Humanitarian Bowl Wants the Bruins
By Victor - Monday December 07th 2009 |
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Apparently, the Humanitarian Bowl wants UCLA football . First off, did anyone know this was an actual bowl game? Remember that Seinfeld when George made up that fake charity and called it “The Human Fund”? The name kind of conjures that a bit. Further investigation finds the full name is the Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl. From Roady’s website:
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So, if offered it, do they take the bid or stay home? If the Bruins accept and take the game, but then lose the damn Humanitarian Bowl to a presumably weak opponent–remember the Silicon Valley Classic loss to Fresno State in ’03–that would be a truly lousy ending to a mediocre season. Sometimes you should just stay home and cut your losses. Literally.
Do you do any reporting? I visit this site and your information is continually wrong. UCLA already declined the Humanitarian bowl and has now agreed to play in the EagleBank bowl provided Navy beats Army this week.
RM – The story here was that that joke of a bowl, the Humanitarian Bowl, wants (or wanted, apparently) UCLA. Must have missed news that they officially declined it. (Source?) If that’s true, what happens to UCLA if Army upsets Navy?
Here is the press release from UCLA regarding the bowl it might play in. http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120609aae.html
If Army beats Navy then UCLA is not going bowling as all the bowls are filled up now.
The EagleBank bowl has a higher payout than the Humanitarian bowl does. I’m sure that was a major consideration in UCLA decision to spurn the Humanitarian bowl and UCLA also wants exposure to east coast recruiting circles by playing on the east coast. Navy is favored to beat Army on Saturday but given that it’s a rivalry game anything is possible.