Worst bowl game to go to, from the perspective of the player

not going to a bowl kind of sucks

I would rather play in Charlotte than Boise.

Pinstripe last year was the worst

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4) Charlotte

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..... Really?

Charlotte is an awesome city


Thinking Shreveport is better than Charlotte....LOL

I had a friend who played in the Idaho bowl in Boise one year and he said it sucked. Nothing to do and cold as frick.

It's all based on perspective.

I think it would suck to travel to a colder local than your school.

Also, if you're a team like USC or Notre Dame and going to El Paso; Georgia and going to Shreveport, you'll be disappointed.

This year, I would say Maryland would be most disappointed.

They're an ACC team moving to the Big 10 and playing Marshall 10 miles from home (still in the cold weather) in a stadium used for soccer and worthy of demolition.

Charlotte seems like a fairly decent place for a bowl game as far as cities go, although the game is sometimes pretty cold. It's not a vacation destination like New Orleans, Nashville, or San Diego, but it's not nearly as bad as some others.

Having spent time in most of the bowl cities, for me the worst by far is El Paso. I find it very ugly aesthetically and disagree that it's scenic. The city seems much smaller than its 19th ranked population. It's a very working class/Walmart type of city with very few upscale neighborhoods.

Boise is probably second. It's a much nicer city than El Paso overall, but it's winter and who wants to go to an above average city for a bowl game in the winter?

Both cities are also predominantly one race/culture and have very few black people. To me that is a negative, others may disagree.

El Paso is actually a pretty great bowl site in the Winter. Boise is much worse.

I went to the Sun Bowl once and it was beyond shitty. Add to the horrible city of El Paso, it's cold there and right across the river from a huge shanty town and the crime infested city of Juarez.

I think this year for Arkansas State, they have to feel apathetic about their bowl game.

not only will this be the third year in a row to play here for a bowl, but they also had to play here during the regular season against the South Alabama Jags.

there is a parade for the fans during the week leading up to the game but it in no way compares to the real Mardi Gras atmosphere of this city.

-there are less people to watch it.
-there are fewer bands that march in it.
-fewer floats.
-small parade route.

I'm sure it doesn't matter to those folks though.


oh, and I wouldn't recommend going to Gulf Shores or Dauphin Island. Not exactly a good idea to go to the beach in early January.