St.Petersburg Bowl
- Thread starter IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life
- Start date
This would be one of the first bowls I would eliminate.
I'd say this, the bahamas bowl, camellia bowl, cure bowl, and the game in Detroit. I realize the B1G is tied into the Detroit game. However, Detroit as a bowl destination? really?
I would say the Bahama Bowl, Hawaii Bowl, Heart of Dallas Bowl, and San Diego Poinsttia bowl. Why are some cities getting "multiple bowl games" in their stadiums? That makes no sense to have 2 bowl games in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and 2 games in Qualcomm.
I would like to eliminate a few others, but those are the main ones. I do not have a problem with teams coming up north to play in a "controlled environment". I think it would be awesome for some bowl games to be held in Indy, Detroit, and other venues that are closed. It would help bring some money up north, as it stands right now, all the mid westerns head south and spend all their money in the SEC & PAC 12 backyard.
Kind of unfair that some of those teams get to play bowl games in their home states. While no matter what all the midwestern teams have to travel out there.
Problem with eliminating this bowl is it's one of the many "ESPN Event"-owned bowls. So, until Disney feels like they're losing money on them they'll be going nowhere. The Bahamas bowl is one such bowl. I had to laugh the other day watching that game and hearing the ESPN crew of Steve Levy, Mack Brown and Mark May going on and on about how well the bowl was organized, yet never mentioned that the organizers of the bowl were from the same company that they were employed by.
Only the Heart of Dallas bowl is played in the Cotton Bowl stadium. The Cotton Bowl game is played in Jerry World in Arlington.
Huge crowd tday at St Pete Bowl
The outfield was practically zero, but from home plate to right field, full.
Free ticket - two Marshall fans were nice, handed me a free ticket.
Sat on 40 30 rows up from field. Just behind first base. Perfect, and UConn fans were fun too. Love K Ferentz..UConn grad..and said KF provides a schollie each year to a Uconn student. Final M WON.
The outfield was practically zero, but from home plate to right field, full.
Free ticket - two Marshall fans were nice, handed me a free ticket.
Sat on 40 30 rows up from field. Just behind first base. Perfect, and UConn fans were fun too. Love K Ferentz..UConn grad..and said KF provides a schollie each year to a Uconn student. Final M WON.
Flip of the weather this year. The Pinstripe Bowl being played 10 to 15 degrees warmer and dry than the Sun Bowl and rain.
Yeah I forgot, I just think its stupid to give the Dallas/Ft Worth area 3 bowl games! I am sorry, but that is way too many bowl games for one city.
I would like to see them move the bowls around and also give some love to the upper midwest towns (ST Louis, Indy, Minneapolis). I mean they play a bowl game in NYC on December 26th. Why can't they do that in Minneapolis, Milwaukee or other places?
A nice bonus for st Pete bowl...game over and four hours on the beach ...
Can't speak to how many chose the beach..some were headed to the hard rock casino and resort for some more action.. Time for seafood for me...partner must drive tho...bring on the Cardinal
Can't speak to how many chose the beach..some were headed to the hard rock casino and resort for some more action.. Time for seafood for me...partner must drive tho...bring on the Cardinal
Who is "them"? I think most/all bowls exist because someone local in the town worked to establish them, right? I know the NCAA has to sanction them, but I think Stl/Indy/Minny/others don't have a bowl because no one there has tried to have one.
Last edited:
Austin was licensed to do a bowl this year, but they felt they needed more time to prepare so they're supposed to join the bowl schedule next year.
NCAA sanctions the bowls, They have even said that they might cut back some of the bowls. So they have the power to move the bowls around.
Where was the New Era pinstripe bowl before? I don't remember this bowl before the past couple of years.
Why doesn't budweiser sponsor a bowl in St Louis? Would the NCAA allow that?
The Yankees organization owns the Pinstripe Bowl. As mentioned before, ESPN owns most of the late arriving bowls through their ESPN Events organization. About the only thing the NCAA does is approve or turn down bowls. They don't dictate where they are played. I guess the better way to phrase the question is why doesn't ESPN put a bowl game in St. Louis?
Well I gotta think after some of these "low turnouts" I wouldn't be shocked if in the next 5 years they put a bowl game in Indy or St Louis. Possibly pair up an American Conference vs the MAC. That way its somewhat local and teams can travel. I can't believe some of the turnouts for these bowl games.
I am guessing some teams are losing money on these bowl trips. Not good set-up, need to cut some out or change locations of them.
I realize it is the $$/ESPN who decided what bowl games allowed, but still after allowing 5-7 teams in that's embarrassing and needs to be changed. I would say 6-6 should be the last spot in. 7-5 should get your to a bowl game auto (no FCS wins count). This way it should cut down some of these teams.
Always been in NYC/Yankee Stadium ("Pinstripe" = Yankees). Started in 2010.
So what do you do with a year that there are not enough 6 - 6 or better teams? Cancel a bowl with 2 - 3 weeks notice?
To which you reply "Don't have so many bowls that you have to worry about this".
To which I reply, "But the number of 6 - 6 or better teams varies enough each year that you really cannot say/know how many bowls is the right number".
Similar threads
