<devildeac> anyone playing drinking games by now?
7:49:36<Wander> drink every qb run?
7:49:38<loran16> umm, drink every time asack rushes?
7:49:38<wolfybeard> @devildeac: drink when Asack runs a keeper
7:49:39 PM<CB&B> any time zack runs, drink
Carolina Delenda Est
Last season's bowl experience was a lot of fun. However, a Thursday night in Charlotte two days after Xmas maybe tamped down local turnout (and the fun) a bit, said the bowl committee members I talked to at that game (happened to sit next to).
The calendar this year seems to offer more fun and pershaps better travel opportunities: a Friday night in Miami, New Year's Eve in Atlanta, a Saturday night in Orlando, New Year's Eve in El Paso, a Saturday afternoon in Charlotte three days post-Christmas, a Monday afternoon in Nashville, New Year's Eve in Shreveport, Friday afternoon in DC, Friday night in SF ...
I can't believe the AAC (former Big East) will get an automatic BCS invite. That league is going to struggle to produce any teams in the top 15 in college football next year.
-Jason "I feel for those teams, but that conference is second tier in football (maybe third, depending on where your tiers are located)" Evans
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Interesting comment ... Duke sold more bowl tickets than any other ACC team. It didn't hurt much.
And the TV ratings were surprisingly good. Out of 35 bowl games the lowly Belk Bowl -- starting 6:30 p.m. on a weekday night (which meant little West Coast audience) -- was 15th in ratings.
Not a bad showing.
Agree that it might be tougher next year -- UNC and Miami should be back in the bowl mix, while Syracuse and Pitt could be contenders. That's 14 teams for nine slots -- five teams will be left out.
The juice for Duke being there was good -- Duke fans were there, and into it. The bowl rep was commenting moreso on the casual Charlotte-area fan with no ties to a team that was playing. If the game is on a cold Thursday night two days after Christmas, then there will be little to no walk-up sales, and even a lot of tickets that have been distributed to or bought by businesses will go unused ... it's cold, folks have to work the next day ... whereas if the game is on a Saturday afternoon, maybe a bit warmer, three days after Xmas, maybe a group of friends will use the tickets available from Friend X's company, and make a party day out of it ... probably talking marginal gains here but the atmosphere of a Thursday night versus a Saturday night accounts for something ...