As a TXST fan I won't complain where we go as long as we get picked next time we qualify.

(11-27-2017 02:05 PM)Duncan20 Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 02:02 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 01:45 PM)DeanoAPP Wrote:  For those against Mobile as a destination, it really is a nice town where one could have a lot of fun in, Original Mardi Gras location, Some of the best Seafood restaurants I've ever eaten at and just a few mins south in Gulf Shores they have the annual mullet tossing competition lol.

My only grip about the bowl game in Mobile is the stadium.

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stAte has been to Mobile, Orlando and New Orleans. How would ya'll rank the bowls?

For me...

1. Mobile
2. Orlando
3. New Orleans

Montgomery is fine. The cool part of the downtown area expanded from about a block to a couple blocks between our first and second trips there. The stadium is cozy as well, with cheap beer for a stadium (that they need to have more of). I'd just like to go somewhere else this year.

(11-27-2017 04:57 PM)BurlingtonApp Wrote:  Montgomery is fine. The cool part of the downtown area expanded from about a block to a couple blocks between our first and second trips there. The stadium is cozy as well, with cheap beer for a stadium (that they need to have more of). I'd just like to go somewhere else this year.

How bout we trade....you get selected to Montgomery and we get selected for Orlando. Then just swap!

The reason we heard about the Bahamas Bowl early is because the players, staff, etc all need to get passports and visas to go and you can't do all that in two weeks.

(11-27-2017 01:45 PM)DeanoAPP Wrote:  For those against Mobile as a destination, it really is a nice town where one could have a lot of fun in, Original Mardi Gras location, Some of the best Seafood restaurants I've ever eaten at and just a few mins south in Gulf Shores they have the annual mullet tossing competition lol.

My only grip about the bowl game in Mobile is the date.

I agree with you about Mobile, it's a fun town. The main draw back every year is the date for the game, too close to Christmas.

(11-27-2017 04:53 PM)asuwon Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 02:05 PM)Duncan20 Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 02:02 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 01:45 PM)DeanoAPP Wrote:  For those against Mobile as a destination, it really is a nice town where one could have a lot of fun in, Original Mardi Gras location, Some of the best Seafood restaurants I've ever eaten at and just a few mins south in Gulf Shores they have the annual mullet tossing competition lol.

My only grip about the bowl game in Mobile is the stadium.

Fixed for accuracy.

stAte has been to Mobile, Orlando and New Orleans. How would ya'll rank the bowls?

For me...

1. Mobile
2. Orlando
3. New Orleans

Ditto. And its really not close between 2 and 3 at all.

Central is a great restaurant in Montgomery.

If App doesn’t go there I’d like to compare the Avaitor Bars revenue to the last two years.

I rmember the first time I went to Mardi Gras I stopped in Mobile and they were trying to convince me that their Mardi Gras was better than NOLA. I asked do the girls show their t*ts here too? No? Nevermind...

(11-27-2017 11:13 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Central is a great restaurant in Montgomery.

If App doesn’t go there I’d like to compare the Avaitor Bars revenue to the last two years.

The minute our fan base figures out that Wintzell's has a Montgomery location, no other restaurant in the city will get any money.

(11-26-2017 09:41 PM)TrojanNation Wrote:  Bowl selection show is 12/3. Games and matchups will start leaking from now through Saturday.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

Never tell me the odds.

(My apologies if this has already been said.)

(11-27-2017 11:13 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Central is a great restaurant in Montgomery.

If App doesn’t go there I’d like to compare the Avaitor Bars revenue to the last two years.

Can you walk from downtown to the bowl game? It looks like about 8 blocks but didn't know if that was a realistic option.

(11-28-2017 09:13 AM)Rik Flair Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 11:13 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Central is a great restaurant in Montgomery.

If App doesn’t go there I’d like to compare the Avaitor Bars revenue to the last two years.

Can you walk from downtown to the bowl game? It looks like about 8 blocks but didn't know if that was a realistic option.

Yes, easy walk. The stadium is basically on the edge of downtown.

(11-27-2017 02:05 PM)Duncan20 Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 02:02 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 01:45 PM)DeanoAPP Wrote:  For those against Mobile as a destination, it really is a nice town where one could have a lot of fun in, Original Mardi Gras location, Some of the best Seafood restaurants I've ever eaten at and just a few mins south in Gulf Shores they have the annual mullet tossing competition lol.

My only grip about the bowl game in Mobile is the stadium.

Fixed for accuracy.

stAte has been to Mobile, Orlando and New Orleans. How would ya'll rank the bowls?

I've been to all 3. I have to say Orlando was my favorite with Mobile a very close 2nd. NO was 3rd.

1. Orlando - is just a fun place to visit, the stadium is nice, the festivities on game day were nice, great weather and CBS did an awesome job producing the game on TV. If you have the time and money can't beat it to hang around a while. I know our players loved it because they got to go to one of the amusement parks one day, etc.

