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Rethinking G5 Bowls
I’m probably alone in my thinking but I think rather than sending their teams to play in obscure and unexciting locales such as Mobile, Boise, NM, Montgomery, the Bahamas (great place but not for football) etc that a few tourist friendly destination cities and hosting multiple games:

Los Angeles (2 soccer stadiums available)
San Diego (new SDSU stadium)
Orlando (AAC stadium)
Las Vegas (make this happen UNLV)
Tampa
Boca Raton (C-USA stadium)
New Orleans (AAC stadium)
Hawaii (1 game in a MWC stadium)

No more back water potato bowls or cold weather games. Fans might book lodging for the week and watch multiple games.
12-09-2019 09:00 PM
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RE: Rethinking G5 Bowls
(12-09-2019 09:00 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  I’m probably alone in my thinking but I think rather than sending their teams to play in obscure and unexciting locales such as Mobile, Boise, NM, Montgomery, the Bahamas (great place but not for football) etc that a few tourist friendly destination cities and hosting multiple games:

Los Angeles (2 soccer stadiums available)
San Diego (new SDSU stadium)
Orlando (AAC stadium)
Las Vegas (make this happen UNLV)
Tampa
Boca Raton (C-USA stadium)
New Orleans (AAC stadium)
Hawaii (1 game in a MWC stadium)

No more back water potato bowls or cold weather games. Fans might book lodging for the week and watch multiple games.

Conferences and schools don't make bowls; chambers of commerce and advertisers do. It these locales thought it was it was a good/profitable idea to create bowls in these locations for G5 or any other matchup, they could do so.
12-10-2019 01:55 AM
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RE: Rethinking G5 Bowls
The only bowl that I can think of that was created by a conference was the New Orleans Bowl which was created by the SunBelt Conference so one of its team could actually go to a bowl. In the past, the SunBelt was shunned by most if not all bowls.
12-10-2019 03:20 AM
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RE: Rethinking G5 Bowls
True, but why can't a conference itself create and sponsor bowls? They sponsor Conference Championship games that sometimes played in neutral site locations. Why not create a bowl?
12-10-2019 03:21 AM
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(12-10-2019 03:21 AM)goofus Wrote:  True, but why can't a conference itself create and sponsor bowls? They sponsor Conference Championship games that sometimes played in neutral site locations. Why not create a bowl?

It could ... the question is where the cashflow to support it in the event of a loss comes from. The conferences that are swimming in cash that could be used to sponsor a bowl are the conferences that already have bowls on a variety of tourist destinations.
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(12-10-2019 03:21 AM)goofus Wrote:  True, but why can't a conference itself create and sponsor bowls? They sponsor Conference Championship games that sometimes played in neutral site locations. Why not create a bowl?

The AAC did it with the Miami Bowl. Its now the ESPN Frisco Bowl. It was a flop by the AAC in a warm weather destination due to the date and time for the bowl which was controlled by ESPN, plus the payout stunk. 03-puke 05-stirthepot 07-coffee3
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(12-09-2019 09:00 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  I’m probably alone in my thinking but I think rather than sending their teams to play in obscure and unexciting locales such as Mobile, Boise, NM, Montgomery, the Bahamas (great place but not for football) etc that a few tourist friendly destination cities and hosting multiple games:

Los Angeles (2 soccer stadiums available)
San Diego (new SDSU stadium)
Orlando (AAC stadium)
Las Vegas (make this happen UNLV)
Tampa
Boca Raton (C-USA stadium)
New Orleans (AAC stadium)
Hawaii (1 game in a MWC stadium)

No more back water potato bowls or cold weather games. Fans might book lodging for the week and watch multiple games.


Have you been to the Mobile Bowl? It is great, don't mess this one up. The locals support it great and it is a good city with events.
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(12-10-2019 09:06 AM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  
(12-09-2019 09:00 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  I’m probably alone in my thinking but I think rather than sending their teams to play in obscure and unexciting locales such as Mobile, Boise, NM, Montgomery, the Bahamas (great place but not for football) etc that a few tourist friendly destination cities and hosting multiple games:

Los Angeles (2 soccer stadiums available)
San Diego (new SDSU stadium)
Orlando (AAC stadium)
Las Vegas (make this happen UNLV)
Tampa
Boca Raton (C-USA stadium)
New Orleans (AAC stadium)
Hawaii (1 game in a MWC stadium)

No more back water potato bowls or cold weather games. Fans might book lodging for the week and watch multiple games.


Have you been to the Mobile Bowl? It is great, don't mess this one up. The locals support it great and it is a good city with events.

Mobile is a great host. I enjoyed my time there. Few days on the beach in Destin and then on to the parade and the like in Mobile. Good Fun
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I doubt you get the AAC to agree to any bowl agreement with the others
12-10-2019 09:37 AM
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ESPN owns a lot of the crummy bowls like Frisco, Potato, Camellia. ESPN could fairly easily uproot games that they own to better locations.
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(12-10-2019 09:37 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  I doubt you get the AAC to agree to any bowl agreement with the others

The AAC already has bowl agreements with the other G5, as they play several bowls against them.

There's no need to create new unwanted bowls. Just rejigger the existing arrangements so that from time to time, we can match up conference champs.
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RE: Rethinking G5 Bowls
(12-09-2019 09:00 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  I’m probably alone in my thinking but I think rather than sending their teams to play in obscure and unexciting locales such as Mobile, Boise, NM, Montgomery, the Bahamas (great place but not for football) etc that a few tourist friendly destination cities and hosting multiple games:

Los Angeles (2 soccer stadiums available)
San Diego (new SDSU stadium)
Orlando (AAC stadium)
Las Vegas (make this happen UNLV)
Tampa
Boca Raton (C-USA stadium)
New Orleans (AAC stadium)
Hawaii (1 game in a MWC stadium)

No more back water potato bowls or cold weather games. Fans might book lodging for the week and watch multiple games.
I think you had the right train of thought with MLS stadiums. You do not need more than 30k seats for most bowls and certainly for a G5 bowl.

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(12-10-2019 09:47 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(12-10-2019 09:37 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  I doubt you get the AAC to agree to any bowl agreement with the others

The AAC already has bowl agreements with the other G5, as they play several bowls against them.

There's no need to create new unwanted bowls. Just rejigger the existing arrangements so that from time to time, we can match up conference champs.
Chik Fil A had the right idea years ago by matching two conferences that overlap regionally. Therefore you're more likely to get two opponent who will travel to the game. It would be better for the SBC , especially SBC East to match with CUSA rather than MAC schools.

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RE: Rethinking G5 Bowls
(12-09-2019 09:00 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  I’m probably alone in my thinking but I think rather than sending their teams to play in obscure and unexciting locales such as Mobile, Boise, NM, Montgomery, the Bahamas (great place but not for football) etc that a few tourist friendly destination cities and hosting multiple games:

Los Angeles (2 soccer stadiums available)
San Diego (new SDSU stadium)
Orlando (AAC stadium)
Las Vegas (make this happen UNLV)
Tampa
Boca Raton (C-USA stadium)
New Orleans (AAC stadium)
Hawaii (1 game in a MWC stadium)

No more back water potato bowls or cold weather games. Fans might book lodging for the week and watch multiple games.

I would add San Antonio to that list. The Alamodome can easily support a second bowl. The other option is to place it at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, halfway between San Antonio and Austin.
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