[Farm93]

[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=16187.msg181078#msg181078 date=1480443336]
Stewart Mandel at Fox Sports has projected Stanford to play in the Sun Bowl vs Pitt.  If you want to see Stanford take on the best opponent, this would be a good match up, certainly better than playing Indiana in the FF Bowl.  Pitt (8-4) beat both Clemson and Penn State this season.  Would also be another chance to beat Pat Narduzzi, once the MSU defensive coordinator, now the Pitt HC.

This sounds like a great matchup; much more attractive than FF again.
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El Paso is not quite a dream destination, but I love that the Sun Bowl means something to that community.  A good opponent would be a bonus.

The Chicken Bowl barely makes the local news and it doesn't help that the official city and the host city are very different places.  Maybe the bowl could get Great America to open up just for the football team and/or the ticket holders.  That might add to the appeal.  I think right now the teams go and do touristy SF stuff for a day, but none of that is particularly interesting to 18-23 year old football players.  I guess another alternative is to let all of the players ride in Google cars or visit the Tesla plant.  Both might be memorable for that age group.  Even if the Chicken Bowl did those type of Silicon Valley things the Sun Bowl and El Paso just care more about the idea of the game.  And I also love that they hate how USC disrespected the Sun Bowl and that community.  They get bonus points right there in my book.

[Farm93]

[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=16187.msg181078#msg181078 date=1480443336]
Stewart Mandel at Fox Sports has projected Stanford to play in the Sun Bowl vs Pitt.  If you want to see Stanford take on the best opponent, this would be a good match up, certainly better than playing Indiana in the FF Bowl.  Pitt (8-4) beat both Clemson and Penn State this season.  Would also be another chance to beat Pat Narduzzi, once the MSU defensive coordinator, now the Pitt HC.

This sounds like a great matchup; much more attractive than FF again.
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El Paso is not quite a dream destination, but I love that the Sun Bowl means something to that community.  A good opponent would be a bonus.

The Chicken Bowl barely makes the local news and it doesn't help that the official city and the host city are very different places.  Maybe the bowl could get Great America to open up just for the football team and/or the ticket holders.  That might add to the appeal.  I think right now the teams go and do touristy SF stuff for a day, but none of that is particularly interesting to 18-23 year old football players.  I guess another alternative is to let all of the players ride in Google cars or visit the Tesla plant.  Both might be memorable for that age group.  Even if the Chicken Bowl did those type of Silicon Valley things the Sun Bowl and El Paso just care more about the idea of the game.  And I also love that they hate how USC disrespected the Sun Bowl and that community.  They get bonus points right there in my book.