Why SMU can go to a bowl next year

by **OldPony** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 2:25 pm

Yeah- I often have a hard time when planning a few days vacation. NO vs Pittsburg, Albuquerque, Atlanta or Baltimore. Such a tough decision as to which would be best for a bowl

by **Eddie P** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 4:29 pm

Albuquerque??? Goodness man...you've got to be kidding me? No offense, of course.

by **PlanoStang** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:11 pm

Our next bowl game will be the Angelo's BBQ-Kincade's Fort Worth Bowl in 2006.

We nip the froggies during the regular season, we both go 6-5 during the regular season, and the froggies want a rematch. :roll:

by **UConn/SMU** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:56 pm

Jim Rome wrote:
UConn/SMU wrote: .... And the location? I'll take any bowl, but nothing compares to New Orleans. The only other American cities with character & personality like that are Boston & San Francisco ....

I beg to differ. In terms of character and personality, give me:
1. Baltimore (seriously)
2. San Francisco
3. Denver
4. Washington D.C.
5. New Orleans
6. Pittsburgh (yes, seriously. Place has had a great facelift over the last 10-15 years)
7. Albuquerque (OK, not a potential bowl site, but a really great city)
8. Boston
9. Atlanta
10. Philadelphia

Say it ain't so! Baltimore? I grew up on the East Coast. Boston = New Orleans, Baltimore = Detroit. No city in America has history like Boston. NYC & Philly did, but they've erased most of it because of "progress". Boston is clean, cultured, and oozes sophistication. San Fran has the same feel to it, but its a little too flaky for me.

All other cities (Cleveland, Denver, Atlanta, Memphis) are rather sterile.

by **EastStang** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:23 am

Baltimore???? I've been to the Charm City quite a number of times. Yes, they have the Block and great crabs and a couple of nice Italian restaurants, but they would not be first on my list or even in the top 10. Boston, New York (think Broadway and 42nd Street), San Francisco, DC, New Orleans, Miami (South Beach), San Antonio, Denver, Toronto (not in US, but a great place to visit), Honolulu (expensive, but excessive string bikinis make up for that). I agree that some of the rust belt cities have a lot of renewal and are improving. Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati all have great beers, and are nice places to visit. Cities I would avoid, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Tampa, Birmingham, Houston, Ft. Worth, Charlotte, Detroit, and Louisville.

by **LA_Mustang** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:45 am

Jimmy,
Albuquerque??? Are you serious? What kinda "smack" is that? Albuquerque is a bigger version of Lubbock.
And how can you leave your hometown of LA off that list? There's plenty of character, personality and tradition surrounding the Rose Bowl.

by **that's great raplh** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:44 am

that's great raplh Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:36 pm Post subject:

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the alamo bowl would be tough to swing

alamo bowl? sorry - i was talking to bob when i wrote this. meant to say Aloha Bowl - Ohau is a long way from NYC...

as far as NOLA is concerned, I love it

i know nola - and boston, you are no nola

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