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Post by rmcalhoun on Apr 28, 2020 15:44:40 GMT -6
I purchase a couple new old hats today and one says the 1990 crystal bowl in Ireland.. One of you old timers tell me about this
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Post by 00hmh on Apr 28, 2020 15:58:57 GMT -6
I purchase a couple new old hats today and one says the 1990 crystal bowl in Ireland.. One of you old timers tell me about this
Very exciting to go to Ireland for many of us.
But wait!
The video is record of the press conference announcing the scheduling of the Shamrock Crystal Bowl in Killarney, Ireland between the Ball State University Cardinals and the Ohio University Bobcats to be played on November 17, 1990.
We won!!!!!
1990 (7-4); MAC: 5-3 (3rd Tie) Coach Schudel 9/8 Illinois State (A) W 13-3 15 Wisconsin (A) L 24-7 22 Toledo (H)* L 28-16 29 Bowling Green (H)* W 16-6 10/6 Miami Univ. (A)* L 24-10 13 Kent State (H)* W 31-0 20 Western Mich. (A)* L 14-13 27 Indiana State (H) W 42-0 11/3 Central Mich. (A)* W 13-3 10 Eastern Mich. (A)* W 20-13 17 Ohio (H)* W 23-6
The BSU punch line is that bowl game was later moved to Ball State Stadium in Muncie, IN.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Apr 28, 2020 16:07:29 GMT -6
Well that makes me like my new old hat even better.. LOL... Thats A very BSUish story.. We almost did somethig cool
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Post by journalismjoe76 on Apr 28, 2020 19:52:14 GMT -6
It was good to hear Morrie’s voice when he asked the question, but where was Dougie Z?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 3:36:10 GMT -6
Wasn't that the year they used scrums instead of kickoffs?
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Post by CallingBS on Apr 29, 2020 6:06:22 GMT -6
So why didn't it happen?
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Post by 00hmh on Apr 29, 2020 7:33:43 GMT -6
On page 6 of the same edition of the DN there is a story about the BB team playing a preseason game in Winchester, and plans for the FB team to play a future game in Bloomington.
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Apr 29, 2020 7:53:05 GMT -6
"Sports Marekting Group of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the organizer of the Shamrock Crystal Bowl game, notified both schools in a letter from its attorney Monday that the firm wanted to renegotiate the contract. Officials from both schools re-jected a request to pay an additional $150,000 that the firm wanted."
reading between the lines "Sports Marketing Group couldn't sell enough tickets because no one in Ireland wanted to see Ball State vs Ohio in November."
Also love the typo or Marketing
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Post by williamtsherman on Apr 29, 2020 8:46:54 GMT -6
If only the MAC would invest in its Irish fanbase, I'm sure it would have the same level of success as here.
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Post by 00hmh on Apr 29, 2020 9:11:07 GMT -6
reading between the lines "Sports Marketing Group couldn't sell enough tickets because no one in Ireland wanted to see Ball State vs Ohio in November." Population 14K, Killarney is a tourist spot in the summer. More hotel rooms than most Irish towns other than Dublin.
Promoters were no perhaps optimistic for some reason that more than a few fans from the two schools wanted to fly to Ireland in the off season.
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Post by DickHunsaker on Apr 29, 2020 13:53:21 GMT -6
reading between the lines "Sports Marketing Group couldn't sell enough tickets because no one in Ireland wanted to see Ball State vs Ohio in November." Population 14K, Killarney is a tourist spot in the summer. More hotel rooms than most Irish towns other than Dublin.
Promoters were no perhaps optimistic for some reason that more than a few fans from the two schools wanted to fly to Ireland in the off season.
I was in Killarney last year. 4 hour train ride from Dublin. Closest airport is Shannon near Limerick. Only way to get to Killarney is via bus or driving. Lovely place though. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Apr 29, 2020 14:15:04 GMT -6
Also, it's a long way to Tipperary.
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