Bowl Game

[LouAllen4prez]

Why doesn't the state host a bowl game at the rent?

 

[WrenchFan69]

Why doesn't the state host a bowl game at the rent?

Probably money plus the fact there are already 40 bowls they struggle to fill and keep remotely relevant

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Why doesn't the state host a bowl game at the rent?

Are you front-running Lou for 2020?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Because no sensible human being has ever said, "let's go to East Hartford in late December!".

 

[8893]

"Insurance City Bowl" does have a catchy ring to it, doesn't it?

 

[billybud]

The Hartford Stag Bowl.......sponsored by Hooter's....with Louisville as honorary host.

 

[huskymedic]

From the Football Forum

Bowl game at Wrigley Field is off — for now

>>The breakdown in negotiations occurred because Cubs officials wanted a premier spot in the Big Ten bowl lineup — the ability to land the conference’s No. 3 or No. 4 team. When Big Ten officials queried schools, they responded that they would prefer a warm-weather destination.

The Cubs had the finances arranged for a bowl game at Wrigley but declined to make a deal for a lower-slotted Big Ten team. The sides amicably parted ways and said they might revisit a potential game.

“The Cubs wanted to have a higher-placed team and a potentially more excited fan base,” a source said. “The Cubs said they’re not looking for a lower-tier bowl game; they’re very selective in what they do.”<<

 

[Waquoit]

Why doesn't the state host a bowl game at the rent?

Mostly because we don't want them wrecking the pitch even worse for soccer.

 

[Northbound]

I went to the Garden State Bowl in the Meadowlands - saw the Vols beat the Badgers - what the score was I have no idea. That team had Willie Gault, Anthony Hancock and Mike Cofer on it. Go Big Orange. The biggest thing I remember was getting halfway there and having to turn around because my friends father forgot the tickets.

Horrible idea - bowl game in Giants Stadium in the Winter. I think it was after the '81 game they figured out the post season bowl game was no bueno and came up with the idea of the preseason kickoff game - makes much more sense. Not sure of that because I thought the kickoff classic didn't start until well after that, but who knows.

 

[Guapo]

You guys, we're one of the few places that can host a bowl with a corporate sponser that makes sense:

The Hartford Bowl

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Hey, anybody else thinking about Lou Allen for President?

 

[gioff23]

I went to the Garden State Bowl in the Meadowlands - saw the Vols beat the Badgers - what the score was I have no idea. That team had Willie Gault, Anthony Hancock and Mike Cofer on it. Go Big Orange. The biggest thing I remember was getting halfway there and having to turn around because my friends father forgot the tickets.

Horrible idea - bowl game in Giants Stadium in the Winter. I think it was after the '81 game they figured out the post season bowl game was no bueno and came up with the idea of the preseason kickoff game - makes much more sense. Not sure of that because I thought the kickoff classic didn't start until well after that, but who knows.

The ONLY reason they had that bowl was for RU. in 76, they declined an invitation to play McNeese State in the inaugural Independence Bowl, feeling snubbed by more prestigious bowls despite having an undefeated 11–0 season. In 1978, Rutgers appeared in its first bowl game, the Garden State Bowl, which it lost to Arizona State 34–18. Once they reverted to form, that is losing, there was no reason to have 2 teams come up to North Jersey to play a game no one wanted to see.

Let's wait until we get snubbed by a prestigious bowl after going 12-0 before we host the Hartford Bowl.

It's times like these, I wish we had a dedicated forum to discuss college football. Oh wait ...

 

[Guapo]

The ONLY reason they had that bowl was for RU. in 76, they declined an invitation to play McNeese State in the inaugural Independence Bowl, feeling snubbed by more prestigious bowls despite having an undefeated 11–0 season. In 1978, Rutgers appeared in its first bowl game, the Garden State Bowl, which it lost to Arizona State 34–18. Once they reverted to form, that is losing, there was no reason to have 2 teams come up to North Jersey to play a game no one wanted to see.

Let's wait until we get snubbed by a prestigious bowl after going 12-0 before we host the Hartford Bowl.

It's times like these, I wish we had a dedicated forum to discuss college football. Oh wait ...

The Cesspool?

 

[LouAllen4prez]

Just makes a lotta sense I think, lotta big time local business to draw in fans (i.e. Cabela's, McDonalds, Pratt & Whitney)