POLL: Preferred bowl destination this year

[RUforester72]

Phoenix of bust! We will be 1.5 hours away by car.

Nonstop flight from Bend!

 

[RU848789]

Arizona was the 27th and Texas the 26th. We traveled on X-Mas for the Insight and the Eve for the Texas Bowl. But since Kevin was playing- we were all pretty invested.
But...in those first few years- Rutgers did a really shitty job helping families make arrangements and didn't organize anything for families during that time. - not to pay for anything but just to even let us know what hotel or to block off some rooms for us. In 2005- we were completely left on our own and when we called out to the bowl- the dumb shits gave us the other school's hotel. We had to make a change after we got there. Rutgers also had tables up in those first couple of bowls to help staff family do things and had some nice organized events for staff family too- but again, player family- not much help at all...in the later bowls, maybe we just got better at it and we got to know more families- but it seemed so much easier.
And every bowl was a blast- the wife and I have been in sales and always able to work remote if we wanted so we usually took 5-7 days for each one. We even drove back and forth to Bama for the no pizza bowl

Arizona was the 27th, but Houston was the 28th, not the 26th (the Wiki page says 12/26, but is wrong; I still have all of my emails discussing it on the 28th and every other source says 28th). Both were perfect between-the-holidays dates for me, as I got to go the day before and stay 2 nights. The Toronto (International) Bowl on 1/5 was also a great date for me, as were Papa Johns (Birmingham) on 12/29, St. Pete on 12/19, Pinstripe-1 on 12/30, Citrus on 12/28, and Pinstripe-2 on 12/28. The only bowl I missed was Quick Lane (Detroit) on 12/26. I made the Gator on 12/31, only because I drove down to visit my dad, since COVID was still an issue and we didn't have a NYE party that year.

https://scarletknights.com/sports/2022/4/5/rutgers-football-bowl-history.aspx

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

Arizona was the 27th, but Houston was the 28th, not the 26th (the Wiki page says 12/26, but is wrong; I still have all of my emails discussing it on the 28th and every other source says 28th). Both were perfect between-the-holidays dates for me, as I got to go the day before and stay 2 nights. The Toronto (International) Bowl on 1/5 was also a great date for me, as were Papa Johns (Birmingham) on 12/29, St. Pete on 12/19, Pinstripe-1 on 12/30, Citrus on 12/28, and Pinstripe-2 on 12/28. The only bowl I missed was Quick Lane (Detroit) on 12/26. I made the Gator on 12/31, only because I drove down to visit my dad, since COVID was still an issue and we didn't have a NYE party that year.

https://scarletknights.com/sports/2022/4/5/rutgers-football-bowl-history.aspx

Houston the 28th. Drove down with my son and left day after Christmas.

 

[mildone]

THANK GOD you didn't mis-spell "Likes" 🙏 😛

I dunno, that, ’Spanky is a cutey-pie. 😀

 

[motorb54]

So many of those journalists picking Iowa above us. Let's crush the Hawkeyes tomorrow
and make them reconsider.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Arizona was the 27th, but Houston was the 28th, not the 26th (the Wiki page says 12/26, but is wrong; I still have all of my emails discussing it on the 28th and every other source says 28th). Both were perfect between-the-holidays dates for me, as I got to go the day before and stay 2 nights. The Toronto (International) Bowl on 1/5 was also a great date for me, as were Papa Johns (Birmingham) on 12/29, St. Pete on 12/19, Pinstripe-1 on 12/30, Citrus on 12/28, and Pinstripe-2 on 12/28. The only bowl I missed was Quick Lane (Detroit) on 12/26. I made the Gator on 12/31, only because I drove down to visit my dad, since COVID was still an issue and we didn't have a NYE party that year.

https://scarletknights.com/sports/2022/4/5/rutgers-football-bowl-history.aspx

it's funny- we took flights x-mas and x-mas eve but you are right and it must have been the opposite locations- traveled x-mas for Houston and the eve for Arizona. The Arizona trip was so much fun- we had a lot of time to travel around and see a lot of the area and after the game- they allowed Kevin to fly home with us so we took a day after and for the life of me, can't remember the route we took but took a great scenic drive up through the mountains. I only remember that about the halfway point there was this old restaurant with all the license plates up on the wall. But it was great just taking the time to enjoy...Houston- well- not much to do around there.

 

[Knight Shift]

Nonstop flight from Bend!

We would welcome guests in our Sedona home, but we already have a full house. With the kids and friends, etc.

 

[DJ Spanky]

So I see the PimpStink Bowl at the Steinbrenner Memorial Whorehouse is running a distant 3rd in this poll.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

So I see the PimpStink Bowl at the Steinbrenner Memorial Whorehouse is running a distant 3rd in this poll.

Rutgers Al probably stuffed the ballot box to get even that many.

 

[retired711]

So I see the PimpStink Bowl at the Steinbrenner Memorial Whorehouse is running a distant 3rd in this poll.

IMHO, it's a mistake to speak this way about any bowl game when it's been so long since we've been in one (leaving aside our last-minute invite to the Gator Bowl weeks after practice had ended).

 

[yesrutgers01]

IMHO, it's a mistake to speak this way about any bowl game when it's been so long since we've been in one (leaving aside our last-minute invite to the Gator Bowl weeks after practice had ended).

I think most of us are happy to be in any bowl. But, the fact still remains, the PS Bowl is one of the worst out there for both team and fan experience.
I do think teams from outside the tri state like it much more than teams that can just drive there on gameday.

 

[retired711]

I think most of us are happy to be in any bowl. But, the fact still remains, the PS Bowl is one of the worst out there for both team and fan experience.
I do think teams from outside the tri state like it much more than teams that can just drive there on gameday.

I totally agree -- but "pimpstink bowl" and "memorial whorehouse" is, IMHO, inappropriate language.

 

[Henry Rutgers]

So these poll results prove that this site's old boy network insisting "we want any bowl but Pinstripe" and "nobody wants to play in The Bronx" are full of it. It's 3rd place ahead of Phoenix and Detroit. I'm excited about Rutgers representing the Big Ten in NYC this year and it will be a great thing for the program if we can find a way to win. Go RU!