Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Day 4 of the Long March: Hawai'i Bowl chat

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Day 4 of the Long March: Hawai'i Bowl chat

2007-12-23 15:30

by Bob Timmermann

What better way to get ready for the holidays than with some exciting minor bowl action from the 50th state?

Normally, the University of Hawai'i would play in this game if they had a winning record, but the 'Bows spoiled things by going undefeated and going to the Sugar Bowl. So instead it will be last season's favorite underdog, Boise State (10-2), facing East Carolina (7-5).

A crowd of invited guests is expected. Boise State finished its regular season with a loss at Hawai'i, so it's not like its fans are motivated to make another trip out to the islands. And East Carolina's fans probably won't be coming out in big numbers either. Mostly because they can't figure out which state they're really in.

Boise State has played in seven bowl games at the Division 1-A level and is 5-2 in those games and three of those wins came at home.

East Carolina is 4-4 in 1-A level bowls, including an epic 64-61 loss to Marshall in 2001. The Pirates are 3-2 in lower division bowl games, losing the 1952 Lions Bowl played in Salisbury, North Carolina and the 1954 Elks Bowl played in Greenville, South Carolina. They did beat Northeastern in the 1963 Eastern Bowl in Allentown, Pennsylvania and won the 1964 and 1965 Tangerine Bowls (over UMass and Maine), which has since morphed into the Capital One Bowl.

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East Carolina Victory March

Comments

2007-12-23 19:44:59

1. Gen3Blue

Fight fiercely Boise-fight,fight,fight!
My father was born in Idaho--honestly.

2007-12-23 20:04:15

2. Johan

Didn't they used to play this game on Christmas? Egads, two NBA games is the only entertainment this year (and I use that term loosely)? Gonna be a lonnng day.

2007-12-24 12:07:25

3. Linkmeister

2 Yes, it was originally a Christmas Day bowl.

It drew 25,000 people, half again as many as showed up for the last Hawai'i Bowl which didn't have UH playing.

It got exciting at the end, but that first half was awful.

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