[NU Sports] sec bowl foes

[Anthony Mallas]

The location of the game is more important that who we play??  What is the reason for the bowl game anyway?  Obviously there are places I'd rather travel to a bowl game than Detroit (where I'd have to pack a gun) or El Paso.  If NU had a chance to play a bowl game against  team a little better than they are and look real good beating them on national TV it would make little difference to me where the game was as long as NU got the money and the recognition for the win (too bad you have to share the money with the rest of the schools in the conference).  That's the real object isn't it?  Wouldn't that be better for the school than playing a team that would beat the stuffings out of them or a team that everyone expects them to beat in say...Hawaii?    Sure, I'd love it if NU had a bowl game in Vegas or Orlando where others in your party who don't enjoy football would want to go as much as you do.  That would significantly increase my chances of attending...if you know what I m!
ean!  You
 would think there are enough stadiums around the country so that bowl games could be in more interesting locations so both the match-up and the location would be a reason to attend.  I also miss the Big Ten / Pac 10 match-ups.  Big Ten vs. SEC bowl games just don't have the same excitment associated with them.  
 
Anthony Mallas

"Mark S. Ament" <prplehaze at insightbb.com> wrote:
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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