[Husker] Re: husker Digest, Vol 1, Issue 32

[Bob Clouston]

Yes, it definitely is used for HS games, playoffs anyway.  Our school
(Cedar Park) played there last weekend.  As part of the marching band, my
daughter got to go on the field.  I thought she'd be thrilled, but she 
didn't think much of it.  Her specific complaints were that the surface 
around the playing field was really choppy (probably tough for kids 
coming onto the field with instruments), and the seats were narrow and 
uncomfortable, and her overall impression was not favorable.

I think the Cowboys are trying to get a new stadium, and will try to 
lure the OU-Texas game away from the Cotton Bowl.  The Cotton Bowl 
thought they had a gentleman's agreement that they not do that unless 
the Cotton Bowl failed to get their committed renovations done.  I think 
it is a minor renovation.  The Cotton Bowl is over 70 years old.  I 
don't know if the new stadium people will go after the bowl game as well.

I don't remember why the Cotton Bowl fell out of favor, I suspect as 
bowl payouts escalated, they couldn't keep up.  I imagine the Fiesta 
Bowl outbid them for the spot in that Bowl Coalition (BCS predecessor).

Bob

> Subject:
> RE: [Husker] what happened to the Cotton Bowl?
> From:
> "Sean McGrath" <SeanM at omahasteaks.com>
> Date:
> Wed, 1 Dec 2004 05:00:19 -0600
> To:
> "Andy Knipp" <andy at knipp.com>, "husker_list" <husker at tssi.com>
> 
> 
> Having just gotten back from Irving for the holiday yes the city is as
> dry as dirt. This doesn't mean you can't bring it and tailgate just that
> you will not be buying it in Irving. From what I understand, they do use
> Texas stadium for HS ballgames and some average 40,000 or more for
> attendance.
> 
> Sean (still numb over the season)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Knipp [mailto:andy at knipp.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 9:13 AM
> To: husker_list
> Subject: RE: [Husker] what happened to the Cotton Bowl?
> 
> 
> IIRC, Texas Stadium is in a dry county (or it used to be)
> 
> Still I think it would be a good place for a bowl,  The SWC
> troubles of 80s and early 90s hurt.
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com]On Behalf
> Of gscratch1 at comcast.net
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 7:25 AM
> To: husker_list
> Subject: [Husker] what happened to the Cotton Bowl?
> 
> 
> 
>>The 5th BCS game may be a new bowl game rather than contracted to an
>>existing bowl game.
>>(I suspect the Cotton Bowl folks aren't happy with that possibility,
> 
> they
> got
> 
>>snubbed the last time around too.)
> 
> 
> just an idle (and innocent) question: why isn't the Cotton Bowl a major
> bowl?  When I lived in Houton many years ago, the impression I got was
> that
> the actual Cotton Bowl stadium was too old / too small.  If so, why note
> move the Cotton Bowl (game) moved to the Cowboys' field ?  Didn't the
> Sugar
> Bowl move to the Superdome?  besides, don't OU and TU still play in the
> actual Cotton Bowl stadium?
> 
> Glen
> ps - please feel free to delete if this is not sufficiently
> Husker-related.