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26-398: Estridge is a surname, and may refer to: Brian Estridge , sports broadcaster Chris Estridge (born 1989), American soccer player Edward Estridge (1843–1919), English cricketer George Estridge (1835–1862), English cricketer Larry Estridge (born 1902), St. Kitts middleweight boxer Philip Don Estridge (1937–1985), developer of

52-655: A result, Bowling Green of the MAC was invited. In 2010, the bowl inherited the MAC's International Bowl tie-in after that Toronto -based bowl folded; the bowl featured a MAC vs. WAC matchup through 2012. After the WAC stopped sponsoring football in 2012, Mountain West inherited its spot as host, reaching agreement with the bowl to provide a team, starting with the December 2013 edition. The bowl featured MAC vs. Mountain West matchups in

78-643: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Brian Estridge Brian Estridge was born and raised in Kershaw, South Carolina . At the age of 14 Estridge walked in and auditioned for a newspaper radio ad. After a cold reading he was hired for the job. At the same time they hired him to call local high school sports, allowing him to call the 2A South Carolina state girls basketball championship game that year. After graduating high school Estridge attended Appalachian State University where he majored in political science. After graduating college Estridge

104-450: Is expected to continue to increase as RedVoice continues to acquire more bowl games, expand into college basketball tournaments, and begin an NCAA Football Game of the Week. Ahead of the 2020-21 college football postseason, the network's name changed to First Team Radio. After reaching a marketing agreement with Bowl Season, the network is now branded as Bowl Season Radio by First Team during

130-666: Is televised nationally on the ESPN family of networks. Cincinnati defeated Utah State in the inaugural game in 1997 . The Humanitarian Bowl was launched, in part, as a response to changes made to the Las Vegas Bowl ’s selection process. When the bowl was launched in 1992 as the successor to the California Bowl , it inherited the bowl’s contracted matchup of the champions of the Big West Conference and

156-721: The Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The WAC and ACC met in the 2001 through 2008 editions of the bowl, except for 2002 when the ACC's slot was filled by Iowa State of the Big 12 Conference . In 2009, the Mountain West Conference was to provide a team, but Mountain West champion TCU was selected for the Fiesta Bowl and the conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to send a replacement; as

182-479: The Cure Bowl to their inventory. In addition to Estridge, on-air talent includes TCU football sideline reporter Landry Burdine, Kansas football and men's basketball play-by-play radio broadcaster Brian Hanni, Kansas State broadcaster Wyatt Thompson, Dave Hunziker, Andy Demetra, Georgia Tech broadcaster Randy McDaniel , Chris Mycoskie, Hans Olsen, and former college football coach Rob Best. The number of personnel

208-767: The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl , the Frisco Bowl , the Gasparilla Bowl , and the Birmingham Bowl . Estridge himself acts as the play-by-play voice for the DFW Bowls when there aren't TCU conflicts. All games are produced by RedVoice, LLC and air across Premiere Radio Networks affiliates. Inventory continued to increase in 2018 as RedVoice acquired the Las Vegas Bowl and expanded into college basketball by acquiring broadcast rights for

234-714: The Mid-American Conference (MAC) that had been taking place since 1982. However, after the 1996 edition, the Las Vegas Bowl dropped its affiliations with the Big West and the MAC in favor of offering a bid to a team from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), forcing the conferences to find other solutions. This resulted in two new bowl games being launched for the 1997 season, one of which was awarded to Boise and initially named

260-860: The Myrtle Beach Invitational (semi's & championship), the Charleston Classic (championship), the NIT Tip-Off (all Brooklyn games), the AdvoCare Invitational (championship), the Wooden Legacy (championship), and the Diamond Head Classic (championship). As in 2017, all 2018 events were broadcast under the name Gameday Radio. For 2019 the group name was changed to Bowlday Radio. Overall they kept their current broadcasts and added

286-478: The 2000 season, and bowl organizers extended a permanent invite to the WAC to replace the Big West as host of the game, and struck an agreement with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to provide a bowl-eligible team if it had yet to fill its bowl allotment. The WAC champion received the automatic bid to the game unless that team received a better offer from another bowl game or qualified for

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312-583: The 2013 through 2015 games. In 2016, the bowl invited in-state Idaho of the Sun Belt Conference in place of a MAC team. The 2017 edition returned to MAC vs. Mountain West, while in the 2018 edition, independent BYU was invited in place of a Mountain West team. In late July 2019, it was announced that the Mountain West and MAC would maintain their tie-ins to the bowl through the 2025–26 football season. The December 2020 edition included

338-587: The Humanitarian Bowl. The Big West, which had Boise State as a member at the time, agreed to terms to send its champion to the bowl. The MAC, meanwhile, sent its champion to the Motor City Bowl in Detroit. From 1997 to 1999, the Big West champion was matched with a team from Conference USA (C-USA), while in 2000 the WAC sent a representative. The Big West stopped sponsoring football after

