[NU Sports] Scary article in the Sun-Times

Tue Nov 18 09:55:00 CST 2008

I recall, though, that in the games the NFL has played in Mexico, the majority of the fans were from Mexico...that might make a financial justification difficult for a game in Monterrey or Mexico CIty, not sure.? 

Indeed, one of the interesting 'charms' of the Sun Bowl in El Paso was the huge local support - I believe locals bought a majority of the tickets.? And their billboards said it eloquently - 'You play - We party'

Jonathan's mention of the Bacardi Bowl sounds great...rooms at the Hotel Nacional, classy gaming down in the Casino, rum drinks on the Malecon...

Chuck Herron?? Tech '85

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From: Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
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San Juan, Puerto Rico would be a nice destination - I've traveled down there on business and in terms of price it's about equal to the Florida destinations, and, depending on when you go, the airfare isn't too much different.

There has been a bowl game in the Caribbean before, though, the Bacardi Bowl held in Havana, Cuba during pre-Castro times.? There were 7 games between 1907 and 1946 - 6 of those matchups featured an American school versus a Cuban school; the final matchup was between Auburn and Villanova.

The biggest issue nowadays is, of course, getting a bowl location that will attract enough fans to fill up the stadium, and once you get outside the continental US, that becomes more difficult (look at the bowl game(s) in Hawaii when U. of Hawaii is not playing), and, again, since it's all about money it is difficult to justify such a game when the stadium is empty and there aren't tourists boosting the local economy.

Jonathan

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:07 AM, <cherron604 at aol.com> wrote:

This is great - I love the idea of San Juan - Detroit has a bowl, Canada has a bowl, but Mexico and the Caribbean are not represented.? I'm sure there are plenty of soccer stadiums in San Juan, or Monterrey...maybe even Cabo San Lucas (also plenty of Coronas and Pacificos in the pre- and post-game tailgates...)

THIS is what Jim Delaney needs to be working on...<g>

Chuck Herron?? Tech '85

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I agree, I'd MUCH rather go to Toronto than Detroit.? Get them to put a small
bowl in Sarasota or Naples or Fort Myers or San Juan or even Rockford, but
Detroit ??? :)

I was "half" kidding about these cities, because I know you have to have a
stadium present, but get the Big Ten to switch out Detroit for Toronto.

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Sent: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 9:51 pm
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This will sound cold, but...

If NU somehow gets screwed and ends up in Detroit, it will be the fans duty
to ignore the game totally...they can watch it, but don't buy a ticket, and
don't contribute a dime to Detroit's economy.

Only in this way can it be impressed upon the conference powers-that-be
(i.e. Jim Delaney)

a) no one considers Detroit a pleasant bowl destination, and

b) conference rules that allow massive bowl-game screwings can have
consequences

A conference should not maintain a bowl tie-in that practically every
conference team loathes (and considers an invitation to it to be a ?screwing).
8
wins should get you to some place you want to go. ?Jim ?Delaney makes a boatload

of money - let him start earning it.

Chuck Herron ? Tech '85

ps - any rumors on how many tickets remain for Saturday ? ?Are ?Illinois
sales lukewarm ?

In a message dated 11/17/2008 5:20:58 P.M. Central Standard Time,
Martinitis at aol.com writes:

If I ?read it right, an article today in the Sun-Times seems to say that if
we
lose to Illinois, the Insight Bowl would have the right to select Illinois
over NU even if we're 8-4 and the Illini are 6-6.....Translation; we could
still
end up in ?Detroit.

_http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/1282839,CST-SPT-nufb17.article_
(http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/1282839,CST-SPT-nufb17.article)

GO CATS! ?TROUNCE THE ILLINI! ?GO TO FLORIDA!

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