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BostonCard - 10-15-2017
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/21030207/week-7-college-football-bowl-projections-2017
http://es.pn/2yklReQ
I like those. Alamo or Fiesta bowl, though a Holiday bowl wouldnt be bad.
BC
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PalmTree - 10-15-2017
Those would work.
I must be pretty out of it - did not know there was a Cactus Bowl, and then there's a Bahamas Bowl....really?!?!
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French Rage - 10-15-2017
I would like to see us in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.
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Bruce Wang - 10-15-2017
My rule is if the bowl game existed when I was kid then it's a real bowl game.
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Mick - 10-15-2017
(10-15-2017, 04:41 PM)Publius link Wrote:My rule is if the bowl game existed when I was kid then it's a real bowl game.
Here's a list of former D1A bowls. Some of them were around when we were kids...
Alamo Bowl 1947 San Antonio, Texas Not to be confused with the modern Alamo Bowl
All-American Bowl 19771990 Birmingham, Alabama Known as the Hall of Fame Classic through 1985.
Aloha Bowl 19822000 Honolulu, Hawaii
Aviation Bowl 1961 Dayton, Ohio
Bacardi Bowl 1907, 1909, 19111912, 1921, 1936, 1946 Havana, Cuba Last game in 1946, Southern Mississippi defeated Havana University, 55-0
Bluebonnet Bowl 19591987 Houston, Texas Known as the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl whenever the game was played in the Astrodome.
Bluegrass Bowl 1958 Louisville, Kentucky
California Bowl 19811991 Fresno, California Superseded by the Las Vegas Bowl.
Charity Bowl 1937 Los Angeles
Cherry Bowl 19841985 Pontiac, Michigan
Delta Bowl 19471948 Memphis, Tennessee
Dixie Bowl 19471948 Birmingham, Alabama
Dixie Classic 1921, 1924, 1933 Dallas, Texas Forerunner to the current Cotton Bowl Classic
Fort Worth Classic 1920 Fort Worth, Texas
Freedom Bowl 19841994 Anaheim, California
Garden State Bowl 19781981 East Rutherford, New Jersey
Gotham Bowl 19611962 New York City
Great Lakes Bowl 1947 Cleveland, Ohio
Harbor Bowl 19461948 San Diego
Houston Bowl 20002005 Houston, Texas Called the galleryfurniture.com Bowl in 20002001
International Bowl 20062009 Toronto
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl[33] 19972013 Detroit
(19972001: Pontiac, Michigan) Also known as the Ford Motor City Bowl and the Motor City Bowl. Was replaced by the Quick Lane Bowl in 2014.
Los Angeles Christmas Festival 1924 Los Angeles
Mercy Bowl 1961, 1971 Los Angeles
Miami Beach Bowl 20142016 Miami, Florida Sold and moved to Frisco, Texas
Oahu Bowl 19982000 Honolulu, Hawaii
Oil Bowl 1943, 19451946 Houston, Texas
Pineapple Bowl 19391951 Honolulu, Hawaii
Poi Bowl 19351938 Honolulu, Hawaii
Poinsettia Bowl 20052016 San Diego [34]
Presidential Cup Bowl 1950 College Park, Maryland
Raisin Bowl 19451949 Fresno, California
Salad Bowl 19471951 Phoenix, Arizona Precursor to current Fiesta Bowl
San Diego East-West Christmas Classic 19211922 San Diego, California
Seattle Bowl 20012002 Seattle Continuation of the Oahu Bowl.
Shrine Bowl 19481949 Little Rock, Arkansas
Silicon Valley Football Classic 20002004 San Jose, California
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CompSci87 - 10-15-2017
Not to mention Roto-Rooter and ... um, yeah, I said NOT to mention it.
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Phogge - 10-15-2017
And the original Camellia Bowl in Sacto. The Bob Toledo Gator team stayed with the powerful SDS (Fred Dryer, Haven Moses) for 2.5 quarters losing 28-6.
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martyup - 10-15-2017
I can't believe there has never been a Bean Bowl in Boston.
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ThePassionOfTheChryst - 10-15-2017
(10-15-2017, 06:00 PM)Mick link Wrote:[quote author=Publius link=topic=17708.msg206678#msg206678 date=1508110916]
My rule is if the bowl game existed when I was kid then it's a real bowl game.
Here's a list of former D1A bowls. Some of them were around when we were kids...
Alamo Bowl 1947 San Antonio, Texas Not to be confused with the modern Alamo Bowl
All-American Bowl 19771990 Birmingham, Alabama Known as the Hall of Fame Classic through 1985.
Aloha Bowl 19822000 Honolulu, Hawaii
Aviation Bowl 1961 Dayton, Ohio
Bacardi Bowl 1907, 1909, 19111912, 1921, 1936, 1946 Havana, Cuba Last game in 1946, Southern Mississippi defeated Havana University, 55-0
Bluebonnet Bowl 19591987 Houston, Texas Known as the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl whenever the game was played in the Astrodome.