2. Mobile - is another great destination if your team travels well and takes over downtown like ours did. Lots of good food, lots of sight-seeing, beaches and shopping close by and the Mardis Gras parade for the bowl is lots of fun...if you travel well. We had a ton of fans along the parade route...just a cool experience. On the down side the stadium is not that nice, the neighborhood is kind of spooky, and the date sucks now. Back when it was in January right before the National Championship it was in a good spot calendar wise.

3. NO - Great town for sight-seeing and eating...no doubt! I just think the fans get spread out too thin around NO (Mobile has a tighter feel and your run into more fans), and the superdome has an sterile feel to it...feels cavernous...nice temps but sound is lost too much. We played La Tech and both sides had decent crowds but it's hard to explain...the energy level in the stadium was just not there....could be because we lost. UL definitely brings bigger, rowdier crowds because they are right down the road and I'm sure their fan experiences were better.

I'm splitting hairs here of course and winning or losing a bowl game has a huge impact in your "feelings" about a bowl. We won in Orlando and lost in NO so take it for what it's worth. All three are fun destinations and I would happily go back to any of them.

Honestly the only reason I don't want to go back to Montgomery is because I'm tired of playing teams from the MAC. I'd really love to play someone like Marshall, Southern Miss, WKU, etc. Since it looks like we are going to Mobile where we'll play a MAC team anyways, I'd prefer we just go back to Montgomery. The date is x1000 better and it's considerably closer for most App fans. I don't think I'll be able to go to Mobile.

I don't know why so many people view bowl games as their vacation or something lmao. I go for a night, two tops. I just care about the game.

(11-27-2017 02:05 PM)Duncan20 Wrote:  stAte has been to Mobile, Orlando and New Orleans. How would ya'll rank the bowls?

I have been to Mobile and NOLA with A-State, several friends went to Orlando. I've also been to NOLA for the BCS and Orlando for the Citrus and Memphis for the Liberty

My opinion.

NOLA Bowl. I love New Orleans in small samples so it is nice to go but we don't register much since they will have multiple conventions with bigger impact.

NOLA for a huge bowl? Unreal experience from the Quarter to the Dome is a giant celebration of the game.

Orlando for Citrus? Even with Iowa and LSU fans in huge numbers, Disney/Universal/Sea World is the show and the game is just an attendance booster (may be different with Downtown Disney or whatever its called now).

Memphis. Few blocks of Beale were crazy with fans and of course fans are at Graceland and the other attractions.

Mobile is a great experience if you stay downtown. Whole downtown area is tuned in and all about the fans. Outside of downtown its a football road trip and nothing else.

I think with a good crowd Mobile gives you a scaled down experience similar to the BCS/NOLA experience. If USA and the city were to build a new joint stadium just north of downtown that was feasible to walk it would be an absolute kickass experience.

Heard glowing reports of how Mobile and Cure treated the players and coaches. NOLA has taken the stance that outside the concert they will let the city provide the entertainment and while there is merit to it, I don't think it captures "the bowl experience" as effectively.

EDIT
Forgot Shreveport
The casino and outlet mall thing by the river get filled with fans, nice experience community is in to it. Stadium being a far piece away and a bit raggedy is a downer but usually some really good tailgate events going on. Not a bad experience if you stick near the casinos.

(11-28-2017 09:32 AM)BurlingtonApp Wrote:  

(11-28-2017 09:13 AM)Rik Flair Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 11:13 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Central is a great restaurant in Montgomery.

If App doesn’t go there I’d like to compare the Avaitor Bars revenue to the last two years.

Can you walk from downtown to the bowl game? It looks like about 8 blocks but didn't know if that was a realistic option.

Yes, easy walk. The stadium is basically on the edge of downtown.

It's an easy walk to the stadium but a sketchy walk back after the game. Did that the first year. Free shuttles run from all the hotels downtown and the parking decks which are on the way to the stadium. Also, there is plenty of free parking on the streets (metered but free on weekends) in downtown very close to the stadium.

If we go to Orlando or Mobile I'll find a way to get there, Montgomery or New Orleans probably not, one because of price the other because I cant justify a third time.

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(11-27-2017 02:01 PM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 01:55 PM)hgolfman Wrote:  

(11-27-2017 12:02 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  losing to App somehow worked out. Sorry Alabama, but Mobile and Montgomery sucks. Orlando is more fun.

We will remember down here if you are fortunate enough to get bowl eligible again and come begging to play in Alabama with your make believe fan base....Yep, ya'll are REALLY attractive to a bowl committee.....Good luck!

Yeah. Cause the 18k that was at the Cure Bowl when we played were mostly from San Jose.

They were likely mostly from Orlando and were invitees by the Bowl to raise awareness for Breast Cancer. They weren't Georgia State fans.

(11-28-2017 12:37 PM)Check Yosef Wrote:  If we go to Orlando or Mobile I'll find a way to get there, Montgomery or New Orleans probably not, one because of price the other because I cant justify a third time.

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For the third year, I will say the same thing: I have a place I can stay in Lakeland and would really....really enjoy the ability to knock out seeing the in-laws for Christmas and a Bowl game in one trip.