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American Football Championship Game To Be Televised On ABC For 11th Consecutive Season

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IRVING, Texas –
The 2025 American Conference Football Championship Game will be televised on ABC, as announced Wednesday by the conference and ESPN.



The 2025 Championship Game is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. The game will be played at the home stadium of the conference’s regular-season champion and will kick off ABC’s Championship Weekend, which also includes the title games from the Big 12, SEC and ACC.



ABC has televised the American Championship Game each year since the game’s inception in 2015. The first 10 championship games have drawn a combined television audience of more than 26 million viewers.



Last year’s American Championship Game was an historic event in prime time on ABC as Army captured its first conference title in program history with a 35-14 win against Tulane at Michie Stadium. The Black Knights went on to finish 12-2, leading a group of six American teams to win bowl games as the conference earned the Bowl Challenge Cup as the top-performing league in Bowl Season.



The American had three teams win at least 10 games last year (Army, Memphis, Navy), joining the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC as the only conferences with at least three 10-win teams. Army (No. 21) and Memphis (No. 24) were ranked in the final Associated Press top 25, giving the conference at least two ranked teams in the final poll seven times in the league’s first 12 seasons.

Trustees approve updated USF stadium plan, paving the way for full construction to move forward

TAMPA, Fla. (April 29, 2025) – Construction on the University of South Florida’s transformational new on-campus stadium will soon ramp up significantly following the latest approval from the university’s Board of Trustees.



The plan presented today by USF leadership includes a project cost of $348.5 million, which has been revised from what was approved by the board in June 2023. Since that time USF has added to the project’s scope, including design and structural upgrades for potential future stadium expansion beyond the current expected seating capacity of approximately 35,000, build-out of academic space in the facility, vertical expansion of the Tampa General Hospital Center for Athletic Excellence, and enhanced locker room amenities, in addition to the general cost of goods increasing over the past two years. The funds added to the project will come from interest earnings on the $200 million in financing previously issued by the USF Financing Corp.

Since the formal groundbreaking ceremony for the stadium in late 2024, site preparation has been ongoing. The project team will now move forward with additional clearing at the site in May with full construction set to pick up shortly after. The construction schedule calls for final inspections to be completed in spring 2027, with USF moving into the facility over the summer in preparation of hosting the first events in fall 2027.



“The plan approved by the Board of Trustees represents another important milestone in the process to deliver a world-class stadium that the USF community and all of our supporters can enjoy for generations to come,” USF President Rhea Law said. “We are excited to see the construction take off on this iconic facility that will bring tens of thousands of fans to our campus, help build lifelong connections to USF and allow even more people to experience everything our university has to offer.”



Today USF also released a new rendering that showcases the east side of the stadium (opposite the student section) from the point of view of someone sitting on the north side. The image offers new views of premium suites and club seating, the press box and rooftop patio. It shows about 40 “living room” style loge seats with an up-close view from behind the end zone. Also visible is a field club with glass windows that provides an opportunity to cheer on student-athletes taking the field on game day.



"With our plans in place and construction preparations underway, we’ve officially entered the next chapter in delivering USF’s on-campus stadium, set to open in 2027,” said USF Vice President for Athletics Michael Kelly and USF Foundation CEO Jay Stroman, the co-chairs of the stadium planning committee. “This moment is the result of years of vision and planning. We are grateful for the passionate support of our donors, alumni, fans and the greater Tampa Bay area community — this stadium is being built by and for USF, and we can’t wait to take this next big step together.”



More information on the stadium is available here.



Also today, trustees approved $47.9 million in infrastructure upgrades needed as USF continues to develop the east side of the Tampa campus. In recent years the university has added several new facilities, such as the Judy Genshaft Honors College building and a Student Health & Wellness Center, and is preparing for future growth, including the new stadium. Among the enhancements will be a new lift station, water main and stormwater facility, as well as improved roadways, walkways and lighting. The project will be paid from state Public Education Capital Outlay funds previously allocated to USF in 2024 and carryforward dollars.
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Top 2025 Undrafted Players..

Jordan McCloud may …..finally…be out of eligibility, as he is listed as top 25 UFA QB by NFL.com


They list USF’s Nay'Quan Wright as the #4 RB available.

I always like these types of lists as it’s filled with former 5-stars, and other overhyped high schools recruits and extremely productive college football players who don’t have the measurables or athleticism to get drafted, see Miami’s Xavier Restrepo or our own Sean Atkins, who was not even this article’s list.

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