Bluegrass Bowl 1958 Louisville, Kentucky
California Bowl 19811991 Fresno, California Superseded by the Las Vegas Bowl.
Charity Bowl 1937 Los Angeles
Cherry Bowl 19841985 Pontiac, Michigan
Delta Bowl 19471948 Memphis, Tennessee
Dixie Bowl 19471948 Birmingham, Alabama
Dixie Classic 1921, 1924, 1933 Dallas, Texas Forerunner to the current Cotton Bowl Classic
Fort Worth Classic 1920 Fort Worth, Texas
Freedom Bowl 19841994 Anaheim, California
Garden State Bowl 19781981 East Rutherford, New Jersey
Gotham Bowl 19611962 New York City
Great Lakes Bowl 1947 Cleveland, Ohio
Harbor Bowl 19461948 San Diego
Houston Bowl 20002005 Houston, Texas Called the galleryfurniture.com Bowl in 20002001
International Bowl 20062009 Toronto
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl[33] 19972013 Detroit
(19972001: Pontiac, Michigan) Also known as the Ford Motor City Bowl and the Motor City Bowl. Was replaced by the Quick Lane Bowl in 2014.
Los Angeles Christmas Festival 1924 Los Angeles
Mercy Bowl 1961, 1971 Los Angeles
Miami Beach Bowl 20142016 Miami, Florida Sold and moved to Frisco, Texas
Oahu Bowl 19982000 Honolulu, Hawaii
Oil Bowl 1943, 19451946 Houston, Texas
Pineapple Bowl 19391951 Honolulu, Hawaii
Poi Bowl 19351938 Honolulu, Hawaii
Poinsettia Bowl 20052016 San Diego [34]
Presidential Cup Bowl 1950 College Park, Maryland
Raisin Bowl 19451949 Fresno, California
Salad Bowl 19471951 Phoenix, Arizona Precursor to current Fiesta Bowl
San Diego East-West Christmas Classic 19211922 San Diego, California
Seattle Bowl 20012002 Seattle Continuation of the Oahu Bowl.
Shrine Bowl 19481949 Little Rock, Arkansas
Silicon Valley Football Classic 20002004 San Jose, California
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This is the first I'm hearing of the demise of the Poinsettia Bowl.
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82lsju - 10-15-2017
(10-15-2017, 08:36 PM)ThePOC link Wrote:This is the first I'm hearing of the demise of the Poinsettia Bowl.
from 25 Jan 2017
The San Diego Bowl Game Association on Wednesday announced it is discontinuing the Poinsettia Bowl. The groups other postseason game, the Holiday Bowl, will continue.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/sd-sp-poinsettia-0126-story.html
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martyup - 10-16-2017
What are they going to do with all of those flowers? :o
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Farm93 - 10-16-2017
(10-15-2017, 02:12 PM)PalmTree link Wrote:Those would work.
I must be pretty out of it - did not know there was a Cactus Bowl, and then there's a Bahamas Bowl....really?!?!
Bahamas Bowl?
That was the Popeye's Chicken Bahamas Bowl. It is played on an awful soccer field, but one does get the sense that the beach is very nearby. The weather is nice. The players all need passports. And Popeye's chicken often announced some promotion or other that would run through the holiday season. Though recently acquired and their new parent company didn't want to sponsor the game anymore. Too bad. I would guess the Atlantis may need to step up, since they really seem to be the force behind the bowl.
I suspect the players would rather go there than Mobile, Shreveport, Detroit, Boise, Memphis, etc.Â
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Mick - 10-16-2017
(10-16-2017, 04:39 PM)Farm93 link Wrote:[quote author=PalmTree link=topic=17708.msg206647#msg206647 date=1508101929]
Those would work.
I must be pretty out of it - did not know there was a Cactus Bowl, and then there's a Bahamas Bowl....really?!?!
Bahamas Bowl?
That was the Popeye's Chicken Bahamas Bowl. It is played on an awful soccer field, but one does get the sense that the beach is very nearby. The weather is nice. The players all need passports. And Popeye's chicken often announced some promotion or other that would run through the holiday season. Though recently acquired and their new parent company didn't want to sponsor the game anymore. Too bad. I would guess the Atlantis may need to step up, since they really seem to be the force behind the bowl.
I suspect the players would rather go there than Mobile, Shreveport, Detroit, Boise, Memphis, etc.
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I can't think of anything more depressing than spending the day after Christmas in Detroit, at Ford Field, watching the MAC/ACC/B1G unfortunates play each other
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BostonCard - 10-16-2017
Lucky for us the players all already have their passports, seeing as they already took a trip to Australia.
BC
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TreesAndBirds - 10-16-2017
They might need passports for domestic flights now
http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a13027232/new-passport-rules-domestic-flights/
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Mick - 10-17-2017
(10-16-2017, 09:36 PM)TreesAndBirds link Wrote:They might need passports for domestic flights now
http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a13027232/new-passport-rules-domestic-flights/
Technically speaking, a driver's license will suffice, but the driver's licenses from those nine states do not conform to Federal standards.