Independence Bowl = $$$

12/5/2008 10:46:15 AM

im about 95 percent sure if its in birmingham, im gonna go... esp if its vs. wva

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:47 AM. Reason : 8 hour drive isnt that bad... wanted to take amtrak, but good lord, their holiday prices arent nice]

12/5/2008 10:46:37 AM

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Bowl Breakdown:

Independence Bowl - Shreveport, LA - Independence Stadium (53,000)
Sunday 12/28 8:00PM ESPN
$1,100,000 - SEC vs. Big 12



Hawai'i Bowl - Honolulu (Halawa), Hawaii - Aloha Stadium (50,000)
Wednesday 12/24 8:00PM ESPN
$398,000 - Pac-10 vs Hawaii



Motor City Bowl - Detroit, Michigan - Ford Field (65,000)
Friday 12/26 7:30PM ESPN
$750,000 - MAC Champion vs. Big Ten #7



PapaJohns.com Bowl - Birmingham, Alabama - Legion Field (71,594)
Monday 12/29 2:00PM ESPN
$300,000 - SEC vs. Big East



Texas Bowl - Houston, Texas - Reliant Stadium (71,500)
Tuesday 12/30 8:00PM NFL Network
$750,000 - Big 12 #8 vs. Rice Owls



[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 11:05 AM. Reason : forgot to say thanks to Brass for the images and stadium info]

12/5/2008 11:04:11 AM

I know its good for the program and all

but personally, I couldn't care less what the payouts are outside of the BCS bowls

12/5/2008 11:07:15 AM

If PapaJohns offers...we're going...thats what i hear/think

12/5/2008 11:38:28 AM

I would prefer PapaJohns as well if the EagleBank isnt going to work out.... how long of a drive is that?

12/5/2008 11:42:25 AM

about 8 hours from raleigh. you can stay in ATL and make a two hour drive on game day.

12/5/2008 11:44:21 AM

^http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=ha&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-sk-dd&utm_term=directions

12/5/2008 11:45:05 AM

i want to play ball st damnit!!!!!!

12/5/2008 1:18:15 PM

ball state ftw, i want to go home for christmas!!! I need to see at least one of my teams win on Ford Field

12/5/2008 1:19:37 PM

if its the Motor City Bowl i might be up for going to that

flight to DTT from RDU is about 300 round trip

12/5/2008 8:07:35 PM

oh God, the texas bowl. on NFL network? really?

12/5/2008 8:14:50 PM

The Power of Orange is calling

12/5/2008 9:37:26 PM

Ha, if we ended up in one of the NFLN games, I guess that means Im having my friends over to watch the game

But that would suck...in regards to national exposure and visibility to recruits, we might as well not even be in a bowl.

Looks like we wont be playing Ball State in the Motor City Bowl anyhow .

12/5/2008 10:56:36 PM

are there any spots even available in carter-finley for a new bowl banner

12/5/2008 10:57:31 PM

i think there is one spot left...i remember discussing while at the miami game.

12/5/2008 11:19:39 PM

With Ball St losing tonight, does that mean Buffalo at the Motor City bowl?

12/5/2008 11:29:41 PM

no

12/5/2008 11:38:12 PM

Too bad Ballztaint got embarrassed in this game. Buffalo now gets a spot in the fuckin canada bowl. Congrats to the coach who was on the Buffalo team that declined a bowl bid in '58 because of racist mofos in florida.

12/6/2008 3:32:50 AM

^Meaning Buffalo goes to the International Bowl, NOT shitty Detroit

[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 3:34 AM. Reason : FUCK UNC]

12/6/2008 3:33:37 AM

NOTRE DAME VS NC STATE??? the rematch

12/6/2008 4:53:15 AM

I'mma guess 28-6.

12/6/2008 6:31:58 AM

So does the Ball St. loss significantly affect our outlook? Please tell me there isnt any chance we play either Ball St. or Buffalo....

12/6/2008 10:50:52 AM

we won't play buffalo....they are going to canada

12/6/2008 12:49:16 PM

So still not sure where and when we are bowling huh?


III

12/6/2008 1:43:39 PM

what bowl has UNC been invited too?

12/6/2008 3:54:51 PM

thought i heard they were going to charlotte

12/6/2008 3:55:46 PM

most likely the muffler bowl. haha, 8-4 and going to charlotte and they would've dropped further if we would've been able to go to an acc bowl

12/6/2008 4:10:21 PM

Go Troy / Arizona !

