[NU Sports] New ESPN bowl pojections

[John Labbe]

I also agree that we want to get into the most prestigious bowl  
possible.  It would be far better in my mind, for instance, to go to  
the Rose Bowl and lose (even by several touchdowns), than to go to the  
Motor City Bowl and win.  A bowl win would be nice, but just going to  
a prestigious bowl game does a lot to raise awareness of the team and  
help recruiting.  As a recruit, I'd rather know that I might play in  
the Rose Bowl some day then go to the Motor City bowl.  Plus, a heck  
of a lot more people watch the big bowls then the smaller bowls.

However, for the mid-level bowls, I don't think there's much  
difference in prestige.  How many people see much difference in terms  
of prestige between the Alamo, Champs, and Insight, for instance?  At  
that point, I think we want to get into the game where we have the  
best chance to win, and perhaps a destination where fans will want to  
go.  This is why I would prefer to see us in the Champs versus the  
Alamo.


On Nov 30, 2008, at 10:50 PM, Jim Bendat wrote:

> I think we should be rooting for the most prestigious bowl possible;  
> i.e. a New Year's Day game.
>
> If we don't get to play on Jan. 1st, I consider the Alamo or Champs  
> Sports bowl as equals. And, I don't care who we play. We can't look  
> past an ACC team, and we can't be intimidated by a Big 12 team. I  
> think Fitz will have our team ready. -- Jim B.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> Chuck Herron wrote:
>>
>> If we eliminate our likes/dislikes, which bowl should we be rooting  
>> for
>> entirely from the standpoint of the program ?
>>
>
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