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Create a Bowl game
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:55 am
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:55 am
If you could create a bowl game, what city, what sponsor and what two conferences do you go with?
Houston is the city - there’s only 1 bowl game in the country’s 4th largest city. This is just not acceptable.
Big12 vs ACC - two P5 leagues with large fan bases in the state. With the addition of the former Pac12 teams, Houston is a great neutral location between the two leagues footprints. If these two leagues don’t work then you could always go with Sunbelt vs C USA
Shell Energy Stadium - perfect site. You don’t need a massive stadium like NRG. This stadium holds 22K. This would be enough. Awesome location in downtown. This is the home to the Houston Dynamo soccer and Texas Southern football. So a FB game can definitely be done.
Call it the “Shell Energy Bowl”
Houston is the city - there’s only 1 bowl game in the country’s 4th largest city. This is just not acceptable.
Big12 vs ACC - two P5 leagues with large fan bases in the state. With the addition of the former Pac12 teams, Houston is a great neutral location between the two leagues footprints. If these two leagues don’t work then you could always go with Sunbelt vs C USA
Shell Energy Stadium - perfect site. You don’t need a massive stadium like NRG. This stadium holds 22K. This would be enough. Awesome location in downtown. This is the home to the Houston Dynamo soccer and Texas Southern football. So a FB game can definitely be done.
Call it the “Shell Energy Bowl”
This post was edited on 12/18/23 at 9:59 am
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Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:06 am to turnpiketiger
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Shell Energy Stadium - perfect site. You don’t need a massive stadium like NRG. This stadium holds 22K.
You also need one larger than 22K.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:06 am to turnpiketiger
Only problem is all of the warm-weather places have at least one bowl game currently. Indianapolis and Minneapolis have domes that would be good for a game, but a bowl trip is about more than the game. Indianapolis or Minneapolis in December or January aren't that appealing, unless you want to go ice fishing in Minnesota.
Not saying there shouldn't be more bowl games because more college football is always great. But there aren't a lot of places left for bowls.
Not saying there shouldn't be more bowl games because more college football is always great. But there aren't a lot of places left for bowls.
This post was edited on 12/18/23 at 10:07 am
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:13 am to LSUAlum2001
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You also need one larger than 22K.
Why?
Most bowls have less than 22k attendance including some new years day bowls
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:17 am to LSUAlum2001
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You also need one larger than 22K.
Have you seen the attendance for these lower tier bowl games? The stadiums are empty. 22K is more than enough for two 6-6 teams especially if it’s G5 teams.
Better yet make it Sun Belt vs Big12. I can’t imagine Texas State vs Arizona State needing more than 22K around Christmas time.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:18 am to turnpiketiger
The Diamond Bowl
War Memorial, Little Rock, AR
Div II Champion vs FCS Champion
War Memorial, Little Rock, AR
Div II Champion vs FCS Champion
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:19 am to Domeskeller
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Only problem is all of the warm-weather places have at least one bowl game currently.
Houston weather can be really nice in late December. It can also be chilly but not miserable. This year it would have been perfect.
DFW has 4 bowl games. Houston has 1. Considering the weather and population on top of all the things to do and see, Houston can certainly support 1 more low tier bowl game.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:20 am to Jon Ham
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Div II Champion vs FCS Champion
I was with you until this part. Be realistic here. That won’t happen.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:22 am to Jon Ham
Nobody wants to get shot walking into or out of that piece of shite stadium.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:22 am to turnpiketiger
Give me a bowl in Salt Lake City in late December for early parts of ski season. Utah’s stadium can host it and it can be sponsored by Vail Resorts or something. I’d say Mountain West vs. Big 12 or Big 10 would make sense
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:34 am to grizzlylongcut
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Nobody wants to get shot walking into or out of that piece of shite stadium.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:52 am to turnpiketiger
they should do something like high school playoffs in texas. play multiple playoff games in same city. some games on friday some on saturday.
one in the morning one in the afternoon.
one in the morning one in the afternoon.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:54 am to turnpiketiger
In Lambeau, in December called the Sargento Freeze your Curds Off Bowl or the Culvers Better Brand of Beef Bowl
This post was edited on 12/18/23 at 10:57 am
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:05 am to turnpiketiger
The Bourbon Bowl
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:08 am to turnpiketiger
Give me a bowl game between a team of prisoners and the worst P5 team
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:12 am to turnpiketiger
Austin should have one in DKR. It’s gotta be the largest warm weather city without one and it’s an actual tourist destination unlike half the places that have one
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:13 am to turnpiketiger
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Call it the “Shell Energy Bowl”
yeah not like we have enough bland soulles corporate sponsor bowls as it is right?
Sugar, Rose, Fiesta, Peach, Orange, Citrus, Holiday, etc....these are/were all great because they stood on their own merit and didn't need some corporation name slapped on the front end. Even when some of them did get sponsors thrown in front it didn't matter, or peopel didn't use it anyway.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:15 am to turnpiketiger
The Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.... oh wait
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:21 am to WG_Dawg
Bluebonnet Bowl was the old Houston Bowl name. Wish they would bring it back even with a corporate sponsor on the front end
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:27 am to turnpiketiger
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Have you seen the attendance for these lower tier bowl games? The stadiums are empty. 22K is more than enough for two 6-6 teams especially if it’s G5 teams.
Speaking of lower tier bowls and bad attendance, at what point do they basically start giving away tickets? Thinking of taking my kids to the Birmingham Bowl since Troy is playing in it, and everything online is still full price as of today. I'm sort of holding out on the weather, and also would be taking my youngest so I didn't want to buy 4-6 tickets in advance and end up not being able to go.
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