80mins Posted June 17, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 191 Content Count: 2,363 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/30/2005 Share Posted June 17, 2006 ESPN and Orbitz are marketing travel packages that pair a college football game with a pro game for a weekend of football. For instance they've got Michigan at Ohio State on Saturday, followed by Pittsburgh at Cleveland on Sunday. Not the most convenient at 140 miles, but you get the idea. the rest of the matchups can be found here:http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?OSC=ETIBQUyXxQ!1674574409!183215393!7001!-1&id=2405236Why doesn't Tampa hop on a Bulls-Bucs matchup? This year, Bulls vs. Pitt and Bucs vs. Saints (Nov. 4th and 5th) makes the most sense. not a bad sell either: Homecoming and a Big East game for us, NFC South matchup for the Bucs. And the easy part: It's Tampa in November, and the driving distance between the stadia is a whopping... 0 miles. Tampa CVB/USF/Bucs/ESPN/Orbitz/Someone, hop on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80mins Posted June 17, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 191 Content Count: 2,363 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/30/2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 The same could be done with our sunday night game at Cincinasti too--Bengals by day, Bulls/Bearcats by night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted June 17, 2006 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,576 Content Count: 71,909 Reputation: 9,564 Days Won: 405 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted June 17, 2006 ESPN and Orbitz are marketing travel packages that pair a college football game with a pro game for a weekend of football. For instance they've got Michigan at Ohio State on Saturday, followed by Pittsburgh at Cleveland on Sunday. Not the most convenient at 140 miles, but you get the idea. the rest of the matchups can be found here:http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?OSC=ETIBQUyXxQ!1674574409!183215393!7001!-1&id=2405236Why doesn't Tampa hop on a Bulls-Bucs matchup? This year, Bulls vs. Pitt and Bucs vs. Saints (Nov. 4th and 5th) makes the most sense. not a bad sell either: Homecoming and a Big East game for us, NFC South matchup for the Bucs. And the easy part: It's Tampa in November, and the driving distance between the stadia is a whopping... 0 miles. Tampa CVB/USF/Bucs/ESPN/Orbitz/Someone, hop on this!To show that we haven't gotten there yet, look at the author's comment about the Florida weekend:Sun., Oct. 8: New York Jets at JacksonvilleWe're not going to lie: we checked Miami, and the 'Canes and Dolphins don't play at home in the same weekend, so this was Plan B for Florida. Still, the Jags figure to be AFC contenders after a 12-4 2005. He has no clue that a BCS team plays in the same city, much less the same stadium, that an NFL team in Florida does ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80mins Posted June 17, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 191 Content Count: 2,363 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/30/2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 Interesting.. makes you wonder if it was a snub or just ignorance on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 The author: Bill Evans is a freelance writer based in Milwaukee. He also worked for the NBA ... and I found an email address. It may be old, as it was on a October 2005 column: http://www.nba.com/features/bankshots_051031.html Have anything to say? E-mail Bill at billnbatalk@yahoo.com STAMPEDE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepj Posted June 18, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 22 Content Count: 695 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/28/2004 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Thanks for the info Jim. If you write for others you need to have the facts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbi Bull Posted June 18, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 110 Content Count: 3,103 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/14/2002 Share Posted June 18, 2006 he used to write for the nba, no wonder he doesn't know much about college football. he should stick to what he knows best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeysoup Posted June 18, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 614 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/17/2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 To show that we haven't gotten there yet, look at the author's comment about the Florida weekend:Sun., Oct. 8: New York Jets at JacksonvilleWe're not going to lie: we checked Miami, and the 'Canes and Dolphins don't play at home in the same weekend, so this was Plan B for Florida. Still, the Jags figure to be AFC contenders after a 12-4 2005. He has no clue that a BCS team plays in the same city, much less the same stadium, that an NFL team in Florida does ............ Realistically how many people would fly to Tampa from across the country to see the Bulls and Bucs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted June 18, 2006 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,576 Content Count: 71,909 Reputation: 9,564 Days Won: 405 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted June 18, 2006 he used to write for the nba, no wonder he doesn't know much about college football.  he should stick to what he knows bestAlso, based on his email address, he appears to focus on baseball ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80mins Posted June 18, 2006 Group: Member Topic Count: 191 Content Count: 2,363 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/30/2005 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 Realistically how many people would fly to Tampa from across the country to see the Bulls and Bucs?It certainly wouldn't be the worst matchup--Harvard vs. Penn in Philly? C'mon. I'd say all things considered--games, location, and travel time between stadia--our would be a pretty good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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