Hey Transfer and MODS??
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:18 am
Hey Transfer
do you mind if I use your quote? I'm writing a letter to the Mobile Newspaper and would like to use your quote. I won't use your handle. Actaully, here's my letter: Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Also, can I use AY-ZIGGY-ZOOMBA in my letter to the editor?
First off, great job GMAC Bowl and Jerry Silverstein. The move to Sunday January 7th is one that will have a positive impact on Mobile and those visiting our city. When I first heard the news that the bowl game was moving, I instantly logged on the miamihawktalk.com (University of Miami), ay-ziggy-zoomba.com (Bowling Green State University) and ncaabbs.com (MAC Conference) to tell our past GMAC Bowl guests the good news. Before the inaugural GMAC Bowl, I made it a point to visit the two teams' message boards and help them out with their stay in Mobile. Many had never been to Mobile and were very curious. As I posted and they responded, one issue kept coming up. The midweek kickoff, right before Christmas wasn't feasible for many fans, especially if you're traveling from Toledo, OH. This was unfortunate, because I could tell how excited these fans and students were to be invited to a bowl. Today, just a few moments after posting "GMAC Bowl= Jan. 7" I received many positive replies. "Mobile in January right before school starts? I love it!" one member replied. "Hopefully we'll be bowling in January" another replied. What it all boils down to is the convenience of traveling to Mobile on a Friday and spending the weekend in our great city. In the past, fans would do their best to make it to town on Tuesday to stand along empty parade routes to watch the parade, then head to the river where a few hundred people danced to "The Tip Tops". After the pep-rally and fireworks put some energy in to our guests from the North, they headed downtown to a sparse Dauphin Street crowd. The crowd after the bowl game is usually less crowded. With the game falling on a Sunday, visitors can actually party and do it with the people who make this bowl happen; US. Can you imagine what our guests will think when they head downtown Saturday afternoon for the parade and they see over 100,000 Mobilians on the parade routes, on balconies and hopefully in bars? What will they think when Toledo, Bowling Green, Memphis or Southern Miss flags are all over downtown? It's going to be a true atmosphere. A JANUARY bowl atmosphere! No longer are we wedged between the New Orleans/Lafayette Bowl and Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl. Don't think it's a typo when you see the GMAC Bowl listed in the same sentence as the Rose, Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls. That's right, Mobile's Bowl is right up there with the big boys and apparently the folks who put on the GMAC Bowl are too. Let's take advantage of this new date and really show our guests a good time.
Tom Cunningham
Tallahassee, FL/soon to be Mobile
do you mind if I use your quote? I'm writing a letter to the Mobile Newspaper and would like to use your quote. I won't use your handle. Actaully, here's my letter: Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Also, can I use AY-ZIGGY-ZOOMBA in my letter to the editor?
First off, great job GMAC Bowl and Jerry Silverstein. The move to Sunday January 7th is one that will have a positive impact on Mobile and those visiting our city. When I first heard the news that the bowl game was moving, I instantly logged on the miamihawktalk.com (University of Miami), ay-ziggy-zoomba.com (Bowling Green State University) and ncaabbs.com (MAC Conference) to tell our past GMAC Bowl guests the good news. Before the inaugural GMAC Bowl, I made it a point to visit the two teams' message boards and help them out with their stay in Mobile. Many had never been to Mobile and were very curious. As I posted and they responded, one issue kept coming up. The midweek kickoff, right before Christmas wasn't feasible for many fans, especially if you're traveling from Toledo, OH. This was unfortunate, because I could tell how excited these fans and students were to be invited to a bowl. Today, just a few moments after posting "GMAC Bowl= Jan. 7" I received many positive replies. "Mobile in January right before school starts? I love it!" one member replied. "Hopefully we'll be bowling in January" another replied. What it all boils down to is the convenience of traveling to Mobile on a Friday and spending the weekend in our great city. In the past, fans would do their best to make it to town on Tuesday to stand along empty parade routes to watch the parade, then head to the river where a few hundred people danced to "The Tip Tops". After the pep-rally and fireworks put some energy in to our guests from the North, they headed downtown to a sparse Dauphin Street crowd. The crowd after the bowl game is usually less crowded. With the game falling on a Sunday, visitors can actually party and do it with the people who make this bowl happen; US. Can you imagine what our guests will think when they head downtown Saturday afternoon for the parade and they see over 100,000 Mobilians on the parade routes, on balconies and hopefully in bars? What will they think when Toledo, Bowling Green, Memphis or Southern Miss flags are all over downtown? It's going to be a true atmosphere. A JANUARY bowl atmosphere! No longer are we wedged between the New Orleans/Lafayette Bowl and Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl. Don't think it's a typo when you see the GMAC Bowl listed in the same sentence as the Rose, Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls. That's right, Mobile's Bowl is right up there with the big boys and apparently the folks who put on the GMAC Bowl are too. Let's take advantage of this new date and really show our guests a good time.
Tom Cunningham
Tallahassee, FL/soon to be Mobile
