Florida A&M's Townsend announces 2015 football schedule, reveals potential bowl game

NELSON TOWNSEND
INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Florida A&M interim athletic director Nelson Townsend announced Florida A&M's 2015 football schedule during a nearly hourlong question and answer session with the 220 Quarterback Club Wednesday afternoon.

During the meeting, Townsend also revealed plans for a potential end-of-season bowl game between the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Southwest Athletic Conference. The bowl would take the champions from both conferences, removing them from the Football Championship Subdivision playoff picture.

Townsend said teams from both conferences would still be eligible to receive at-large bids, though typically only the champions from each conference earns a spot in the FCS playoffs. He added FAMU voted against the potential bowl game, and that the SWAC still needs to vote before plans for the game are finalized.

"That is the plan but it has not ...

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