End of the Motor City Bowl?

dstubb · Post by **dstubb** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:45 pm

Just heard on ESPN radio that the automakers may be pulling out of their Motor City Bowl sponsorship due to their financial problems.

factman · Post by **factman** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:05 pm

They interviewed George Perles last night on the broadcast and he said Chrysler had already dropped and they replaced them with one of the Unions, and they had plans, should the others drop, but he expected the bowl game to continue.

dstubb · Post by **dstubb** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:09 pm

factman wrote:They interviewed George Perles last night on the broadcast and he said Chrysler had already dropped and they replaced them with one of the Unions, and they had plans, should the others drop, but he expected the bowl game to continue.

Oh, good, I missed that interview - so I wonder why ESPN is saying otherwise. Looked like the attendance was good. Too bad CMU couldn't get it done last night.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:16 pm

According to the box score, the attendance was 41,399...which is pretty damn good all things considered. It was CMU's 3rd straight MCB appearance, FAU was 6-6 coming in and probably didn't bring a whole lot of fans and we all know what the Detroit area is going thru right now. 41,000+ is very good, IMO>

MACMAN · Post by **MACMAN** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:56 am

I would hope that with all the fin issue of the day, about 1/2 of the bowls would fold, and in so doing some other changes would be made, such as some mulit sponsors of fewer bowls, and in the end just fewer bowls.

Class of 61 · Post by **Class of 61** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:01 pm

Falconfreak90 wrote:According to the box score, the attendance was 41,399...which is pretty damn good all things considered. It was CMU's 3rd straight MCB appearance, FAU was 6-6 coming in and probably didn't bring a whole lot of fans and we all know what the Detroit area is going thru right now. 41,000+ is very good, IMO>

Mike,
Not sure where I read it, but supposedly FAU brought about 100 fans! (so much for guarantees)...and it wasn't their own band that was playing...they "rented out" a Mich. HS Band to play for them.

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:19 pm

The only thing George Perles can ever do, is first talk about how they wanted a Big Ten team in the game, how he wishes that team could have been Michigan State, and what the question was.

The bowl is well run. Despite being in Detroit they've had strong support locally, and the games have generally been very fun to watch. I do think they would be well advised to drop the Motor City title and try to come at it from another direction. Or at least get Toyota to sponsor the game!

We may see a few games struggle or fail, but odds are we won't see fewer when all is said and done. The world is settling into the reality that playoffs won't happen and that bowls are a long-term fixture of college football.

San Fran Falcon · Post by **San Fran Falcon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:57 am

MACMAN wrote:I would hope that with all the fin issue of the day, about 1/2 of the bowls would fold, and in so doing some other changes would be made, such as some mulit sponsors of fewer bowls, and in the end just fewer bowls.

Are you dyslexic? I've struggled to read your posts for close to 2 years now. If you are, I apologize for questioning it.

San Fran Falcon · Post by **San Fran Falcon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:05 am

I do think they would be well advised to drop the Motor City title and try to come at it from another direction. Or at least get Toyota to sponsor the game!

Blasphemy!! The "Toyota Bowl" in Detroit? We don't need another riot there.

footballguy51 · Post by **footballguy51** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:47 am

San Fran Falcon wrote:I do think they would be well advised to drop the Motor City title and try to come at it from another direction. Or at least get Toyota to sponsor the game!

Blasphemy!! The "Toyota Bowl" in Detroit? We don't need another riot there.

The Toyota Bowl sounds too much like the Toilet Bowl.

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:46 pm

footballguy51 wrote:
San Fran Falcon wrote:I do think they would be well advised to drop the Motor City title and try to come at it from another direction. Or at least get Toyota to sponsor the game!

Blasphemy!! The "Toyota Bowl" in Detroit? We don't need another riot there.
The Toyota Bowl sounds too much like the Toilet Bowl.

Maybe, but its a Toilet that never clogs and gets 40 MPG.

Motor City Bowl is close enough to Toilet Bowl already.

RobbyFalcon · Post by **RobbyFalcon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:24 pm

MACMAN wrote:I would hope that with all the fin issue of the day, about 1/2 of the bowls would fold, and in so doing some other changes would be made, such as some mulit sponsors of fewer bowls, and in the end just fewer bowls.

Yep all these college football games bug me. Why would I want to watch college football when I could watch Maury holler "You are the father!"

Because the networks put on all their best shows at the end of December, these stupid college football games just clutter up stuff. What if The Mentalist got postponed? Terrrible. Less college football is a great idea and one that is sure to catch on with college footbal fans.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:03 am

There are too many bowls but I love college football too much not to watch. There have been a lot of great games so far this bowl season and I plan on watching every one of them thru the BCS title game and Urban's 2nd BSC National Title.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:04 am

Class of 61 wrote:
Falconfreak90 wrote:According to the box score, the attendance was 41,399...which is pretty damn good all things considered. It was CMU's 3rd straight MCB appearance, FAU was 6-6 coming in and probably didn't bring a whole lot of fans and we all know what the Detroit area is going thru right now. 41,000+ is very good, IMO>
Mike,
Not sure where I read it, but supposedly FAU brought about 100 fans! (so much for guarantees)...and it wasn't their own band that was playing...they "rented out" a Mich. HS Band to play for them.

Den,

Wouldn't surprise me one bit!

buffaloefalcon · Post by **buffaloefalcon** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:41 pm

End of the Motor City Bowl? How about the end of Detroit!