The Frisco Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played in Frisco, Texas , since December 2017. The bowl has a tie-in with the American Athletic Conference , and chooses another team at-large .
10-612: DXL was the bowl's inaugural sponsor from 2017 to 2018, followed by Tropical Smoothie Cafe from 2019 to 2021, and Scooter's Coffee beginning in 2023. On April 21, 2017, it was announced that the Miami Beach Bowl —which had been owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference (The American)—had been sold to ESPN Events and that it would relocate to Frisco, Texas , to be played in Toyota Stadium starting in
20-502: A Sun Belt opponent in 2017 and 2019, and face a Mid-American Conference (MAC) opponent in 2018. In 2017, the inaugural game featured a matchup between The American and Conference USA (C-USA). The Frisco Bowl then secured an affiliation with The American through the 2021 season, with opponents to be selected at-large. The 2018 matchup featured teams from the MAC and Mountain West , as The American
30-472: A bankruptcy auction. At the time, Casual Male was the largest specialty retailer of men's clothing in the U.S. big and tall market. After completing the acquisition, the newly formed Casual Male Retail Group, Inc elected to focus on those stores, selling off their other businesses and assuming the Casual Male name. In 2004, the company acquired Rochester Big & Tall Clothing, which gave the company access to
40-404: A number of designer brands including Robert Graham , Tommy Bahama , Cutter & Buck , Jack Victor, and Robert Talbott. That same year, Casual Male hired former champion boxer George Foreman to promote the chain and act as spokesman for new lines of clothing bearing his name. In 2005, Casual Male changed the name of its stores from Casual Male Big & Tall to Casual Male XL. In 2010,
50-519: Is a leading retailer of Men's Big and Tall apparel with 290 retail and outlet store locations throughout the United States operated under the business subsidiaries DXL and Casual Male XL. The company also operates an e-commerce website (dxl.com) and an Android and iOS mobile app serving customers in the United States, Canada , The United Kingdom , Greater China and other global markets. The company
60-700: Is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts , and is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "DXLG". What is now Destination XL Group was founded in 1976 by Calvin Margolis and Stanley Berger as Designs, Inc. Until 1995, Designs, Inc operated exclusively in Levi Strauss & Co. branded apparel mall and outlet stores. In May 2002, Designs, Inc. acquired the Casual Male Big & Tall chain of stores at
70-405: The 2017 season. On November 8, 2017, it was announced that Destination XL Group , a retailer specializing in big and tall menswear, had signed on as the inaugural title sponsor of the bowl. On December 3, 2017, SMU and Louisiana Tech were announced as the teams for the inaugural playing of the bowl. In 2019, Tropical Smoothie Cafe became the new title sponsor. In 2023, Scooter's Coffee became
80-629: The company opened its first DXL store in Schaumburg, Illinois offering customers an extensive assortment of products, ranging from value-oriented to luxury-oriented with an increased presence of name brands. In 2011, based on the success of the DXL store format, the company launched the destinationxl.com ecommerce website, which has since been rebranded to dxl.com. In 2019, the company closed all remaining Rochester Clothing stores. Robert Graham (fashion brand) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
90-590: The new title sponsor. The 2020 Frisco Bowl was originally set to be contested by the SMU Mustangs , from The American, and the UTSA Roadrunners , from Conference USA . The game was slated to be the first matchup between the two teams. Two days after the matchup was announced, the 2020 edition was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns with the SMU football team. Initial planning had been to have teams from The American face
100-634: Was unable to provide a team, due to its champion, UCF , receiving a New Year's Six bowl bid. MAC and Mountain West teams again met in 2019, as The American's champion, Memphis , again received a New Year's Six bid. Rankings per AP Poll prior to the game being played. Source: Updated through the December 2023 edition (6 games, 12 total appearances). Updated through the December 2022 edition (6 games, 12 total appearances). The bowl has been televised by ESPN or ESPN2 since its inception. Destination XL Group Destination XL Group, Inc. ( DXLG )
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