Since 2006 , the second bid has gone to a team from the SEC , setting up an all-Southern bowl game . As of 2010 , the SEC has the right to override the Conference USA champion and instead replace them with an opponent from the Big East Conference , now the American Athletic Conference . At the same time , the PapaJohns.com Bowl was given the option of a Conference USA team instead of a Big East team . They chose not to do this for the first year of this arrangement , allowing C-USA champions UCF to play Georgia
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium