Nashville or Annapolis
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According to Duke's 247 site, they've accepted a Pinstripe bid.
If we are in Annapolis, then we just got punched in the gut.
No way does Duke travel better for football than we do. They have a 30,000 on campus stadium that they can't even fill for games against the other three NC schools.
If we are in Annapolis, then we just got punched in the gut.
No way does Duke travel better for football than we do. They have a 30,000 on campus stadium that they can't even fill for games against the other three NC schools.
Our AD choose our fate this year. I don't know if what he did was good or bad at this point. I think outside the playoffs nobody cares much anymore. Just another game for the schools
I know the whole tier 1 tier 2 perception thing is important to people but if you strip it away and think about it logically, a game in Annapolis against a very good team is quite attractive. It is within driving distance and the setting is historic. It is one of my favorite places to watch a game. I will certainly be there if that's the outcome.
Agree. PITT's last game in Annapolis was a lot of fun. Navy, who was ranked in the Top 25 for a good portion of the season, is a solid team. Playing in the pinstripe against Indiana in NYC is no more favorable than playing Navy in Annapolis.
You can spin it however you want, but accepting the tier 2 military bowl... to play a true road game in the other team's stadium.... is a huge mistake by Barnes.
If I were in charge, sure. But it is sounding like it might be military. ... which would suck.
Its not spin at all. It's how I really feel. Its much better than driving to NY and taking my life in my hands on the subway for a game against a 5-7 Big 10 also ran. And it's much more economical than flying to Nashville.
This.
I can't believe Barnes and Gallagher would both be so freaking stupid as to permit this to happen.
The only way Pitt will ever get a good bowl game is if they put the Tier 1 bowls in a position where they have to select Pitt. Unfortunately, the loss to Miami gave them the option to select other teams. Pitt doesn't travel well.
Yet the Pinstripe Bowl, which is ACC tier 1, can take a terrible Indiana team. It's just a joke all around.
Doesn't appear Barnes can't 'accept' or 'veto'.
Michael Strickland, the league's senior associate commissioner of football operations, said "factual input" received from the schools is a factor.
"Certainly (schools) don't have veto rights to say, 'You cannot send me here,' nor do they have the rights to say, 'You must send me to this bowl,'" Strickland said.
Michael Strickland, the league's senior associate commissioner of football operations, said "factual input" received from the schools is a factor.
"Certainly (schools) don't have veto rights to say, 'You cannot send me here,' nor do they have the rights to say, 'You must send me to this bowl,'" Strickland said.
Actually, the Military Bowl works perfect for me. I was invited to the Ravens-Steelers game Sunday night. I can stay an extra night to go to the Pitt bowl game. Sounds like a plan to me.
Pin Stripe is Tier 1 ACC, but I think it is Tier 2 for the B1G (thus Indiana). Yes, the ACC bowl slots aren't as good as the B1G's.
I believe you are correct on the first part.
Don't forget geography. The pinstripe is great for Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College.
Only works for psu and Rutgers in the big ten.
I'm all pretty sure that it is closer for the Virginia and Carolina schools than most of the other big ten schools, especially in the Midwest.
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28 (ESPN)
Schlabach: Navy vs. Pitt
M cMurphy: Navy vs. Pitt these 2 have penn st going to taxslayer bowl vs georgia
I agree. One of the best road trips if driving is only option. Hotels are cheap no matter if you stay near or have a long weekend in DC.
I'll take Military Bowl all day. Only 1 hour 23 minutes from me. Pitt fans love to complain about nothing.
Yeah I can actually make it to the bowl game now so I'm pretty pleased too. I was just upset that a Pitt team that should be going to more of a big time bowl (if those even exist anymore) is playing a real road game. But whatever, hopefully there will be enough of us there!
That is my biggest problem with the bowls. Penn State eligible for the TaxSlayer. And then goes there. Hahahaha. How bad do you really have to be in the Big Ten to not play in January?
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