[NU Sports] Bowl Networks

[Mike Nolan]

> Saw a bowl listing on ESPN.com.  I had not realized this before, but  two 
> bowls, the Texas Bowl in Houston Dec 28 (TCU vs Houston) and the Insight in  
> Tempe (Indiana vs Oklahoma St) are said to be on the NFL Network.  I would  be 
> very disappointed to be a fan of one of these schools, and have to get the  NFL 
> Network (if my cable system would even let me) just to watch a bowl  game.

The last I heard, there were still 2 or 3 organizations trying to get
a new bowl game certified by the NCAA, which requires a sponsor and a 
TV contract.  If the BTN survives, it wouldn't surprse me to see them 
'hosting' a bowl game in the future.  Hey, that'd be one way for the Big 10 
to get more teams to bowl games!  

I wonder what conference will be the first to get ALL of their teams
to a bowl game?
  
> Of course, that always leaves the sports bar option, which isn't such a bad  
> thing...

Yes, I always enjoy being in a room full of strangers trying to keep me from
watching and listening to the game while sitting on uncomfortable furniture,
and paying high prices for poor quality drinks and even poorer quality 
food.  (And if the room is also smoke-filled, well, we won't get into that,
because it borders on violating the ban regarding political and religious 
content.  :wry grin:)
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Mike Nolan