However, ESPN returns to covering the Insight Bowl, for the first time since 2005^.

This will mark Mizzou’s second appearance at the Insight Bowl. The Tigers claimed a 34-31 victory in 1998 over West Virginia when the bowl was called the Insight.com Bowl, and it was played in nearby Tucson, Ariz.

The game will mark MU’s sixth-consecutive bowl game (an MU record), and seventh bowl appearance in the last eight seasons overall under Head Coach Gary Pinkel, after Mizzou had gone to only two bowl games in a span of 19 seasons dating from 1984-2002. Pinkel has now passed College Football Hall of Fame Coach Dan Devine for most bowl appearances at Mizzou, with his seven bowl outings. The 2010 Insight Bowl appearance will be Mizzou’s 28th bowl game overall, with MU holding a 12-15 mark in its previous 27 outings.

The Mizzou Athletic Ticket Office will begin taking online orders for the 2010 Insight Bowl beginning tonight (Sunday, Dec. 6th) at 7:30 p.m. (central time), at www.mutigers.com. Fans may also order over the phone by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS (884-PAWS in Columbia) or in person at the Mizzou Arena Ticket Office beginning Monday (Dec. 7th) at 8 a.m., but are strongly encouraged to order online to ensure prompt service. Mizzou’s tickets are available for $64.

Fans who cannot attend the game, but who wish to support Mizzou’s student-athletes and football program, are encouraged to purchase tickets to be used for donation to Phoenix-area charities and military personnel at www.mutigers.com. Tiger Scholarship Fund members will receive TSF credit for the face value of donated tickets. Details can be found at www.mutigers.com.

For more information about the 2010 Insight Bowl, and the city of Phoenix, please visit the official site of the Insight Bowl, at www.fiestabowl.org.