I think we all need to root for the Heart of Dallas bowl

[cliftonparksufan]

Why, because it is played on January 1st. And for most of us if you are playing on January 1st it means you had a good season. Here are all of our bowl results and we are 3-0 in our last three January 1st bowl games. Of course the one before that was a tie so you could say we are undefeated in our last four Jan 1st games.

http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2012/12/a_look_at_the_syracuse_oranges.html

 

[tboxCUSE92]

Dallas would great destination city. There are a tremendous amount of talented kids within an easy drive to the Cotton Bowl, only will help push the SU Brand forward. I like the later date as well. We can throw a great tailgate down here.

 

[cuseguy]

Does Chris Carlson know that BC is in the ACC? He keeps saying that SU and Pitt were only other viable candidates for the Pinstripe?

 

[Orangello]

Come on Big D

 

[cuseinchina]

Strip malls, strip steaks, and strip clubs.

 

[OburgOrange]

yeeeehaaawwwww

 

[sufandu]

The "New Years Day Bowl" designation doesn't mean what it used to, so that's not a factor for me. Selfishly, I want a bowl that's played when I can watch it, so new year's day works well for me, but, ultimately, I hope they go where the players would like to go.

 

[retro44]

Strip malls, strip steaks, and strip clubs.

especially when the strip joint sells strip steak

Then hold the sauce

 

[orangeinjersey]

The "New Years Day Bowl" designation doesn't mean what it used to, so that's not a factor for me. Selfishly, I want a bowl that's played when I can watch it, so new year's day works well for me, but, ultimately, I hope they go where the players would like to go.

Thats not entirely true. While a lot of the BCS games not being played on NYD any more has changed it a bit, you can not argue that playing a game on Jan 1st, when everything is closed, and everyone is home recovering from hangovers on couch watching football, is a better game than the Beef Bowl on Dec 20th at 2pm.

"The stars at night...

 

[texasorange]

Hopefully it happens. At least we are getting our annual ice storm out of the way early this year. It's 19 degrees in Plano, TX this morning.

 

[DomeStranger]

I can see some great T-Shirt oppotunities, it would look something like this:

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
vs
Rice
January 1, 2014
New Years Day
Heart of Dallas Bowl
At the
Cotton Bowl

 

[SyracuseMiami]

33 here in Houston this morning. Hoping it warms up to more seasonable temps if we get a Dallas bowl game.

 

[CanadianSU]

Opponent would be rice or who else?

 

[Orangello]

especially when the strip joint sells strip steak

Then hold the sauce

and bring me my change in dollar bills please...

 

[Orangello]

Opponent would be rice or who else?

North Texas

 

[Brian Orange]

The "New Years Day Bowl" designation doesn't mean what it used to, so that's not a factor for me. Selfishly, I want a bowl that's played when I can watch it, so new year's day works well for me, but, ultimately, I hope they go where the players would like to go.

Does anyone know where the players would like to go? Did the Post-Standard bother to ask?

 

[sufandu]

Does anyone know where the players would like to go? Did the Post-Standard bother to ask?

That would be a foolish question for the players to answer to the media. If they don't go to the one they say they want, they look ungrateful. If SU has any say in where they go, I would hope TGD has asked for player input.

 

[SUfanNC]

I do know that the heart of Dallas bowl will be Devine for recruiting

 

[Stern]

The "New Years Day Bowl" designation doesn't mean what it used to, so that's not a factor for me..

It doesn't mean what it once was...but it still matters some!!

 

[sufandu]

Thats not entirely true. While a lot of the BCS games not being played on NYD any more has changed it a bit, you can not argue that playing a game on Jan 1st, when everything is closed, and everyone is home recovering from hangovers on couch watching football, is a better game than the Beef Bowl on Dec 20th at 2pm.

"The stars at night...

It's true that there is a greater opportunity for exposure on new years day, but that doesn't change what I said. The designation "New Year's Day Bowl" doesn't mean as much as it used to. Proof of that is the mere fact that a 6-6 team will likely play in one.

 

[sufandu]

It doesn't mean what it once was...but it still matters some!!

I'm not denying that there are some benefits, see my post above. Like I said in my first post, I can watch if we're in Dallas and probably can't in the Beef bowl. However, if the players prefer Florida to Texas, I hope that's where they go.

 

[jekelish]

33 here in Houston this morning. Hoping it warms up to more seasonable temps if we get a Dallas bowl game.

It's about 20 here, about an hour north of Dallas. Then again, it was 70 on Tuesday so who the hell knows what it'll be like on January 1.

 

[Stern]

I'm not denying that there are some benefits, see my post above. Like I said in my first post, I can watch if we're in Dallas and probably can't in the Beef bowl. However, if the players prefer Florida to Texas, I hope that's where they go.

Who cares what the players want?! Seriously its about what is better long-term for the "program" overall. Playing on New Years day is better for this football program going forward!

 

[sufandu]

Who cares what the players want?! Seriously its about what is better long-term for the "program" overall. Playing on New Years day is better for this football program going forward!

Who cares what the players want? Really? A bowl game should be a reward for the players when a NC isn't a possibility. They're the ones putting in the work and getting bumped, bruised, and injured. If you don't care at all what the players want, you're not a fan.

Going to one lower tier bowl versus another will not make much of a difference in the future of the program. Getting to a bowl, any bowl, two years in a row has already had more of an impact than which lower level bowl it is. It's not like we're talking Beef -vs- Orange.

 

[gilardino]

the chain seven eleven originated in dallas, plus the final four there in april at jerry's world