(11-17-2016 02:34 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(11-14-2016 03:31 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  Heard some talk Saturday that due to the lackluster performance by AAC the St Petersburg Bowl may come into play for the Sunbelt. The AAC has eight tie ins with the St Petersburg Bowl being the last to pick. They currently have 7 bowl eligible teams. CUSA only has 4 bowl eligible teams to cover their 7 tie ins. It could get interesting....

This is totally incorrect. The St Pete bowl is in a bowl pool and is guaranteed to be one of the top 5 picks. This used to be on the AAC website, but was taken off. It's one of 4 AAC bowls that gets a "P5" opponent, so would be filled prior to some others.

By the way, if/when the Rays get a new stadium, the St Pete bowl would be moved there. (Progress being made now on stadium talks)

They've been talking about a new stadium for 15 years.

Sailboat was always a fun idea.




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I don't like the idea of playing football in baseball stadiums, I grew up in the era of multi use facilities, which meant they could be used for multiple things but were good at non of them. Then they started building football stadiums for football and baseball stadiums for baseball, what a novel idea.

And now ESPN is putting college football games in baseball stadiums. Kinda cool the first time, but sucks after that. The site lines are not there for attendees, and makes for a bad game experience.

(11-15-2016 01:56 AM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(11-14-2016 09:58 PM)Usajags Wrote:  The St Pete bowl always has terrible attendance and looks terrible on TV. That is one bowl that needs to eliminated.

I'd like for some more bowls to be eliminated and replaced with better sites. Tropicana Field is the ugliest stadium in Major League Baseball, and it's even worse for college football. A second bowl game in Atlanta, Charlotte, or Nashville, or one in Myrtle Beach or Charleston, would be better options that St. Pete. Heck, an indoor game at a cool Midwestern city like Indianapolis of Minneapolis would be cool, too.. If I was grand czar of college football, I'd trade out St. Pete and probably the Ticket City (or whatever is played in the Cotton Bowl stadium) for one of those other cities. Too bad no one in charge cares about my opinion.

Would rather go to St Pete than Indy.

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(11-17-2016 02:55 PM)WolfBird Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 02:34 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(11-14-2016 03:31 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  Heard some talk Saturday that due to the lackluster performance by AAC the St Petersburg Bowl may come into play for the Sunbelt. The AAC has eight tie ins with the St Petersburg Bowl being the last to pick. They currently have 7 bowl eligible teams. CUSA only has 4 bowl eligible teams to cover their 7 tie ins. It could get interesting....

This is totally incorrect. The St Pete bowl is in a bowl pool and is guaranteed to be one of the top 5 picks. This used to be on the AAC website, but was taken off. It's one of 4 AAC bowls that gets a "P5" opponent, so would be filled prior to some others.

By the way, if/when the Rays get a new stadium, the St Pete bowl would be moved there. (Progress being made now on stadium talks)

They've been talking about a new stadium for 15 years.

Sailboat was always a fun idea.




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Yes, but the talks are actually going somewhere now due to 2 factors. The Rays lease has been amended, allowing them to look in Tampa for a new stadium (St Pete is a far worse location for a baseball stadium). Tampa is wooing the Rays now. And secondly, the Rays 30 year lease with St Pete will be up in 10 years. They will not play out lease in Tropicana field without a new stadium, so if they don't get something in the works soon, they would likely look to move.

A stadium deal to bring the Rays to Tampa will happen within the next 18 months or so, conservatively speaking. Probably sooner.