Big Ten, Pinstripe Bowl announce 8-year deal

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The Big Ten and the Pinstripe Bowl announced an 8-year agreement at Yankee Stadium on Monday afternoon.

The Big Ten will replace the Big 12 in the bowl game in 2014 and run until 2021.

"The Big Ten Conference playing college football at Yankee Stadium is something I know my father would be proud to see come to fruition," New York Yankees managing partner Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement Monday. "He had a great passion for college football and spoke glowingly of his involvement with several of the conference's programs. Welcoming a national powerhouse conference like the Big Ten to participate in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl and partner with the New York Yankees for years to come only expands the prestige of our great annual bowl game in New York City."

The Big Ten's addition of Rutgers made the Pinstripe Bowl another good fit for a league trying to lay greater claim to the country's largest media market.

"Once we saw the success of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, it became obvious – especially with the Big Ten's growing East Coast footprint – that being in the media capital of the world at one of sports' most renowned venues was a natural pairing," said Big Ten Commissioner James E. Delany in a statement Monday. "By agreeing to an eight-year partnership, it increases the likelihood that most of the Big Ten schools will have the opportunity to participate in the game, while giving our coaches, student-athletes, administrators and fans the opportunity to experience the nation's biggest metropolis and an iconic setting like Yankee Stadium."

In last year's Pinstripe Bowl, Syracuse dismantled West Virginia for a 38-14 victory before a record-crowd of 41,203. The 2013 game will take place on Dec. 28 on ESPN.

Contributing: Wire reports.