Posted by Kevin - Cheyenne, WY on 4/27/2008, 4:52 pm, in reply to "Another bowl? The WAC teams as possibilities?"
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Moving the date of one of the attractive MWC tie-in Bowls to the week between Christmas and New Years Eve is more important than adding another Bowl matching two mediocre teams.
Currently, three of the four Bowls with MWC tie-ins are played prior to Christmas. I know few that take time off work prior to Christmas and even fewer that would take time off to attend a Bowl. I know many people, though, that take the entire week off between the two Holidays and would be happy to travel to either San Diego or Las Vegas during this time.
Ideally, the date of the Las Vegas Bowl would be December 30.
(This year the only Bowl game played on that date was the always highly anticipated Petro Sun Independence Bowl (yawn).)
In the event they ever return to relative competitiveness, I would love the prospect of seeing the MWC Champion Wyoming Cowboys battle on that day, then staying around long enough to celebrate New Years Eve on the Las Vegas strip. I suspect fans of other MWC schools would feel the same.
Notice to MWC Commissioner Craig Thompson: Get it done.
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