Let's Go Bowling------2019-20 Bowl Game Running Thread

Mixed feelings.
First of all, Lemonnier was insistent that it was the right call. Herbstreit wasn't sold on it from the beginning, even after Lemonnier said it wasn't.........Herbstreit didn't want to get into a pissing match about it, so he conceded.
Dammit, if you have an opinion about it, then share it. Don't just give in.

McAulay is a pretty good follow on the twittersphere.
Terry McAulay (@SNFRules) | Twitter

 

I guess you can't sell the time that they're playing, but come on.

 

With all due respect, I disagree with several things.
Because Lemonnier was insistent means nothing. We once had a poster here who was insistent that Donald Trump is a good guy. GREAT sense of humor. Great president.
Insistent doesn't mean shit. When my dog had giardia, she was insistent on spewing watery crap every day for months.
There were five minutes left in a close Rose Bowl. I don't want Herbstreit arguing with a nut bag.

With all due respect, I consider replay, and the proliferation of the TV referee experts, to be an absolute scourge. This shit is getting worse, not better. At this point, I just don't even care if the call is right or not. I'd rather just get on with the next play. One of the networks (ESPN college?) the TV ref guy is now integrated into the telecast. Not even "called in" like Blandino or Steratore. I don't want to click on his twitter for MORE call analysis.


Edit - I did click on it. Good for McAuley. Seems like a straight shooter. I was conditioned for the worse.

 

The TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl is being played in a monsoon right now between BC and Cinci.
If there is 5000 people there, I'd be stunned.

 

"We're gonna need a bigger tarp!"

 

Now in a weather delay.

 

That should be called the Friends and Family Bowl. Cause the only ones who give a shit about this game.........are Friends and Family.

 

I just don't get the scheduling of these bowls. The timing of Christmas and New Year's both being on Wednesday is weird, I get it. But it's like they assumed the entire country took two weeks off and are sitting around at 3:30 on a Thursday looking for something to do. I don't know about the rest of everyone, but I'm working today, and I had to take PTO last week to get Thursday and Friday off.

 

Perhaps figuring recruits will be watching?

 

ITS TV PROGRAMMING. THAT IS ALL IT IS.
ESPN TELLS THEM WHEN ITS GOING TO BE ON. END OF STORY.

 

I googled "who owns the Birmingham Bowl?"

Birmingham Bowl - Wikipedia

The Birmingham Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game played annually since 2006 at the 71,594-seat Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The game is owned and operated by ESPN Events.[2]

 

Right, I get that. But who is watching an afternoon game today? Clearly not BC and Cincy fans.