This Bowl Looks Pathetic On Television!!!

[MMW]

3 minutes ago, Bourbon Bull said:

How would playing a bowl game at Miami's OCS have made anything different yesterday at the Miami Beach bowl?

Yea, as a fan of an OCS I hate that I can't see this point either.  

[MMW]

Just now, Dogma said:

The scoreboard was HORRIBLE.

It became a running joke during the game.

 

1at and 10.  Announcer calls a 3 yard game, the scoreboard read 2nd and 8 (OK, that's not too bad but..)

Next down, would be a 3 yard gain, suddenly it reads 3rd and 1.. then 4th and 10, then 1st and 10, then it might be fixed by the time the ball is snapped again.

Other times a 2nd and 5 would be a 1st an 10, then a 4th and 10

 

Yea, at one point they asked the guy to put a second back on the clock and were laughing to see how badly he would mess that up.  We imagined some baseball scoreboard operator (where there is no clock) opening up the instruction manual for that one.

 

[BDYZR]

I thought the fans and attitude were GREAT! I thought the venue SUCKED!

 

[GaUSFBull]

19 minutes ago, Bourbon Bull said:

How would playing a bowl game at Miami's OCS have made anything different yesterday at the Miami Beach bowl?

It would have been a better gameday atmosphere automatically - or so I've been told.  

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

The turf alone made the venue suck. Glad the people that went had a good time but that turf was dangerous for the players. Even had the production values been perfect bad turf makes the venue a failure. Player safety is paramount.

[Triple B]

7 hours ago, wagers said:

keithroby....you sound like a younger fan.  The Bulls and student turnout was far beyond expected.  BTW....all 500 tickets of Coach T's offer were claimed.  All buses to Miami sold out.  All this and the fact that school is not in session and people go home for the holidays.  It was also the largest tailgate that the USF Alumni association ever hosted.

Miami is also a VERY expensive city for lodging, drinks and food.

About the PA announcer....this guy is actually very well known.  He is the same guy that has been doing the Hurricanes games (even dating back years ago in the Orange Bowl days).  He was hyping both teams on plays (which he is supposed to do during bowl games).

All in all this was a win for the fan base to be ready for more future bowls.  Had we have gotten super lucky and had Houston's spot, we would not have been 'bowl ready' as a fan base.  This was a nice build up for next year.

Maybe that's the problem ..... age must have taken a huge toll on him. I was at our win down their at Sun Life and, if that was the same guy, didn't notice him being that bad.

[Rocky Style]

6 hours ago, Dogma said:

The scoreboard was HORRIBLE.

It became a running joke during the game.

 

1at and 10.  Announcer calls a 3 yard game, the scoreboard read 2nd and 8 (OK, that's not too bad but..)

Next down, would be a 3 yard gain, suddenly it reads 3rd and 1.. then 4th and 10, then 1st and 10, then it might be fixed by the time the ball is snapped again.

Other times a 2nd and 5 would be a 1st an 10, then a 4th and 10

 

It was a fun game within a game to see when the scoreboard would match the situation.

[Bear]

On 12/21/2015 at 6:55 PM, flsportsfan83 said:

The problem is there are too many bowls. Get rid of some of the bowls and require teams to be over .500 to get into a Bowl.

Of course! 

 

But why even have a BOWL at 2:30 on a Monday afternoon...?!

[flsportsfan83]

32 minutes ago, Bear said:

Of course! 

 

But why even have a BOWL at 2:30 on a Monday afternoon...?!

Because there are too many. 10 years ago with fewer bowls it would not have happened.