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63-648: The game was known as the Mobile Alabama Bowl for its first two playings, in 1999 and 2000. GMAC (now Ally Financial ) had become the title sponsor for the 2000 playing, and the game was renamed as the GMAC Bowl for the 2001 though January 2010 playings. It was then the GoDaddy.com Bowl for the January 2011 to January 2013 playings when GoDaddy took over sponsorship. In May 2013, it was announced that

126-685: A direct bank , corporate lending, vehicle insurance , mortgage loans , and other related financing services such as installment sale and lease agreements. Ally is one of the largest car finance companies in the U.S. It provides car financing and leasing for 4.1 million customers and originated 1.2 million car loans in 2023. It is on the list of largest banks in the United States by assets and has 2.0 million depositors. The company has sold more than 5 million vehicles, including 505,000 vehicles sold in 2023 via its SmartAuction online marketplace for auto auctions , launched in 2000. The company

189-494: A direct bank . In 2005, the company formed GMAC ResCap as a holding company for its mortgage operations. In 2006, General Motors sold a 51% interest in GMAC to Cerberus Capital Management , a private equity firm . Also that year, GMAC sold a controlling interest of GMAC Commercial Holdings (its real estate division renamed Capmark) to Goldman Sachs , Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , and Five Mile Capital Partners. GMAC Real Estate

252-619: A public company via an initial public offering . In 2015, it moved its headquarters to One Detroit Center, which was subsequently renamed Ally Detroit Center . In June 2016, the company acquired TradeKing, a stockbrokerage , for $ 275 million, which was re-branded as Ally Invest. In May 2016, Ally Bank re-entered the mortgage business with the launch of its direct-to-consumer offering called Ally Home. In April 2019, Ally Home partnered with Better.com for mortgage loan selling, processing, mortgage underwriting , and closing services. In October 2019, Ally acquired Health Credit Services (HCS),

315-465: A 100-yard artificial turf field and a 50-yard natural turf field. The existing buildings were converted into facilities and offices for the football team. On January 4, 2009, Mark Hogan, son of former Georgia Tech player Mark Hogan Sr., enrolled to play as wide receiver on scholarship, making him the first football player to receive a scholarship from Georgia State. The following month, the program signed its first recruiting class of 27 players, including

378-497: A 47–37 victory over Louisiana-Monroe , a game in which the offense set a school record with 670 total yards. After a 34–10 loss to Troy , the Panthers won their next three; defeating South Alabama by a margin of 21–13, Georgia Southern by a score of 21–17 and Texas State by a margin of 33–30. Georgia State closed the regular season with a 31–10 loss to Appalachian State and a 24–10 loss to Idaho . The Panthers accepted

441-539: A berth in the 2017 Cure Bowl , a game they won over Western Kentucky by a score of 27–17. Coach Elliott resigned as head football coach from Georgia State in February 2024. On February 23, 2024, Georgia State announced former Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee as its fourth head coach for the football program. On September 14, 2024, Georgia State defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores out of

504-606: A classic style." During his tenure as head coach, Miles would oversee the transition of football from the FCS to the FBS , the highest level of football in the NCAA as members of the Sun Belt conference . With this move came a significant increase in opposition quality, as well as an increase in the number of scholarships available for the team. During the transition year from FCS to FBS, and

567-498: A major donor with the donation of $ 10 million. Several more stages of construction will follow after the 2017 season, including removing more lower bowl seating from the remaining right field, and additional facilities added to the upper bowl, including bathroom renovations and concessions. Center Parc Stadium boasts the eighth-largest video board in college football, with a 71-by-79-foot (22 m × 24 m) span and an area of 5,600 sq ft (520 m ). The capacity of

630-481: A point of conflict between the two schools is that both fan-bases claim that their university is, in fact, the real GSU. Georgia Southern officially uses GS in all of its branding, while Georgia State officially uses GSU. Georgia State claims the GSU title being that it became a university in 1969, more than 20 years before Georgia Southern (and therefore becoming GSU far in advance of Georgia Southern). Georgia Southern, on

