Armed Forces Bowl

[WIN]

Parking was stoopid. More roads than normal were closed. We had a family event in Ellis County and didn' make it back until near the end of the 3rd. Dropped off the family and headed out to do some shopping when I remembered I still had the tickets I was given. Figured I could get into one of the closer lots with no problem given the time. Nope. Didn't even get to see the lots. After driving around for what seemed like forever I finally came to Lot 3 only to find it wasn't used for parking at all. Cantey, Boyd and Stadium were closed. By the time I found a reasonable spot Army was on their final drive.

Traffic flow must have been controlled by the bowl committee. Was definitely different. Ended up with a impromptu party at the house because of people needing to park. Very impressed with the turn-out.

 

[PhillyFrog]

Lockheed's really doing a great job with that sponsorship.

Also, that portable Lightning II trainer looks really cool.

 

[Realtorfrog]

Impressive crowd with two teams from a long way away, good job FW for stepping up!

 

[Brog]

Yeah, the parking, traffic control thing was atrocious. Maybe with the location of the stadium and the University right in the middle of a great big residential area there isn't any good solution to the problem, but dear Lord, getting in to the parking lots was a pain. Almost seemed that the traffic officers had as their responsibility slowing down people getting in.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Elvis Gallegos was doing color on ESPNU/XM for the Tech game too.

You sure? BE and John were on XM 84 and threw it down to Landry the couple times I heard.

 

[Frogenstein]

Hoosier is right, Elvis G did the color for the Birmingham Bowl. I listened to the entire game on Sirius.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Hoosier is right, Elvis G did the color for the Birmingham Bowl. I listened to the entire game on Sirius.

My bad. Reading is hard.

 

[ReedFrawg]

Great attendance. 36K announced...think this is the most of any bowl game so far.

 

[PurplFrawg]

being replayed now on ESPNU

 

[BoydAveFrogFan]

For all the people that parked at my house, non have ever been to Amon Carter and with a crowd of 35k, I would assume a majority was their 1st time visit.

Take into account that the main parking lot was for the entertainment area which reduced a big footprint for parking.

When the fans return to leave all commented on how nice Amon Carter is both for viewing a game, navigating stadium for concessions and bathrooms. All were very impressed.

 

[ShadowFrog]

SDSU offense ran 31 plays in the entire game. So while Army’s defense may have sucked I hope to God they weren’t tired.

No.
There’s regular tired then there’s military tired.
Few people will ever know, see or experience Army tired.