[NU Sports] Scary article in the Sun-Times

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

The biggest problem with the Motown Bowl s when it is scheduled.  I'm from Detroit, and believe me, getting my wife, who puts up with a  lot from me, to go there the day before Christmas would be marital suicide.

John DeGroat  
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From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> Now, just to be fair to my former home state ... :)
> 
> I think Detroit is getting a bad rap (not to say Toronto isn't a great place 
> either). For a "minor" bowl, it makes good sense:
> 
> - Fans get excited about big travel for big bowls but don't always want to 
> travel for smaller bowls after a 7-5 season or so. So Detroit makes sense in 
> that MAC fans and Big Ten fans can get there within a day's drive in most cases.
> 
> - Downtown Detroit was set up quite nicely by the stadium and easy to get around 
> (plus the stadium is literally right off the freeway if you don't feel like 
> hanging around Greektown after the game.
> 
> - The stadium itself was wonderful - it's the only dome I've been in that didn't 
> feel cramped ... it was spacious and had good views of the field.
> 
> Plus it's still not as muggy as Florida. :) I know, I know -- but NU's more 
> national fan base aside, most fan bases in the Big Ten just wouldn't be able to 
> follow their team to Naples after a 6-6 year but might be able to make Detroit.
> 
> That being said, we should not end up in Detroit this year and if we do it 
> wouldn't be right. An 8-4 or 9-3 Big Ten team deserves a higher bowl, so it 
> would have much more to do with us being shafted than the city of Detroit 
> itself.
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
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> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
> 
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