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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 2328016"] I don’t know why so many are concerned with our playing in a bowl game and are worried we won’t get there. We’re still stuck with some of Schafer’s recruits. Have patience and let these freshmen and sophomores develop and grow into their roles physically and mentally. So much is wanted from DB and this team in only DB’s second year. Everyone is going to pile on and say wow look at all the publicity we’re losing, if we don’t. REALLY? [B]Just kidding[/B], football never stops. If you are going to a bowl you get an extra practice for everyone especially those who need it, someone might be back from injury, recruiting gets better, and the staff can say we went bowling last year to recruits. 2-3 now with Pitt coming in 2-3 with an offense that can’t get it done. They were beaten by OK St. 59 – 21, GA Tech 35 – 17, and Ped St. 33-14. Their two wins were to Youngstown St in OT 28-21 and a lowly Rice team 42-15. IMO we win this one at home and upset Clemson. BC should give us the 5 we need. Used to be only the best played in bowl games, the BIG ones and we were there; Cotton, Gator where we destroyed Clemson, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta. Twenty five appearances won 15, lost 9, 1 tie, seven consecutive wins from 1989 to 1996. But now there are 40 bowl games requiring 80 teams to fill them. The NCAA had to lower win loss standards just to come up with enough teams. 5-7 and you go to a bowl. It’s all about the money. How about that good old Boca Raton Bowl? Get there and join Jimmy Buffett and have a few in Margarita Land. Here’s just a few that don’t exist anymore: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_Alamo_Bowl'][U]Alamo Bowl[/U][/URL] 1947 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas'][U]San Antonio, Texas[/U][/URL] Not to be confused with the modern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Bowl'][U]Alamo Bowl[/U][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-American_Bowl'][U]All-American Bowl[/U][/URL] 1977–1990 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama'][U]Birmingham, Alabama[/U][/URL] Known as the Hall of Fame Classic through 1985. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Bowl'][U]Aloha Bowl[/U][/URL] 1982–2000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu'][U]Honolulu, Hawaii[/U][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_Bowl'][U]Aviation Bowl[/U][/URL] 1961 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio'][U]Dayton, Ohio[/U][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacardi_Bowl'][U]Bacardi Bowl[/U][/URL] 1907, 1909, 1911–1912, 1921, 1936, 1946 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana'][U]Havana[/U][/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba'][U]Cuba[/U][/URL] Last game in 1946, Southern Mississippi defeated Havana University, 55-0 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebonnet_Bowl'][U]Bluebonnet Bowl[/U][/URL] 1959–1987 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston'][U]Houston, Texas[/U][/URL] Known as the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl whenever the game was played in the Astrodome. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_Bowl'][U]Bluegrass Bowl[/U][/URL] 1958 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky'][U]Louisville, Kentucky[/U][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Bowl'][U]California Bowl[/U][/URL] 1981–1991 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno,_California'][U]Fresno, California[/U][/URL] Superseded by the Las Vegas Bowl. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_Bowl'][U]Charity Bowl[/U][/URL] 1937 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles'][U]Los Angeles[/U][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Bowl'][U]Cherry Bowl[/U][/URL] 1984–1985 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan'][U]Pontiac, Michigan[/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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