693-592: A record of 2–6, the Panthers would win their final four games, including a 34–7 defeat of in-state rivals Georgia Southern to a record of 6–6 and their first bowl game. The Panthers would fall at the Cure Bowl to San Jose State , 16–27. With a final record of 6–7, Miles would mirror almost exactly the turn-around that he had achieved at Indiana State, with both teams winning no games in their first season, one game in their second, and six games in their third. On November 12, 2016, after losing to conference foe ULM , it

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756-653: A replacement. A MAC vs. Sun Belt matchup was then featured for a total of 11 consecutive bowls, through the January 2020 edition . That streak was broken when the December 2020 edition invited teams from C-USA and the Sun Belt. After Arkansas State of the Sun Belt appeared in the 2012 through 2015 editions of the bowl, the conference and bowl committee agreed on changing the team selection bylaws to avoid repeat appearances by teams in consecutive years. The 2001 game between

819-674: A result of losses in GMAC ResCap , a subsidiary of the company, the United States Department of the Treasury invested $ 17.2 billion in the company in 2008–2009. The Treasury sold its last stake in the company in 2014, recovering $ 19.6 billion from its $ 17.2 billion investment. In April 2009 the bank announced plans to move its Charlotte office from Ballantyne to 106,525 square feet (9,896.5 m ) on four floors of 440 South Church , with possible expansion later. At

882-493: A team that had won one game in its previous three years to being ranked No. 18 at the end of his final season as head coach there. Miles took over a similar situation at Georgia State, which had won only four of its own games in the previous two seasons and was moving to the FBS after only three seasons of existing as a program. During his first season at GSU, the Panthers won no games, and only one in his second season. However, during his third season as head coach, after accruing

945-622: A technology-focused patient financing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina . It was sold to Synchrony Financial in March 2024. On May 3, 2021, Ally began occupying 725,000 square feet at Ally Charlotte Center . In December 2021, Ally acquired Fair Square Financial, a credit card company, for $ 750 million and rebranded it as Ally Credit Card. In 2022, the Disability Equality Index (DEI) listed Ally as one of

1008-614: Is the college football program for Georgia State University in Atlanta , Georgia. The Panthers football team was founded in 2010 and competes at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is a member of the Sun Belt Conference . The Panthers currently play at Center Parc Stadium , about ten minutes from GSU's downtown campus. In November 2006, a study commissioned by Georgia State was completed and submitted back to

1071-813: The 2023 game , a 59–10 win by South Alabama over Eastern Michigan , an altercation took place on-field between the teams prior to the trophy presentation, initiated by an Eastern Michigan player sucker punching a South Alabama player while the South Alabama marching band and team were singing the school's alma mater . Source: Updated through the December 2023 edition (25 games, 50 total appearances). Won (8): Appalachian State , Central Michigan , Georgia Southern , Georgia State , Liberty , Louisiana , Northern Illinois , South Alabama Lost (7): Buffalo , Kent State , Memphis , Middle Tennessee State , Rice , UTEP , Western Kentucky Updated through

1134-739: The Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion . In 2022, Ally committed to reach equal spending in paid advertising across women's and men's sports programming over the next five years. Sponsorships include: In December 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and United States Department of Justice ordered the company to pay $ 80 million in consumer monetary damages and $ 18 million in civil penalties after determining that 235,000 minority borrowers paid higher interest rates for auto loans originated between April 2011 and December 2013 because of

1197-573: The Marshall Thundering Herd and East Carolina Pirates set the record as the highest-scoring bowl game of all time, and Marshall achieved what was then the greatest scoring comeback in bowl history. In this contest, Marshall battled back from a 38–8 deficit to win. 64–61, in double overtime. Thundering Herd quarterback Byron Leftwich threw for 576 yards in the game. The 2008 game had the largest margin of victory in bowl history, with Tulsa defeating Bowling Green , 63–7. Following

