[NU Sports] sec bowl foes

[Mark S. Ament]

I agree that bowl location is more important than who we play and I enjoyed
San Antonio as well.  The Alamo Bowl was my first trip to San Antonio and it
was a pleasant surprise how nice the town was and how much fun it was-well,
other than the game of course.  My comments about El Paso are second-hand
since I've never been there, but I have yet to hear a good thing about it as
a bowl destination. It's also too far for most NU fans and not easy for most
people to get to without a charter.

You can also strike the IU-UK game from the list of BT-SEC games following
this season, I believe.  The contract runs out after this year, I believe,
and they have decided not to renew it at least until the 12 game schedule
becomes permanent.

Mark
Mark S. Ament
prplehaze at insightbb.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Brad Wilson
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:37 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] sec bowl foes

The only reason the Big Ten might play SEC teams is
that it's relatively rare for BT teams to play SEC
teams in non-league games. Indiana-Kentucky happens
each year, but other than that, I cannot remember too
many BT-SEC regular-season games. I kind of like
seeing BT teams play (to me) unfamiliar foes such as
Alabama and Mississippi (but if I lived the South as
Mr. Ament does I might well differ). 

On the other hand, almost every BT team plays Pac-10
teams in non-league games so bowl games with PAC-10
teams have more chances of being rematches. 

I do feel that bowl location is much more important
than who we play. While I would have gladly gone to El
Paso had the Cats gone there, I know many people were
cool to the idea, and I also know Wisconsin fans who
disliked El Paso intensely when they went there. I'd
lobby for a hookup in a place to visit that might be
fun (my tastes in this are not typical, I grant; I
disliked Orlando but loved San Antonio) such as San
Francisco.

Brad Wilson


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