BOWL: Liberty Bowl vs Memphis Dec 29
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Would love to see the Cyclones in these same uniforms in this year’s Liberty Bowl.
This is the reason ^
Also the only 3 recent times we've been selected to a liberty bowl, we've gotten Memphis x 2 & Tulsa. We've never gotten a P5 or SEC team as an opponent.
I honestly don't mind the Liberty Bowl. What I hate about it is playing a team on their home turf. It's the same BS as playing Boise St at Boise. It should be against the bowl selection rules.
I agree....we had probably 25k down there last time....I think we'll be lucky if we get 15k
100% is bold.......they both suck as destinations......I was really hoping they would stick us in Fort Worth or Dallas for a bowl or Phoenix
I'm sure some Memphis fans are excited but if I'm a Memphis fan, I would want to go somewhere else than my home stadium for a bowl game
Depends what you are looking for. I went to both. There is more to do in Memphis and it's closer. Much better option IMO. I went to Orlando, and while I thought it was better than Memphis when you factor in the cost difference it's not THAT much better. I wouldn't have gone back to Orlando. No way am I going to Phoenix day after Christmas. After San Antonio and Houston give me Memphis I guess of the options that were available.
Orlando is bad from a congregation stand point but it's hard to go wrong in terms of entertainment.....if you have a young family, Disney is right there, adults might venture for the beach which is just 45 minutes to an hour away.
And at least Orlando is usually warm still in late December. I'd take Orlando over Memphis any time.
Two nights downtown Memphis at the Doubletree for $130 a night. Granted I got a refundable reservation last week, so its probably more expensive now. Split it with a friend and it's going to be a cheap bowl trip.
Definitely. They hyped this game up when we went with Rhoads against Tulsa. They had a pre-recorded message and called EVERYBODY. I'm not a season ticket holder, but got tickets that year through the Ticket Office for an early season game and still got those dumb phone calls.
The drivability factor cancels out a lot of the disappointment IMO. We are all booked and taking the kids to their first bowl game and proximity/cost is making that possible.
Two things I've liked about my trips to the Liberty Bowl.
1. The town really embraces the game. You get more of a bowl game experience where the locals embrace the game. Can't say the same for games in bigger cities.
2. The bowl game raises money to support St. Judes Children's Research Hospital where patients do not receive a hospital bill.
Autozone Liberty Bowl presents record $801K donation to St. Jude
The AutoZone Liberty Bowl presented a $800,973.74 check to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Thursday. The donation brings the collective support by the AutoZone Liberty Bowl to more than $5 million.www.actionnews5.com
To be fair, it's well documented that Iowa State fans hate sick children.
I looked last week and there were a number of marriott properties not downtown that were like 120-150/night. It's not bad pricewise.
Yep we are staying out east for like $135 a night. That's pretty tough to beat. We are taking the kids so being close to Beal isn't really a factor for us this time.
LOL hardly. You think it’s tougher to sell Boise after a disastrous end to the season? Or New York in December?
I think we tend to overlook how many fans aren't willing to fly to a bowl game, especially with families. Those fans will flock to Memphis. This is the first non-flight bowl game for me since 2017.