1260-633: The Shorter Hawks , winning the game 41–7. The first touchdown was recorded by Parris Lee. A crowd of 30,237 was present at the Georgia Dome including then Georgia governor Sonny Perdue , former mayor Andrew Young , amongst other dignitaries. Later during the last game of the season on November 18, Georgia State would play FBS defending national champion and number 10 ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama , losing 63–7. The single touchdown

1323-564: The Southeastern Conference (SEC) 36-32 at Center Parc Stadium. It was Georgia State's first time hosting an SEC opponent, and their first victory against an SEC team since beating the Tennessee Volunteers on the road in 2019. Incidentally, Vanderbilt would go on to beat the then top ranked Alabama Crimson Tide three weeks later. Georgia State's first head coach Bill Curry was the initial architect for

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1386-537: The ".com" would be dropped from the bowl's name, rebranding it as the GoDaddy Bowl for the January 2014 through December 2015 editions. Dollar General took over sponsorship on August 17, 2016, with the 2016 through 2018 playings branded as the Dollar General Bowl . It was announced on May 29, 2019, that Dollar General would no longer sponsor the bowl. It was temporarily called by its original name,

1449-563: The 1971–72 to 1980–81 seasons, 1995–96 and 1996–97, and 2009–10 to 2013–14 out-of-conference and as conference mates from the 1985–86 to 1991–92 seasons in the Trans America Athletic Conference (which is now the ASUN Conference ), and since the 2014–15 season in the Sun Belt Conference . As of 2017, Georgia Southern has a 35–18 lead in the all-time series. Since both schools can be abbreviated GSU,

1512-438: The 2010 season, and so the 2009 season was spent practicing at an NFL facility in downtown Atlanta . 71 players reported on August 14. Georgia State's second recruiting class was signed on February 3, 2010. The team would go on to hold spring practice beginning on March 23, and would begin working out at the new practice facility by March 27. On September 2, Georgia State played its first football game and home opener against

1575-548: The 2014 season. After Coach Bill Curry announced his retirement in August, the administration hired Parker Executive Search to help find potential candidates. On November 30, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the university had hired Trent Miles , head coach of Indiana State University . With Trent Miles' arrival as new head coach came the Panthers first complete change in uniform since

1638-475: The Braves' move to a new stadium, Georgia State purchased the stadium and converted it for football use. The initial phase of conversion took place between March and August 2017, and saw the removal of several sections of the lower bowl stands from right field and a new east side grandstand built to enclose the new football field. On August 8, it was announced that the field would be named Parker H. Petit Field after

1701-599: The CAA) with a 1–10 record. The Panthers were not eligible for a post season berth (through neither the conference's automatic bid nor an at large bid) due to their reclassifying status as the team prepared to move up to FBS football in the Sun Belt Conference. This reclassifying status did allow for the Panthers to use more scholarships than the allowed 63 scholarships at the FCS level. On opening day Matt Hubbard surpassed

1764-536: The December 2023 edition (25 games, 50 total appearances). Source: The bowl has been televised on ESPN or ESPN2 since its inception. Ally Financial Ally Financial Inc. (known as GMAC until 2010) is a bank holding company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered at Ally Detroit Center in Detroit , Michigan. The company provides financial services including car finance , online banking via

1827-465: The Gamecocks interim head coach between Spurrier's resignation and Muschamp's hiring. Elliott signed a five-year contract with Georgia State that paid him a base salary of $ 515,000 annually. The Panthers finished 7–5 in 2017. They began the season on a sour note; dropping a 17–10 game to FCS opponent Tennessee State and a 56–0 shutout to No. 5 Penn State . Elliott's team won its first game of

1890-551: The Georgia State head coach, working on a 5-year contract. This was followed by the hiring of John Bond as offensive coordinator, John Thompson as defensive coordinator, and George Pugh as assistant head coach, as well as Chris Ward and Anthony Midget. On November 20, 2008, ground was broken for a downtown practice facility at 188 Martin Luther King Drive. The facility would eventually be expanded to include

