But we are talking about a poster telling people to be careful in Myrtle Beach or you might be kidnapped. You might be kidnapped in Columbia. Thats the difference.
NCAA approved startup of 3 new bowl games. REALLY?!!!
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Nice rant now here's you participation trophy. When I played Dixie Youth many years ago you earned special recognition from outstanding play and we all understood that. My parents didn't drag me out anywhere I played because I loved the game so then give the participation trophy to the parents. There is no participation trophy in the real world just reward or heartache and children should learn that. When you die no one is putting a participation trophy in you coffin you earned what you left behind.
True dat, but you could have left off “in December” and still been accurate.
Where were these bowls when we were winning 6 or 7 games in the 80s and not picked for a bowl?
USCBatgirl21
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Sounds like someone is pissed at his parents for making him play sports he didn't want to.
Not in the least, and I resent you making that accusation. I wish I had more opportunities than 9 years of baseball and five years of soccer, but it was a long drive to a bigger town for more seasons of soccer so I didn’t get to as much. I didn’t get “participation trophies” as a kid more than 40 years ago, but I’m grateful my kids and their teammates get recognition for it. As a coach I even bought additional giveaways for my players and gave a little talk about each one’s contributions to the team each season.
This is exactly how I feel. It’s an opportunity to reward these guys for all their hard work, on and off the field.
What’s Wrong with giving people an opportunity to have a life experience they may otherwise never get?
Wow, this thread really went off the rails with kidnapping, human trafficking, questions about how many children someone may have, and questioning how some people were raised.
I also watch every Bowl game, but I enjoy reading the comments by the geniuses who have no idea why the NCAA and a city would want a Bowl game despite the number of existing games. Such commenters only see the world from their own perspective.
They are counting on global warming to take care of the weather. Soon we will have the banana bowl in Fairbanks. The only bowl games in Miami will be played between competing gondolas, floating down
Biscayne Blvd.
but Myrtle Beach does have a certain seedy environment to it. Everyone I've known that lived there hated it and said that drugs are out of control and that there are just so many transient type people who live there. You're fine as long as you stay on the main strip but as soon as you get a few streets over, look out, crack motels everywhere. Every time I think about the Brittanee Drexel disappearance my skin crawls.
Dating at least back to the murder of Vickie Lander Beckham whose husband went to MB to finds someone to kill her. IIRC Stephen Beckham went to the club beside The Afterdeck to find the guy who agreed to kill her. The Afterdeck was a pretty neat disco/shag club back in the late 70s and early 80s....not anymore from my understanding.
Its not there anymore and how many murders are committed in Columbia compared to Myrtle Beach, how many crack houses, seedy motels?
I don't live in Columbia...so I don't have a clue. Where I live....very few of any.
What we need is a true playoff in FBS (similar to FCS) completely outside of the bowl system. Those bowls which survive, good for them.
Myrtle Beach hosting a bowl? I love the idea! Can't wait!
I hope they call it the Cromer's DEEZ Nuts Bowl!
I hope they call it the Cromer's DEEZ Nuts Bowl!
I dont watch any pre Christmas bowl games. Their aren't any good match ups until a week before new years day.
Most coaches and players love the opportunity. A lot of coaches will use the extra 15 approved practices as an evaluation for growth of the redshirts and guys still on the practice squad. Great opportunity for them to give feedback to the redshirts on what they need to work on until spring practice.
Plus the players get some pretty nice swag gifts along with additional stipends so they can enjoy the town of the bowl.
Great for coaches and players, boring for most general fans due to poor matchups.
Plus the players get some pretty nice swag gifts along with additional stipends so they can enjoy the town of the bowl.
Great for coaches and players, boring for most general fans due to poor matchups.
You're thinking about it all wrong. Try it like this- "Honey I'm headed out to the bar with the guys to watch the game"! Shes says "there is a game tonight?" "Yes, its Slippery Rock vs Neilsons School of Electronics! Big game! Boom you're outta the house! Bowl Games can save relationships ya know?
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I like these lower-tier bowls. I've seen some interesting and wacky football, such as the ridiculous comeback in the Bahama Bowl a couple of years ago. The New Orleans Carrier R+L Bowl is a lot of fun. You can race inside the Superdome the night before the game, and then have one helluva concert and party afterwards. The next day, it is off to the game with all its festivities.
The players also do the meet and greet functions at children's hospitals. There's nothing like seeing video of those smiling kids meeting football players, even if the team is from outer Nevada. That community support is the big bonus received from each bowl.
The players also do the meet and greet functions at children's hospitals. There's nothing like seeing video of those smiling kids meeting football players, even if the team is from outer Nevada. That community support is the big bonus received from each bowl.
I honestly didn't think about the hospital meet and greets. I still side with a true playoff like FCS has, and work out some way for UON players to visit hospitals.
