Sugar Bowl?

[Bucktastic]

Due to the tragedy in New Orleans, and seeing how they are saying that no football will be played in the city of New Orleans for some time to come....I wonder if the Sugar Bowl will actually take place?? Thoughts?

 

[ScriptOhio]

If the Superdome is not ready they will just move it to somewhere else (i. e. another stadium). There is too much $$$ with BCS/TV contracts involved to not play a Sugar Bowl game.

 

[Buckin' A]

Nonsense. Money isn't important in college football...it is about the kids getting a good education.

 

[iambrutus]

Nonsense. Money isn't important in college football...it is about the kids getting a good education.

thats some funny stuff right there!!!

i think they will just move the sugar bowl, too much money on the table

 

[Dryden]

Due to the tragedy in New Orleans, and seeing how they are saying that no football will be played in the city of New Orleans for some time to come....I wonder if the Sugar Bowl will actually take place?? Thoughts?

Aside from the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans also hosted the New Orleans Bowl (Sun Belt v CUSA) which is the first game in the bowl season. The Alamo Bowl takes place early enough that the Sugar Bowl could be relocated to the Alamo Dome and still played on it's regularly scheduled date. The Houston bowl is on New Year's Eve though, which probably prevents Houston from using Reliant Stadium as a host for the Sugar. It's doubtful that the Astrodome will be used as a shelter clear through to December, but since all events it was scheduled to hold have be cancelled through the year, the Astrodome would actually be a suitable host for both events. With the expenditure that Houston is making by taking in NOLA refugees, it's probably the most fair thing to do right now.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

No way it still goes in NO... it will be moved, just a question of where.

 

[NFBuck]

The Houston bowl is on New Year's Eve though, which probably prevents Houston from using Reliant Stadium as a host for the Sugar.

The Sugar Bowl is on January 2 this year, so that would give them time to clean up following a December 31 game. I would think Reliant Stadium would have to be a frontrunner.

 

[Zurp]

No way it still goes in NO... it will be moved, just a question of where.

How about Columbus??

Come on!!! Make them play a frickin' bowl game in the cold, for once!

 

[Bucktastic]

I totally forgot about the New Orleans bowl. Who knows about that one too.


Good call on Reliant Stadium......I would assume is where it would be moved.

 

[Taosman]

How about LSU's stadium at Baton Rouge?

 

[Jaxbuck]

They should use FSU's stadium. Fairly close proximity wise to NO, not scheduled for anything during Bowl season and God knows the panhandle of FL could use the economy boost. Also, the Sugar Bowl isn't the NC game this year anyway so you can fit just as many people into Doak Walker as you could have the Superdome.

If they have their dicks hard to keep it in a dome then send it to San Antonio, very nice city who is used to having a Bowl game already.

Just don't put the same people in charge of this that are in charge of helping NO or they'll never even play the game.:(

 

[Zurp]

If they have their dicks hard to keep it in a dome then send it to San Antonio, very nice city who is used to having a Bowl game already.

Why would they necessarily want to keep it in a dome? And if they do, the Astrodome ought to be empty by then.

 

[ntd]

Until they announced the evacuations to the Astro Dome I thought the old piece of crap had been demo'd...:)

I say keep it in Louisiana IF possible, if not try to move it somewhere close by so that the area can get some of the economic boost...

 

[Jaxbuck]

Why would they necessarily want to keep it in a dome? And if they do, the Astrodome ought to be empty by then.

Dunno, but the first thing I read from the Sugar Bowl folks hinted at San Antonio so I just assumed they had a dome thing. I don't know that you can actually say that the Astrodome will be empty by then. No one has any idea at this point imo but there will have to be some form of refugee center still in place well into next year.

 

[HorninFortWorth]

I bet they move it to Atlanta or somewhere like that. The SEC will still want it to be in their neck of the woods. I am not sure Baton Rouge would have the hotel space for an event like the Sugar Bowl. Tiger Stadium is obviously big enough but most of those people you have to figure live fairly close that attend the LSU home games.