(12-16-2010 11:44 AM)utpotts Wrote:  

(12-16-2010 11:33 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-15-2010 11:13 PM)LastMinuteman Wrote:  There's a chance that UMass can bring a bowl with it. The owners of Gillette Stadium definitely want a bowl game. I don't think MAC officials were visiting Gillette Stadium because they weren't sure the facilities were up to MAC standards.

Seriously, having a bowl game in Boston is interesting.

It certainly could work if UMass was eligible year after year like that school playing out on the blue turf...

That said, I don't think the MAC would turn down a chance to host another bowl game (ala Little Caesars).

Best bowls are ones the conference controls with an automatic bid.

The bowl game won't be in Boston, it will be in Foxboro which is 45 min to an hour outside of Boston depending on the day and that is where all of the touristy stuff is located in downtown Boston and the surrounding area. Heck your closer to Providence and Pawtucket than you are from Boston.

Quote:FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - In addition to setting the CAA conference attendance record of 32,848 at Gillette Stadium, the Colonial Clash set a league record for TV audience. The CAA reports that the Colonial Clash drew a record 0.88 TV rating on Comcast SportsNet. That means that more than 1,000,000 households were tuned into the UMass-UNH football game from Gillette Stadium.

A full rating point represents 1,159,000 households, so with a mark of 0.88, approximately 1,019,000 homes were tuned at to the Colonial Clash.