9-3 UCLA vs 8-4 Pitt in Sun Bowl
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Sun Bowl info
Date: December 30Kick off time: 2:00 p.m. ET
TV channel: CBS
Stadium: Sun Bowl
City: El Paso, Texas
PITT
Record: 8-4, 5-3 ACC
SP+ Offense: 43
SP+ Defense: 50
FPI: +7.8
Against The Spread: 5-7
Over Total: 8-3-1
UCLA
Record: 9-3, 6-3 Pac-12
SP+ Offense: 3
SP+ Defense: 83
FPI: +8.5
Against The Spread: 6-6
Over Total: 9-3
Finally a good matchup for the Sun Bowl game. Both teams come in with winning records and solid football traditions. Plus, it doesn’t hurt to have a team ranked in the top 25.
Sun Bowl Fan Fiesta cancelled this year due to Migrant crisis state of emergency.
Convention Center is now being used to house immigrants
Convention Center is now being used to house immigrants
This is excellent news for the few UCLA and Pitt fans that decided to travel here. One less thing for them to do because we’re welcoming to poor Hondurans and Venezuelans. Surely, they will be saying positive things about El Paso after that!
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Yet the illegal surge doesn’t effect anyone or anything!
Joe Golding picked up some talented players for once!
Looks like a beautiful day in EP. Gary Danielson and Brad Nessler are some of the best in the business IMO.
50 years ago, there were only 11 bowl games— Sun Bowl was one of them.
Nah, he can make a republican Senate run in the future. 😉
It was a pig-headed thing to say.
That said, asylum is legal under current law. I don’t like it — rather see a ramped up worker permit program.
Congress sets immigration policy way more than the president. This situation is a bipartisan failure.
That said, asylum is legal under current law. I don’t like it — rather see a ramped up worker permit program.
Congress sets immigration policy way more than the president. This situation is a bipartisan failure.
I didn't watch the Sun Bowl today, I was driving home to San Antonio from the DFW area while the game was on. As such, I don't know how well attended the game was, nor how the fans responded to what was apparently a great game. I did get this text from my oldest brother, who now lives in Albuquerque, I have no idea as to the accuracy of his observations:
Stands at the Sun Bowl are less than half full. Embarrassing and pitiful. It is a good game with two good teams.
This was my response:
El Paso used to really support the Sun Bowl. It's too bad that this seems to be a thing of the past. I can think of multiple possible reasons:
1. There are WAY too many bowl games these days. Thirty years ago you had to be a good team to make a bowl. Now FBS is the equivalent of "every kid gets a trophy" with their bowl games. The fact that schools like UTEP and NMSU get so excited every time they make a bowl game says more about how pathetic those programs are rather than about the prestige of making a bowl game these days.
2. Given the aforementioned volume of bowl games these days, El Pasoans no longer feel the prestige of our city hosting a bowl game.
3. El Pasoans are tired of seeing other bowls, bowls which are much newer and/or used to be considered lesser bowls than the Sun, lap the Sun Bowl in pecking order when it comes to selecting teams.
4. With the creation of first the BCS, and now the playoff, no one really cares about the other bowls anymore. Even traditional New Years Day bowls that aren't participating in the playoffs draw much less attention than they used to.
Given the above, it looks like El Pasoans looked at the Sun Bowl and, despite the fact that it was good match up between two teams with good records a solid football histories, responded with a collective "meh."
So two questions for this board:
1. Were my brother's observations accurate?
2. If so, do you think my response is correct, or is there another reason for the reduced support for the Sun Bowl.
Now I wouldn't be surprised if my brother was wrong about the size of the crowd. He is quite the pessimist.
Stands at the Sun Bowl are less than half full. Embarrassing and pitiful. It is a good game with two good teams.
This was my response:
El Paso used to really support the Sun Bowl. It's too bad that this seems to be a thing of the past. I can think of multiple possible reasons:
1. There are WAY too many bowl games these days. Thirty years ago you had to be a good team to make a bowl. Now FBS is the equivalent of "every kid gets a trophy" with their bowl games. The fact that schools like UTEP and NMSU get so excited every time they make a bowl game says more about how pathetic those programs are rather than about the prestige of making a bowl game these days.
2. Given the aforementioned volume of bowl games these days, El Pasoans no longer feel the prestige of our city hosting a bowl game.
3. El Pasoans are tired of seeing other bowls, bowls which are much newer and/or used to be considered lesser bowls than the Sun, lap the Sun Bowl in pecking order when it comes to selecting teams.
4. With the creation of first the BCS, and now the playoff, no one really cares about the other bowls anymore. Even traditional New Years Day bowls that aren't participating in the playoffs draw much less attention than they used to.
Given the above, it looks like El Pasoans looked at the Sun Bowl and, despite the fact that it was good match up between two teams with good records a solid football histories, responded with a collective "meh."
So two questions for this board:
1. Were my brother's observations accurate?
2. If so, do you think my response is correct, or is there another reason for the reduced support for the Sun Bowl.
Now I wouldn't be surprised if my brother was wrong about the size of the crowd. He is quite the pessimist.
I just looked at the box score, and it said that the attendance was 41K, which is pretty good. It looks like my brother was being his usual, negative self.
When did he send it to you? The shots they showed during the intro and right before kick, yes, it did look like a decently attended Miner game, but it was a really good looking crowd in the 2nd half.
This guy was broadcasting another game and giving a score update on the Sun Bowl. He’s a straight AHole.
Imagine if the game was in Chicago and he said, “The Bears and Packers are meeting in the nations murder capital.”
Or the Titans visit the Ravens, should be a lot of high school dropouts in attendance.
I think it was a success.
One of the better bowl games so far; looked great on TV; decent crowd.
A win.
One of the better bowl games so far; looked great on TV; decent crowd.
A win.
It’s such a shame the state that the bowl games have become, with some even playing in empty soccer stadiums. I’m always so proud of my hometown every year, showing up for our bowl game. What a great game!
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