NO Bowl 2008....
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Wise Owl
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NO Bowl 2008....
Im Fairly confident that we will be back in the NO Bowl. So much in fact that I have started saving my pennies to GO to the trip this year. Now I just have to sell the wife on the idea. The REAL deal killer was the date so close to Xmas this year.
Does anyone know if they have set a date for 2008?
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick @$$ and I'm out of bubble gum.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2006
Re: NO Bowl 2008....
owlfamily said
So,
Im Fairly confident that we will be back in the NO Bowl. So much in fact that I have started saving my pennies to GO to the trip this year. Now I just have to sell the wife on the idea. The REAL deal killer was the date so close to Xmas this year.
Does anyone know if they have set a date for 2008?
Hopefully we do so well, we can go to another bowl. In either case pretty sure the N.O. Bowl will be around the same time as it was this year
"New Orleans Bowl Tickets — The Bayou's Bowl
One of the earliest scheduled bowl games, the New Orleans Bowl always kicks off college football's postseason in grand style. The 2008 edition will feature teams from Conference USA and the Sun Belt Conference going head-to-head at the Superdome in December."
My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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Wise Owl
Member since 2007
Re: NO Bowl 2008....
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Member since 2003
Re: NO Bowl 2008....
There have been rumors that it could be switched to a day or two before New Year's - even on New Year's Eve, but those rumors also involve the potential influx of teams from other (SEC?) conferences and a possible take-over by the Sugar Bowl.
Don't be too sure of a repeat visit, or a bowl upgrade. The unfortunate way our conference is perceived and especially, promoted, an upgrade is unlikely due to primary and secondary bowl tie-ins (none of which the 'Belt has). Well, maybe if a team goes undefeated … I guess we got lucky in 2004 and 2006.
Some comments I read here sound eerily similar to what was said numerous times on GoTroyTrojans.com. I even fell into it, lulled by the certainty that even an 8-4 second place team would never be left home. But that is not how the inequitable NCAA / BCS operate.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2006
Re: NO Bowl 2008....
BMarkey said
The seven New Orleans Bowls have been played on the 21st or 22nd of December for two years. The game ranged from Dec. 14 to 22.
There have been rumors that it could be switched to a day or two before New Year's - even on New Year's Eve, but those rumors also involve the potential influx of teams from other (SEC?) conferences and a possible take-over by the Sugar Bowl.
Don't be too sure of a repeat visit, or a bowl upgrade. The unfortunate way our conference is perceived and especially, promoted, an upgrade is unlikely due to primary and secondary bowl tie-ins (none of which the 'Belt has). Well, maybe if a team goes undefeated … I guess we got lucky in 2004 and 2006.
Some comments I read here sound eerily similar to what was said numerous times on GoTroyTrojans.com. I even fell into it, lulled by the certainty that even an 8-4 second place team would never be left home. But that is not how the inequitable NCAA / BCS operate.
They may be one of our rival schools but as FAU fans we ALL know Troy got ripped off! I'm sure we can all come up with a list of schools they could have maybe beaten had they been invited to a bowl.
My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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Wise Owl
Member since 2004
Re: NO Bowl 2008....
GO OWLS!!!
2017 and 2019 Conference USA Champions
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Wise Owl
Member since 2007
Re: NO Bowl 2008....
BMarkey said
The seven New Orleans Bowls have been played on the 21st or 22nd of December for two years. The game ranged from Dec. 14 to 22.
There have been rumors that it could be switched to a day or two before New Year's - even on New Year's Eve, but those rumors also involve the potential influx of teams from other (SEC?) conferences and a possible take-over by the Sugar Bowl.
Don't be too sure of a repeat visit, or a bowl upgrade. The unfortunate way our conference is perceived and especially, promoted, an upgrade is unlikely due to primary and secondary bowl tie-ins (none of which the 'Belt has). Well, maybe if a team goes undefeated … I guess we got lucky in 2004 and 2006.
Some comments I read here sound eerily similar to what was said numerous times on GoTroyTrojans.com. I even fell into it, lulled by the certainty that even an 8-4 second place team would never be left home. But that is not how the inequitable NCAA / BCS operate.
Yup, not making any "Hard" reservations by any means, just sowing the seeds early buy saving some flow, and allowing enough time to gather STP's (Spousal Tolerance Points) with the wife to get it done. We werent/arent dominant enough on ANYONE in the SB to assume its ours. We will have to earn it again.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick @$$ and I'm out of bubble gum.
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Member since 2006
Re: NO Bowl 2008....
owlfamily said
We werent/arent dominant enough on ANYONE in the SB to assume its ours. We will have to earn it again.
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*…….
Thats right Bing, tell him what he's won!
(Although it wish it were not true and we spanked everyone by 50+! ;D)
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Wise Owl
Member since 2004
Re: NO Bowl 2008....
GO OWLS!!!
2017 and 2019 Conference USA Champions
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