field painting -- Outback Bowl similar story

[MikeG]

If you are paying attention to the Outback Bowl today, you will notice that the end zones are not painted with the team names. They have Tampa Bay in Bucs colors.

I'm just saying-- we are not the only ones who don't always have the end zones dressed in the proper college atmosphere colors. Some of that may be due to the NFL game being played at home yesterday (timing issues?)

but I don't see anyone saying how it looks dumb or anything

and at the Boise bowl-- they didn't change anyhing at all on the field -- not even the midfield logo-- it was all Broncos/Boise State logos.

[Bishop of Bulltown]

I noticed the same thing today.

Is it the Glazers that make a call on that?

I was also thinking that maybe it was intentional publicity for the city of Tampa, because midfield had a huge Outback logo.

[TampaTower]

I would say timing issues, at least Tampa Bay gets to is marketing its self in the end zone.  When USF plays at rayjay and the field is painted for the Bucs I would rather have Tampa Bay in the endzone than Buccaneers.

[MikeG]

they could have put new turf in with the team emblems-- only 5K to do that

not sure why it wasn't done

[RandyGator]

To have new turf put in since yesterday's game would not given the sod a chance to root at all and would be slipping around too much.

That is why they say the Bucs must be gone for two weeks for us to change the endzones.

[72bull]

That huge red Outback Bowl logo in the center of the field must not have dried.  The players pants are turning red and you can see red tracked all around the logo.

[USF03]

The Bucs played only yesterday.  Like Suncoaster said, the paint is wet.  When I watched the Bucs game I was wondering if they were going to keep the "Tampa Bay" endzones.  I had never seen them before...

[RandyGator]

"Tampa Bay" was probably a comprimise instead of the usual "Buccaneers" so they could use it as advertisement for the area during the Bowl.

If so the Glasers should be thanked for "giving" a little.

[USF03]

"Tampa Bay" was probably a comprimise instead of the usual "Buccaneers" so they could use it as advertisement for the area during the Bowl.

If so the Glasers should be thanked for "giving" a little.

It's true.  Of course, it was VERY LITTLE.  Since I am sure they get EVERY DIME made if the bowl stays in Tampa.

I agree, it is better than nothing...

[MikeG]

umm-- the Glaziers don't make you pay the money to change the endzones to them. It costs X amount to paint/change the endzones. They have nothing to do with it although using the "Tampa Bay" instead of the normal end zone design allowed the Outback Bowl to avoid painting it.

They could have painted both endzones imo -- not having to rip up the turf or anything-- just paint them. There are no more Bucs games to consider until August.