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The Music City Bowl is a post-season American College Football game certified by the NCAA that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee , since 1998 . The first game was at Vanderbilt Stadium . Beginning in 1999 , the game has been played at The Coliseum , home of the Tennessee Titans . Beginning in 2002 , the game became known as the '''Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl'''. In 2003 , it became officially called the '''Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented by Bridgestone'''. The game initially featured a matchup between represenatives of the Southeastern Conference and the Big East Conference , but the Big East was replaced by the Big Ten Conference effective in 2002. Beginning with the 2006 game, the Big Ten Conference will be replaced by the Atlantic Coast Conference . Previous sponsors of the bowl game have included American General Life & Accident (now a subsidiary of AIG ) in the inaugural 1998 game, and the now-defunct "homepoint.com" in the 1999 game. There was no sponsor in 2000 and 2001 . PREVIOUS RESULTS Virginia from the ACC replaced the SEC team, as that conference did not have enough teams with six wins for qualifying to a bowl game. MVPS SEE ALSO List Of College Bowl Games EXTERNAL LINKS
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