12/6/2008 4:25:20 PM

Independence Bowl: good payout, but it's against Louisiana Tech and who cares about them

Hawaii: Would be nice to watch on Christmas Eve, and Hawaii is a fun team, right?

PapaJohns.com: what kind of name is that? Also, it's in a terrible city in a terrible stadium in a terrible part of town. Would be against Rutgers more than likely which is ok.

Motor City: Ball State is a good team, the bowl at least has a nice name. Could do some urban exploration in all the bombed out buildings in Detroit.

Texas: Against Rice, in Houston, in a nice stadium. Would be good if not for the NFL Network.

I'd prefer Hawaii personally because it would probably be the most entertaining game and I would definately be able to watch (not travelling regardless). Texas would be good if not for the NFLN. The others I could care less about since they seem like horrible prizes for a good end to the season.

12/6/2008 7:31:32 PM

birmingham is not a terrible town

fucking detroit is the worst place on the planet

12/6/2008 8:10:56 PM

Quote :

"birmingham is not a terrible town"

are you kidding me? my company has its HQ in Birmingham so some of us go there yearly. The whole place shuts down at 8pm. It's generic. There's no real great culture there. What are the great attractions? The Vulcan Statue? At least hope for the Independence Bowl over that one so you can gamble.

12/6/2008 8:14:34 PM

Quote :

"The whole place shuts down at 8pm. It's generic. There's no real great culture there. What are the great attractions?"

Sounds a lot like Cary to me.

The point still remains it's still WORLDS better than Detroit.

12/6/2008 8:28:05 PM

troy is winning

12/6/2008 9:28:14 PM

WRAL thinks we're going to Birmingham now
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/bowl-update-with-projected-lineup

Quote :

"The official bowl lineup will be revealed Sunday night but expect the following: UNC vs. West Virginia in Charlotte and N.C. State vs. Rutgers in Birmingham, Ala. With Troy's win over Arkansas State on Saturday, the Wolfpack will land an at-large bid in the Papajohns.com Bowl on Dec. 29 in Birmingham. UNC will stay in-state with an ACC tie-in in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 27. Pittsburgh's 34-10 win over UConn on Saturday cleared up UNC and State's bowl opponents earlier Saturday, both will be from the Big East. The Panthers accepted the Sun Bowl bid, leaving the Meineke Car Care Bowl with West Virginia. UConn and Rutgers already played — and lost to — UNC during the regular season and the Charlotte committee would prefer to avoid a rematch with the Tar Heels. "

12/6/2008 11:18:38 PM

papajohns.com bowl payout seems sucky.

12/6/2008 11:24:59 PM

i know a student assistant on the team and he is telling me its pretty much a done deal to Birmingham. I'm more than likely going with 3-4 friends.

12/6/2008 11:34:30 PM

hmmmm.

might go if that's the case.

maybe.

12/6/2008 11:40:31 PM

I guess playing Rutgers is better than playing a non-BCS conference team. UNC beat Rutgers before they got hot so if we lose to them, then UNC will automatically be better than us using UNC faggot logic.





[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 12:12 AM. Reason : s]

12/7/2008 12:12:20 AM

^

that's called Curry Math

12/7/2008 12:17:20 AM

ASU lost

12/7/2008 2:51:48 AM

^very relevant

12/7/2008 4:01:41 AM

Quote :

"^very relevant"

Fail at sarcasm. He was talking about Arizona State University losing which means they only have 5 wins so won't get a bowl bid, which helps us.

12/7/2008 4:07:48 AM

gotcha. fail accepted

thought he was talking about App

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 4:30 AM. Reason : asdf]

12/7/2008 4:29:23 AM

Quote :

"then UNC will automatically be better than us using UNC faggot logic."

41- 10

12/7/2008 8:26:36 AM

how far of a drive is birmingham from here? i'm guessing at least 10 hours? looks like the easiest way is down towards atlanta on 85 and then hit 20?

anyone making the drive or flying?

12/7/2008 9:30:52 AM

like 8.5-9 hours

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 9:37 AM. Reason : ]

12/7/2008 9:35:43 AM

driving

12/7/2008 9:36:33 AM

8.5-9? not too bad..

wife and I are thinking about going

12/7/2008 9:42:48 AM

I live in Mobile, which is relatively close to the Independence, Texas and of course Papa John's Bowl.

Birmingham is not a bad town. Went there this summer for a wedding and it was a good time. I would equate it to a Cary with history. Many areas in downtown are gorgeous.

12/7/2008 10:15:24 AM