R & L Carrier Bowl

[ponyte]

I'm not trying to put salt in a wound or rip open old scores. I am just passing this on.

I am reaching out to old friends now that I am back in LA. One, who was one of my best friends in High School, younger brother is the head of the New Orleans Sports Foundation. The Foundation is the local group that puts on the R & L Carrier Bowl. I had lunch with him and he told me they tried to get SMU to come to the R&L Bowl but June, in his impression, was only interested in Hawaii.

Now I'm not saying R&L is better or equal to Hawaii but I do know I cold have gone to a bowl game in NOLA. Which kinda upsets me that we fans didn't get one more opportunity to see SMU in a bowl game. I enjoyed both the Armed Forces and Compass bowl and that experience. I would have love NOLA for a game as well.

[blackoutpony]

Well Hawaii was his goal. He said it was their goal to start the season. Any excuse to get his lazy check collecting [deleted] back to the islands to play golf.

A NOLA bowl game would have been fun.

[RGV Pony]

I remember pulling for the Nola bowl when it was one of the possibilities..even cleared my calendar for it. This was the year we played Fresno I believe

[No Quarter]

ponyte, blackoutpony, and RGV Pony all commented that a game in NOLA would have been fun and accessible by a lot more SMU people than one in the Islands.

OHY!

[Digetydog]

In his defense (I hate writing that), the Hawaii Bowl is a better bowl for the players. Plus, we got to see Margus make their right tackle cry.

[SMU89]

Yes and santa can watch it while building a walk-in kitchen.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

It wouldn't surprise me one bit.

So glad that charade is over.

[SoCal_Pony]

I'm as critical of tiki as anyone, but on this point I don't think he was wrong.

SMU vs Fresno St in the Hawaii Bowl or SMU vs LaLafayette in the Nola Bowl.

The TV ratings are greater on Christmas Eve, Fresno St is the higher profile opponent and I suspect the players prefer Hawaii. Only downside is the travel costs / timing for the fans.

So 3 positives vs 1 negative with biggest factor being the TV exposure from Hawaii. SMU made the right decision IMO.

[PonySnob]

Have we ever seen the ratings/number of households that were estimated to have watched the two Hawaii bowls?


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[Pony Boss]

Have we ever seen the ratings/number of households that were estimated to have watched the two Hawaii bowls?


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1.4 Nielsen for 2012. Can't find 2009.

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013/01 ... he-charts/

Edit: The table shows rating for 2009-10 for the games, which in Hawaii bowl's case was 1.7

[ponyte]

Have we ever seen the ratings/number of households that were estimated to have watched the two Hawaii bowls?


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1.4 Nielsen for 2012. Can't find 2009.

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013/01 ... he-charts/

Edit: The table shows rating for 2009-10 for the games, which in Hawaii bowl's case was 1.7

Based on this, R&L NOLA Bowl had a better rating. I am not saying the NOLA bowl was a better bowl, I'm just stating a personal opinion that it would have been a lot easier for me to watch in person the Ponies play in NOLA than Hawaii. And one could argue, that tHawaii is certainly beautiful for and unique but NOLA has something most young men crave, loose women in abundance.

There is something to e said for the beauty and exotic tropical islands of Hawaii, There is something to be said about abundant hormonal satisfaction as well.

[MustangStealth]

I thought we already knew this.

[JasonB]

We had twice as many hits on the SMU website the night of the first Hawaii bowl than we did when we announced the Presidential Library.

It was great publicity, and IIRC it was one of the higher watched bowl games that year outside of the BCS games.