Pioneer Bowl set for Dec. 4 at Ladd-Peebles


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Pioneer Bowl set for Dec. 4 at Ladd-Peebles

Bowl has three-year agreement with city

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

By CASSANDRA M. TAYLOR
Sports Reporter

Leon Maisel referred to Mobile as the College Bowl Capital of the United States during Monday's press conference officially announcing the Pioneer Bowl as another event on the city's calendar.

Maisel, president and CEO of the Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, was joined by Mayor Mike Dow as well as Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner Dr. William Lide and Mobile Bay Pioneer Bowl co-chairman Michael Pierce in making the announcement with the LeFlore High School Marching Band providing the entertainment.

The game will take place Dec. 4 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium and will feature the conference winners of the SIAC and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Bowl officials have a three-year contract to play the game in Mobile.

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10,000 didnt show up in ATL.... they need to let this game DIE.... nobody wants to see a SIAC and CIAA championship game.
 
This could be a good replacement for the Gulf Coast Want-To-Be-A-Big-Time-Classic. If the ASU BOT really want to do something to help the football program then pull out of this game.
 
Actually, 10K~15K would be a solid crowd for a NCAA Division II Bowl Game. It would also be a decent crowd for a tourist city during (just prior to Christmas and the Bowl Season) that time of year.
 
Jafus (Thinker) said:
Actually, 10K~15K would be a solid crowd for a NCAA Division II Bowl Game. It would also be a decent crowd for a tourist city during (just prior to Christmas and the Bowl Season) that time of year.
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a "tourist city"????

If 10,000 didnt show up in ATL for the game.... I am SURE 10,000 will not show up in Mobile for the game.... maybe if it was summer all star classic where fans could go to the beach at Gulf Shores.... but I dont see this making it through the 3 year contract.
 
DAHILL,

Cool, you have point. It will be interesting to view what the City of Mobile, SIAC, and CIAA are able to make of the Pioneer Bowl over the next three years.
 
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