1953-539: The Mobile Alabama Bowl, until new sponsorship by LendingTree was announced on November 15, 2019, making it the LendingTree Bowl . On May 15, 2023, the game came under new sponsorship and was renamed as the 68 Ventures Bowl . When the bowl first began, it was played as one of the first games of the bowl season in December. The 2006 season saw the game moved to January, and it served as one of

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2016-702: The NCAA record for highest punting average in a single game, but it would end up not counting in the record books due to the reclassification. Georgia State officially announced that it would join the Sun Belt Conference on April 9, 2012, during a press conference at the Georgia Dome. The school began full membership on July 1, 2013. Georgia State was a founding member of the Sun Belt Conference in 1976. The Sun Belt participates in Division I FBS, as opposed to FCS. The Panthers were not eligible for postseason play until

2079-495: The beginning of the transition from the football championship subdivision (FCS) to the football bowl subdivision (FBS) as the school changed athletics conferences from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Sun Belt Conference. While Georgia State built the foundations for its football program with him at its helm, including new practice facilities and offices, Curry's teams experienced little success on

2142-550: The company's discriminatory pricing system. The higher rates resulted from the company's specific policy of allowing dealers to charge, at their discretion, a "dealer markup" above Ally's established "buy rate" and then compensating dealers based on the markup. Ally provided an incentive for dealers to charge higher rates, in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act . Georgia State Panthers football The Georgia State Panthers football team

2205-500: The field. After a 6–5 record in its first season, the Panthers followed with a 3–8 record in its second season, and finally closing with a 1–10 record in his final year. However, the university honored its founding head coach by naming the locker rooms at the new football practice facility after Curry. On November 30, 2012, former Indiana State head coach Trent Miles was announced as the new Georgia State head coach. Miles had previously coached his alma mater Indiana State , taking

2268-455: The first season of play between the two teams in 2014 with Georgia Southern beating Georgia State 69–31, it was agreed by both universities athletic departments to introduce a rivalry series, with points allocated for each sport played between the two schools. Georgia State would win the first and second years of the rivalry series, with the Panthers beating the Eagles on the gridiron in 2015 34–7,

2331-571: The first two playings, when the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) could receive the bid if one of its easternmost teams qualified as bowl eligible . For the January 2010 edition , the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) was to participate in the bowl as its ninth bowl tie-in. The ACC failed to have sufficient bowl-eligible teams to fill the slot, and the bowl chose Sun Belt Conference champion Troy as

2394-415: The first year in which Miles coached, the Panthers would achieve zero wins, accruing a final record of 0–12, 0–7 in conference. While the following year would mark only a single win against the lone FCS opponent, the 2015 season would end with a 6–7 record, 5–3 in the Sun Belt and a loss at the Panthers' first bowl game, the Cure Bowl . The 2016 season would see only three wins, and after the tenth game, Miles

2457-399: The highest ranked in school history according to rankings by ESPN and 247Sports . On Feb 15, 2024, Shawn Elliott resigned his position as head coach of Georgia State to become an assistant coach at South Carolina due to family reasons. The decision was announced after the Panthers had already started Spring Practice. The same day Mike Sirignano, the program's strength coach, was named as

2520-632: The last bowls played before the national championship game of either the Bowl Championship Series or the College Football Playoff . For the 2015 season, the bowl was moved back to December, where it remained for every subsequent playing except for the 2019 season. From 1999 to 2009, the bowl pitted a Conference USA (C-USA) team against a team from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), except for

2583-486: The other hand, has a more extensive history of football than Georgia State, restarting its program in 1981 and winning six national championships at the FCS level. The football rivalry began after the hire of former Appalachian State (a major rival of Georgia Southern) athletic director Charlie Cobb to the same position at Ga State. During Georgia State's press release introducing Cobb, he revealed that Georgia Southern's athletic director Tom Kleinlein told him "welcome, now

