New Orleans Bowl info

Baby Arm! · September 2, 2005

Looks like the game will be played, just not sure where...

Katrina aftermath: Cities offer to host bowl gamesESPN.com news services

MasterCard Alamo Bowl president and CEO Derrick Fox told The Dallas Morning News he's invited Sugar Bowl officials to move their game to San Antonio.

BCS coordinator Kevin Weiberg spoke to Nokia Sugar Bowl president Mark Romig, but no decision had been made about whether the game would be played in the Superdome, BCS spokesman Bob Burda said.

New Orleans Bowl

The New Orleans Bowl, which pits the Sun Belt and Conference USA champions on Dec. 20, is another postseason game whose status is unknown.

"At this point, it's just too early to speculate," Burda told the paper.

"I'm 100 percent sure that the game will be played this year, but I'm zero percent sure where it will be," Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters said. "I don't think it will be in the Superdome. But Dec. 20 is a long way away. Memphis and Lafayette have expressed interest in it. There are other places that have expressed interest and we will try to make sure the game occurs,''

The Sun Belt Conference office had to move to Lafayette from its headquarters in New Orleans.

NT80 · September 2, 2005

I'd vote for San Antonio or Shreveport first, then maybe Houston and Lafayette next. Not crazy about Memphis in December.

mrsgreengoblin · September 2, 2005

I'd vote for San Antonio or Shreveport first, then maybe Houston and Lafayette next. Not crazy about Memphis in December.
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Yeah, I've been to Memphis in December and it's pretty freakin cold from what I can remember.

Huff · September 3, 2005

We now have two schools in Florida that play football. Perhaps a site in Florida should be considered. At least it might be warm there at night in December.