364-678: The IBM Personal Computer Robin Estridge (1920–2002), British author of suspense fiction and screenwriter [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Estridge . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estridge&oldid=880296944 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

390-572: The Truckload Carriers Association, featured a "Highway Angel of the Year" to game attendees. Highway Angels are truck drivers who performed a heroic feat to save the life of another motorist. Source: From 1997 through 2014, the bowl named an MVP from each team; since 2015, a single MVP has been named. Boise State, the game's host school, is tied with Idaho for most wins with three. Boise State, Utah State, and Nevada share

416-599: The WAC. The three that have yet to play are Hawaii, New Mexico and UNLV. The below summary has been updated through the December 2023 edition (27 games, 54 total appearances). Won (12): Air Force , Akron , Boston College , BYU , Cincinnati , Clemson , Eastern Michigan , Georgia State , Maryland , Miami , Northern Illinois , San Diego State Lost (15): Bowling Green , Buffalo , Central Michigan , Colorado State , Iowa State , Kent State , Louisiana Tech , Louisville , San Jose State , Southern Miss , Toledo , Tulane , Tulsa , UTEP , Virginia Updated through

442-432: The bowl for an additional five years. The game is the longest running cold weather bowl game currently in operation. The payout is $ 750,000, but teams are required to provide a corporate sponsor, purchase a minimum number of tickets, and stay at a selected hotel for a minimum stay. Because of this, 7–4 UCLA declined an invitation to the 2001 Humanitarian Bowl. From 2008 through 2012, bowl organizers, in conjunction with

468-591: The college football postseason. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl , previously the Humanitarian Bowl (1997–2003, 2007–2010) and the MPC Computers Bowl (2004–2006), is an NCAA -sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 1997 at Albertsons Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho . The game

494-676: The first invitation to a team from the American Athletic Conference (AAC or "The American"). The game originally named for the Idaho-based World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame . It was sponsored by Micron Technology , an Idaho-based manufacturer, from 1999 to 2002 under the name Crucial.com, which sold computer memory upgrades from Micron. The bowl game then briefly had no sponsor for the January 2004 game. In December 2004,

520-568: The game the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl . On May 25, 2010, uDrove , a maker of applications for the transportation industry, became the sponsor of the Humanitarian Bowl, signing a four-year agreement to replace Roady's. On August 3, 2011, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) signed a six-year naming rights deal to sponsor the bowl, renaming it the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl . In December 2017, IPC announced that they would be sponsoring

546-465: The most appearances, with four each (Boise State last played in the bowl 18 years ago, in 2005). Idaho was a member of a different conference for each of its three appearances (Big West in 1998, WAC in 2009, and Sun Belt in 2016). Of the current 12 members of Mountain West, nine have appeared in the bowl—Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, San Jose State, Utah State, and Wyoming—either as members of Mountain West or

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572-452: The name was changed to the MPC Computers Bowl . MPC Computers , which is also based in Idaho, was formerly MicronPC, the computer manufacturing division of Micron, but was later split off as a separate company. In April 2007, it was announced that the bowl would again be called the Humanitarian Bowl. In May 2007, Boise-based Roady's Truck Stops was announced as the new sponsor, thus renaming

598-579: The symptoms of heart attacks. Estridge resides in Colleyville, Texas with his wife Becky and has two children. Estridge began RedVoice Productions, LLC in 2006 and acts as President of the company. The company is headquartered at 7209 Windswept Tri in Colleyville, TX. In 2013 Estridge's ties with ESPN Radio allowed him to apply for the rights to broadcast the Heart of Dallas Bowl . The company

624-609: Was granted the broadcast rights and allowed to begin broadcasting the game in January 2014. RedVoice continues to maintain these rights. In 2015 they acquired the rights to the Celebration Bowl , the Armed Forces Bowl , and the Bahamas Bowl . In 2017 RedVoice teamed up with Pikewood Sports and broadcast their college bowl games under the name Gameday Radio. They also doubled their bowl production by adding

650-543: Was hired by Appalachian State to call football and men's basketball. A few years later he was hired to be the voice of the Miami RedHawks . In 1998 TCU's athletic director Eric Hyman contacted Estridge and hired him to be the voice of the Horned Frogs. While acting as the voice of TCU, Estridge has won multiple Texas Sports broadcaster of the year awards. In 2001 ESPN Radio began a Dallas affiliate. Estridge

676-405: Was hired to host the mid-day show with Newy Scruggs while maintaining his duties with TCU. Estridge was later moved to the mid-afternoon slot where he would host with Randy Galloway . Estridge remained with Galloway until he was hired by WBAP to co-host their morning show in 2009. Since joining the morning show, Estridge has been credited with saving a life due to a discussion Hal Jay and he had on

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