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re: Worst bowl game to go to, from the perspective of the player
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:27 am to LSUGrad9295
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:27 am to LSUGrad9295
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So what do the players do there for the whole week when they come for the bowl?
Hit up Sammy's and the Furnace, eat at Dreamland, go hang out in the Lakeview district, where all the college and recent grads go barhopping, go to Hoover to the mall, visit Children's hospital and visit cancer patients.
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Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:28 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
1. the little caesars pizza bowl- in detroit
then id put bham and s-port
then id put bham and s-port
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:28 am to CunningLinguist
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Whatever bowl is in Idaho is the worst
This.
Going to the Humanitarian Bowl or whatever the frick it's called this year to freeze your arse off in exciting Boise, Idaho, is not what I'd call a reward.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:30 am to CunningLinguist
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Whatever bowl is in Idaho is the worst
This. Number 2 would be El Paso. Yes, that number 2
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:31 am to teke184
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from the perspective of the player
It's not about the site--It's about the SWAG. There was an article this week that outlined the "gift bags" that the teams get for going to each bowl. There was one where all they got was a Fossil watch. That's the worst bowl game from their perspective.
They wouldn't give a shite about Boise or Birmingham if they got a new PlayStation out of it.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:32 am to tigerpimpbot
el paso has to be better than detroit.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:34 am to lsutigers1992
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They wouldn't give a shite about Boise or Birmingham if they got a new PlayStation out of it
There's a sliding scale of swag.
I'd take less in handouts from a bowl in Hawaii if I got to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience over there.
I'd expect really nice stuff if I ended up freezing my nuts off in Toronto, Boise, Detroit, etc.
That's not to say Toronto has nothing to do, as it's a good city, but I don't want to fricking visit it in December.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:38 am to heartbreakTiger
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el paso has to be better than detroit.
If the players are permitted to cross the river to Windsor and legally drink and gamble @ 19, it's probably a great time for them.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:40 am to teke184
Ive alwasys found it interesting that when talking about bowl games, its always about the experience the players get. Well if you want a life experience, then there is NOTHING better then being in New York City during the holidays...period. Not only should there be a bowl game in NYC...but i think there should be a major bowl game there (Empire Bowl or Big Apple Bowl). You're telling me that kids from the South or West wouldnt want to see:
Empire State Building
Times Square
Statue of Liberty
Central Park
Rockafeller Center
World Trade Center Memorial
Ellis Island
Macy's
Madison Square Garden
Yankee Stadium
and on and on!
Empire State Building
Times Square
Statue of Liberty
Central Park
Rockafeller Center
World Trade Center Memorial
Ellis Island
Macy's
Madison Square Garden
Yankee Stadium
and on and on!
This post was edited on 12/13/13 at 10:42 am
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:43 am to LSUGrad9295
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.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:47 am to marchballer
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frick
Why do people do this?
If you mean "frick", say it. Man the frick up.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:49 am to Sophandros
quote:quote:
Why do people do this?
If you mean "frick", say it. Man the frick up.
The filter fricking fricks it up at times.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:54 am to teke184
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There's a sliding scale of swag.
I'd take less in handouts from a bowl in Hawaii if I got to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience over there.
I'd expect really nice stuff if I ended up freezing my nuts off in Toronto, Boise, Detroit, etc
Isn't there a max on this stuff though, something like $500 in gifts to the players, that the NCAA will allow? I wouldn't want to be known as the cheapskate bowl that only gives a fossil watch. All of them really should max out on the players gifts. And I saw where several of them are doing a "store" where players get to pick from several items as long as they don't go over this limit. You could get a PlayStation and not much else, or get a few smaller items to add up to it.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:54 am to teke184
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R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Sat., Dec. 21, 9 p.m. (ESPN); New Orleans
Gift suite; Fossil watch
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Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman
Fri., Dec. 27, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN); Annapolis, Md.
Sony PlayStation 4; winter hat; Ogio backpack
"From the perspective of the player,"
Annapolis >>>>>>> New Orleans
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:55 am to teke184
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That's not to say Toronto has nothing to do, as it's a good city, but I don't want to fricking visit it in December.
You can go snort a line with the mayor.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:55 am to tigerpimpbot
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El Paso
Average high in December/January is 58.
Trip to Mexico?
This doesn't look bad.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:58 am to Tigertown in ATL
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Trip to Mexico?
Idk if they would allow the teams to go visit Ciudad Juarez where the State Department has a travel warning. Some of them may not come back.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:59 am to Tigertown in ATL
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Hyundai Sun Bowl
Tues., Dec. 31, 2 p.m. (CBS); El Paso, Texas
Gift suite; Timely Watch Co. watch; Top of the World cap, Majestic fleece pullover; Ogio backpack; coin, Helen of Troy hair dryer
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Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Thurs., Dec. 26, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Detroit
Timely Watch Co. watch; leather luggage set; football
Both their SWAG bags suck, so I'd just go with El Paso. But I do vaguely remember it snowing for one of the Sun Bowl games. I'm not imagining it, am I?
Posted on 12/13/13 at 11:00 am to GetCocky11
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Idk if they would allow the teams to go visit Ciudad Juarez where the State Department has a travel warning.
Probably true.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 11:02 am to Tigertown in ATL
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Idk if they would allow the teams to go visit Ciudad Juarez where the State Department has a travel warning.
Probably true.
Can't remember if it is the Sun Bowl (El Paso / Juarez), the Holiday Bowl (San Diego / Tijuana), or both, where the feds give a briefing to the players each year on why they need to stay on the US side of the line.
It wouldn't surprise me if it was both given that both of those cities are having drug wars right now.
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