Reliving the 1983 Sun Bowl

by **RGV Pony** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:31 pm

Treadway21 wrote:I agree and our lack of national respect was also demonstrated by getting screwed out of the national championship the year before. We had lots of folks working against us in a number of circles.

yep. If we had been "defending nat'l champs SMU," we'd have gone to the Fiesta Bowl, IMO.

by **mrydel** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:28 pm

In my old age I lose track of when some things happened but I think that even the Fiesta Bowl was kind of a lower tier at that time. It became more substantial when the BCS took shape.

by **orguy** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:28 pm

hey arkansas non smu alumni dude, yeah you..

No way you can equate the Sun Bowl 1983 to the Independence bowl. There were way less bowls back then. It was a slight to SMU but the Sun Bowl also had a pretty large national TV audience back in those days. Not at all the type of game it is currently.

by **FordtoTolbert** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:22 am

Verne used to call that game...but, we couldn't "get up" for ALA freakin' BAMA!!, seemed unprepared, spoiled...shame! Long LIve Bear Bryant.

Reliving the 1983 Sun Bowl

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