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2646-405: The possibility of adding football. It found that total costs would cost between $ 6.2 million and $ 33.8 million depending on several different factors, including whether a stadium would be built or a preexisting stadium would be used. On April 17, 2008, Georgia State launched its football program. On June 12, 2008, former Georgia Tech , Alabama , and Kentucky head coach Bill Curry was named as

2709-490: The program's interim head coach. The decision was made to keep the team together for whenever a new head coach is hired. On February 23, 2024, Georgia State announced that former Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee would be the fourth head coach for the football program. The Panthers have played in six bowl games and have a 4–2 record. Georgia Southern and Georgia State have only competed against each other in football since 2014. They played annually in basketball from

2772-411: The program. His tenure ended with a record of 10–23. Initially hired by the former athletics director Mary McElroy, after her termination by previous Georgia State president Carl Patton, Curry was named interim athletic director while the school searched for a new AD. During his tenure as head coach, Curry saw the program grow from an idea into a fully fledged division I – FCS team. He also was present for

2835-533: The programs inception. The original uniform consisted solely of 2 different outfits; a blue home jersey with Panthers written across the chest above the player number and two white stripes on each arm; and a white away jersey with similar stylings, but with Georgia State written across the chest. Only a single helmet existed, blue and with the secondary GSU emblem on it. Both uniforms used the same white pants with panther heads on them. Initially, an anthracite colored helmet with "Panthers" written in stylized script across

2898-409: The school. It found Georgia State to be in a good position to begin a competitive football team, and based its remarks on the location and resources of the university. It estimated that total annual expenses by 2012 would be $ 3.1 million. On April 15, 2007, former Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Reeves was hired by Georgia State as a consultant. On November 1, 2007, the university began discussing

2961-523: The season in their third contest, defeating Charlotte by a shutout score of 28–0. Georgia State was scheduled to play Memphis on September 30, but due to the Tigers having to reschedule American Athletic Conference opponent UCF for September 30 due to Hurricane Irma , the game between the Tigers and Panthers was canceled. On October 7, Georgia State defeated Coastal Carolina by a margin of 27–21. They earned their third straight win on October 14 with

3024-433: The season opener, leaving the punter, Bo Schlecter as starting quarterback. The 2012 season marked the last with Bill Curry as head coach as he had stated that he would retire after the end of the season. Throughout the season, the Panthers were plagued with inconsistencies on both the offense and defense, made worse by injuries on either side and inexperienced quarterbacks. Curry would end his final season (and only year in

3087-422: The second largest crowd of 28,427 for any Georgia State game. In 2015, Georgia State beat Georgia Southern 34–7 to give the worst home defeat for Georgia Southern since 1941. Currently, Georgia State leads the series 6-4. While Georgia State already had a history with Georgia Southern before the emergence of football, the schools' entry into the Sun Belt Conference would start an intense football rivalry. After

3150-408: The servicing arm of Norwest Mortgage, which included an $ 11 billion mortgage portfolio. In 1991, the company was forced to write-off $ 275 million in bad debt as part of a $ 436 million loss suffered from fraud committed by John McNamara , who ran a Ponzi scheme . In 1998, the company formed GMAC Real Estate . In 1999, GMAC Mortgage acquired Ditech . In 2000, the company formed GMAC Bank,

3213-531: The sides was unveiled in April 2013, drawing criticism from fans due to its use of a non-school color and lack of GSU emblem. However, after a two-day-long social media event that had fans unravelling parts of a "puzzle", Miles' altered uniforms were unveiled, showing up to 12 possible variations. Two different jerseys were shown, a blue home jersey with white numbers and lettering and a white away jersey with blue numbers and lettering. Both uniforms included numbering on

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3276-544: The sleeves and player names on the back. The uniforms also included three sets of pants, one pair copying the original whites, a blue pair, and an anthracite pair. Along with these changes, it was announced that the original blue helmet with the GSU insignia on it would still be available as a part of the uniform and would be worn at homecoming. Before each game, the seniors and captains decided which combination will be worn that week. The uniforms drew praise from Atlanta area fashion professionals, who cited it as "a modern take on

