Safe from going back to Alabama

[WASU 93]

So if we go to New Orleans the next two years in a row, are the same fans going to get tired of "having to go back to the same bowl, year in and year out"?

People may argue that they won't "because we're winners" but people will get tired of it.

Did Southern Cal fans get tired of going to the Rose Bowl 7 out of 9 years (1967-1975)? Did Nebraska fans get tired of going to 4 straight Orange Bowls 1992-1995? Did App fans get tired of going to Chattanooga 3 Straight Years?

[87ASUgrad]

I hope ULaLa team and fans likes Florida this time of year then.

[MAD Doctor]

Montgomery and Mobile do a good job, but more variety is always nice. After 3 years in Alabama the prospect of New Orleans, Orlando, and Myrtle Beach is no doubt appealing to the players.

[appbio91]

Wonder who the NOLA bowl executives are pulling for this weekend? (Should be read as sarcasm)

[AppOrange]

Too much to do in New Orleans, could go 10 years in a row and not get tired of it

[biggie]

Would help if the fun parts of NO didn’t smell horrible. But still better than AL.

[spacemonkey]

So if we go to New Orleans the next two years in a row, are the same fans going to get tired of "having to go back to the same bowl, year in and year out"?

People may argue that they won't "because we're winners" but people will get tired of it.

Trump called it...."you will get tired of winning"

[wb247]

I'm happy to have it set in stone for requesting off of work with as much notice as possible. Now, if we could just get an all-App flight booked with a "TBA" destination...

[Saint3333]

So if we go to New Orleans the next two years in a row, are the same fans going to get tired of "having to go back to the same bowl, year in and year out"?

It's different when you are rewarded a location because you're the conference champion.

Plus it's New Orleans, great food, great music, and 5k+ App fans on Bourbon St. would be fun every time!

[AppinVA]

So if we go to New Orleans the next two years in a row, are the same fans going to get tired of "having to go back to the same bowl, year in and year out"?

It's different when you are rewarded a location because you're the conference champion.

Plus it's New Orleans, great food, great music, and 5k+ App fans on Bourbon St. would be fun every time!

[narraror’s voice from Anchorman] ...”and from that day forward, New Orleans residents knew things would never be the same — after a group of spirited Mountaineers drank Bourbon Street dry.”

[Rekdiver]

Think we could charter a flight?

[97APP]

I like the fact that there's now somewhat of a bowl hierarchy for the SBC. Now I just hope the bowls will provide equal match-ups. I'd hate to have the SBC champion playing the 6th best C-USA team and the SBC runner-up playing the 8-9th best AAC team.

It really would help G5 conferences to try and pit the top with the top. Appalachian State against UAB or Middle Tennessee in New Orleans is a much more appealing to viewers than Appalachian State against LA Tech, only because they're bowl eligible and close. UCF will get left out of the playoffs again, which hopefully makes the AAC realize they are in fact viewed as G5. Then maybe all G5 conferences can come together and follow what the SBC is doing, which is what P5 conferences do. People watch bowls, people want to see the best play the best, that's all there is to it. Time for G5 to do their own thing IMO, and make the most of top conference teams.

This is similar to what I've wanted since we moved up. The best G5 continues to go to the Access Bowl, the other 4 conference champions should be matched against each other in bowls. New Orleans would be a perfect spot to host one of the "Champions Bowls".

[87ASUgrad]

Article from Ethan Joyce, Winston-Salem Journal - "App Trail: App State will finally go bowling somewhere other than Alabama"

https://www.journalnow.com/sports/asu/a ... t=headline

Beat ULaLa!!

[EastHallApp]

I like the fact that there's now somewhat of a bowl hierarchy for the SBC. Now I just hope the bowls will provide equal match-ups. I'd hate to have the SBC champion playing the 6th best C-USA team and the SBC runner-up playing the 8-9th best AAC team.

It really would help G5 conferences to try and pit the top with the top. Appalachian State against UAB or Middle Tennessee in New Orleans is a much more appealing to viewers than Appalachian State against LA Tech, only because they're bowl eligible and close. UCF will get left out of the playoffs again, which hopefully makes the AAC realize they are in fact viewed as G5. Then maybe all G5 conferences can come together and follow what the SBC is doing, which is what P5 conferences do. People watch bowls, people want to see the best play the best, that's all there is to it. Time for G5 to do their own thing IMO, and make the most of top conference teams.

This is similar to what I've wanted since we moved up. The best G5 continues to go to the Access Bowl, the other 4 conference champions should be matched against each other in bowls. New Orleans would be a perfect spot to host one of the "Champions Bowls".

Short of a G5 auto bid to an expanded playoff, this is pretty much my ideal scenario. I'd love to see the other four G5 champions paired off in a NY6 style setup of rotating games in destination cities - Vegas, Orlando, NOLA, etc.