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The International Bowl has been "retired," where "retired" implies "left in a ditch for dead and disavowed." Think you're gonna miss it? You're, um, completely alone on that:
Of the four games, the biggest crowd was in 2009, when the University at Buffalo participated, helping result in an attendance of 40,184.
Otherwise, the International Bowl, the only bowl game outside the U.S., has served as little more than a point of curiosity for fans.
Curiosity, mild derision, whatever you want to call it, the burning question remains: But where will lower-echelon teams be forced to spend their New Year's holidays practicing and pining for the fun and sun of the Meineke Car Care Bowl? TRICK QUESTION; there won't be a Big East anymore! Sleep tight!
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MWC will take the Big East spot
Mountain West Connection
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 25, 2010 8:36 PM EDT reply actions
Not so much
Easier to add you guys and have 7 autobids.
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by Jamie DeVriend on Mar 25, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I have said this before
and I’ll say it one more time. The reports of the Big East’s demise were greatly exaggerated in 2004, and it is still the case today.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Mar 25, 2010 9:13 PM EDT reply actions
If you can't tell that I wasn't actually predicting the demise of the Big East in the next nine months,
I beseech you to go bother somebody else’s blog.
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Mar 25, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Tranquilo, mi amiga
I happen to know you have a soft spot in your heart for my beloved Mountaineers.
I do, however, feel obligated to defend the Big East from even small slights, as it is hard enough to land good bowl games when most of the country perceives you as some bastard step-child who’s even lower than the ACC.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Mar 25, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Cheerio!
Carry on, then. [slaps musket]
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Mar 26, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I know
I just hate the Big East
Mountain West Connection
by Jeremy Mauss on Mar 25, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there a non-Big East fan who doesn't?
Team Speed Kills. Because you can never know enough about the SEC.
by Brandon Larrabee on Mar 26, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
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