3339-568: The stadium as of the 2017 season is 25,000, although this is due to change with future phases of renovation. The field uses synthetic FieldTurf rather than field grass. From the program's inception in 2010 until the 2016 season, the Georgia State Panthers played home games in the Georgia Dome, located just north of the Georgia State main campus in Downtown Atlanta. It was the largest cable-supported domed stadium in

3402-501: The three-star running back Parris Lee. On February 25, 2009, Georgia State named Cheryl Levick as athletic director. Levick left Maryland, where she had served as the school's executive senior athletic director. By June 11, the CAA announced that they Georgia State was joining the conference and would officially begin CAA play during the 2012 season. The Panthers wouldn't play football until

3465-411: The time, the bank had 265 Charlotte employees in three business units. In May 2009, GMAC Bank was rebranded as Ally Bank. In May 2010, GMAC re-branded itself as Ally Financial. In September 2010, the company sold its resort finance business to Centerbridge Partners . In 2012, the company sold its Canadian banking operations to Royal Bank of Canada for $ 3.8 billion. In April 2014, it became

3528-406: The war is on." The two teams met on the gridiron during the 2014 football season at the Georgia Dome. During the run up to the game, fans from both teams expressed their dislike for the other over social media outlets such as Twitter , at times trending with tags of "SouthernNotState" which were used as slogans for shirts. Georgia Southern beat Georgia State by a final score of 69–31, while drawing

3591-485: The win granting bowl eligibility, and again in 2016, 30–24. Georgia State has won 3 straight football games against Georgia Southern. Georgia State began hosting its home games at Center Parc Stadium during the 2017 season. Originally built for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games as Centennial Olympic Stadium , the stadium was converted to Turner Field , a baseball stadium for the Atlanta Braves . Following

3654-539: The world and had a football capacity of 71,228. The regular capacity for GSU football games was 28,155 (the capacity of the lower bowl), however, the middle and upper bowls could be filled as overflow when necessary as has occurred twice since the program's inception. The Georgia Dome was closed on March 5, 2017, and demolished on November 20, 2017; the Dome's replacement, Mercedes-Benz Stadium , officially opened on August 26, 2017. The following are Panthers who played in

3717-399: Was earned during a kick return by Albert Wilson . Georgia State would finish its inaugural year with a 6–5 record. During its second year of play, the Panthers would record a 3–8 record. The season would be marked by a constant shuffle of quarterbacks after the 2009 starter Drew Little was suspended for the first four games and the second-string quarterback Kelton Hill was arrested prior to

3780-509: Was founded in 1919 by General Motors (GM) as the General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) to provide financing to automotive customers. In 1939, the company founded Motors Insurance Corporation and entered the vehicle insurance market. In 1985, while GM was under the leadership of Roger Smith , who sought to diversify the company, GMAC formed GMAC Mortgage and acquired Colonial Mortgage as well as

3843-506: Was relieved from duty as head coach, leaving Tim Lappano as interim head coach for the final two games. On December 8, 2016, South Carolina offensive line coach Shawn Elliott accepted the head coaching position at Georgia State, causing the Panthers to start the 2017 season with a new head coach and in the newly acquired Georgia State Stadium . Elliott had coached under Steve Spurrier and Will Muschamp in Columbia and had served as

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3906-415: Was reported that Trent Miles was fired, leaving with a career record of 9–38 at Georgia State. On December 9, 2016, Georgia State announced that it had hired former South Carolina co-offensive coordinator (2012–15), interim head coach (2015), and offensive line coach Shawn Elliott to lead the Panthers as head coach. His first recruiting class, shortened due to his late arrival at Georgia State, would be

3969-522: Was sold to Brookfield Asset Management . In 2009, Capmark filed for bankruptcy and its North American loan origination and servicing business was acquired by Berkadia, a joint venture of Leucadia National and Berkshire Hathaway . On December 24, 2008, the Federal Reserve accepted the company's application to become a bank holding company . In January 2009, the company closed Nuvell Financial Services , its subprime lending division. As

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