Friends of Coal Bowl

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:32 pm

Or as I like to call it "60,000 people and only on full set of teeth game"

http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?story=9499

I thought Clash in Cleveland was lame, but this one takes the cake.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:12 am

"Clash in Cleveland" is lame, but at least it gets the job done, I guess.

"Battle of I-75" is REALLY lame.

But "Coal Boal" is pretty cool.

It's West Virginia. What else are they gonna say?

"Meth Bowl" doesn't have that same je ne sais quoi.

Seriously: "Iron Bowl," "Coal Bowl" -- I like 'em.

Perhaps we should put some thought into what our Toledo series ought to be named. Because, seriously, "Battle of I-75" is pedestrian beyond belief.

(After all, couldn't we have said the same thing about our game a couple of years ago with South Florida?)

I'd prefer "Black Swamp Brawl" but I think I'm the only one who has ever said that.

On a side note: Isn't Don Nehlen a big pitchman for the Friends of Coal? I thought I heard that somewhere?

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:28 pm

What are on your thoughts on "Battle of Northwest Ohio" ?

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:58 pm

Given the content of your other Marshall related post, perhaps Lipton or Bigelow can come aboard as a game sponsor.

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:05 pm

jacojdm wrote:Given the content of your other Marshall related post, perhaps Lipton or Bigelow can come aboard as a game sponsor.

haha niiiiiiice

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:05 pm

Dayons_Den wrote:What are on your thoughts on "Battle of Northwest Ohio" ?

I'd like to think our game trancends Northwest Ohio. So that's worse, actually.

I like "Black Swamp" because it offers a sense of place and it ties both schools together (I guess -- I mean I think Toledo was pretty swampy, but I don't know if it was technically in the Black Swamp).

Maybe there would be a way to play off the Michigan-Ohio war, which, as everyone knows, Ohio lost, cause we had to take Toledo.

The "Maumee River Bowl?" Maybe the winner of the game could plant a big flag on an island in the river, visible from the I-75 bridge.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:36 am

It's difficult because BG and Toledo are so vastly different from one another (cue ameteurish slap from the UT Fashion Police - "*gasp*, orange is an awful color, boyzzzzzz").

We could make a play on glass. Toledo is the Glass City and BG, at one time, was called Crystal City. BG also had glass making back in the late 1800 because of the neighboring oil drilling.

Pane Bowl?

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:39 pm

My new job has me working with lots of coal companies... especially Alpha Coal... wonder if I can get me some tickets...

rocketfootball · Post by **rocketfootball** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:48 am

How about:

The Battle for the Peacepipe

The logo would have a long-haired hippy smoking pot from a pipe.

Seriously though, make it real short and simple:

The Brawl

rocketfootball · Post by **rocketfootball** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:49 am

Rightupinthere wrote:It's difficult because BG and Toledo are so vastly different from one another (cue ameteurish slap from the UT Fashion Police - "*gasp*, orange is an awful color, boyzzzzzz").

We could make a play on glass. Toledo is the Glass City and BG, at one time, was called Crystal City. BG also had glass making back in the late 1800 because of the neighboring oil drilling.

Pane Bowl?

How about "The Glass Bowl!" 8)

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:55 pm

rocketfootball wrote:How about "The Glass Bowl!" 8)

Awesome! And the trophy can be something an 8 year old makes with an Erector set!!!

rocketfootball · Post by **rocketfootball** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:19 pm

TG1996 wrote:
rocketfootball wrote:How about "The Glass Bowl!" 8)
Awesome! And the trophy can be something an 8 year old makes with an Erector set!!!

Great. Let's get factman working on it.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:09 pm

The battle for Carty.... loser has to take him for Mayor.