[NU Sports] Sun Bowl FYI

[John A. DeGroat]

I can't go to the Sun Bowl, but bought a ticket anyway.  I think that it 
is important to show that NU can sell tickets.

John DeGroat

WildElk2 at aol.com wrote:

>    Per El Paso Times online,  both schools are obligated to purchase a 
>minimum of 8,000 tickets, and the Monday after the game was announced represented 
>the highest sales of tickets EVER in the 72 years of Sun Bowl history.  
>   Anyone know how NU sales are doing?  I can't go, as sadly (?)  I must 
>report that I'm leaving the cold of Pennsylvania in January in favor of a 7 day 
>Carribean cruise.
>   Just thinking...
>1) NU fans at bowls...Rose...60-70,000 
>2) Citrus...20,000 (?)
>3) Alamo (I was there) ...15,000-20,000 (lot's of red!) (?)
>4) Motor City (I was there)...10,000-15,000 (?)  
>
>Do these #'s sound right?  I'm assuming the bowl execs know we travel well, 
>and I hope they know that our fan base is spread out much more than most 
>schools; hence the poor home attendance.  I have my own thoughts on our low 
>attendance, which I deem as off-season fodder, but we all can hang our hat that when 
>were in a bowl, the bowl execs like us!
>
>     GO CATS!!!!!!!             Eric
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