Official Camellia Bowl Thread - App State vs Ohio University

[dbackjon]

The Mountaineers are going bowling - in Montgomery Alabama!!

[SuperHornet]

How does THAT work? The Camellia Bowl is a Sacramento thing.

[dbackjon]

How does THAT work? The Camellia Bowl is a Sacramento thing.

Wasn't the first...

Camellia Bowl can refer to one of three college football bowl games:

Camellia Bowl (1948), played in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1948
Camellia Bowl (1961–1980), played in Sacramento, California from 1961 to 1975 and again in 1980 in the NCAA College Division
Camellia Bowl (2014–present), played in Montgomery, Alabama beginning in 2014

[ASUG8]

The date works a little better than Godaddy - 12/19 vs. 12/23. I still can't make it.

Kinda sad that (likely) going 10-2 with losses to #1 Clemson and to the Sunbelt champions and this is the best we can do. Oh well, at least we're bowling.

[dbackjon]

The date works a little better than Godaddy - 12/19 vs. 12/23. I still can't make it.

Kinda sad that (likely) going 10-2 with losses to #1 Clemson and to the Sunbelt champions and this is the best we can do. Oh well, at least we're bowling.

That is life in the Sun Belt. Or for that matter, most G5 conferences.

[AshevilleApp]

The date works a little better than Godaddy - 12/19 vs. 12/23. I still can't make it.

Kinda sad that (likely) going 10-2 with losses to #1 Clemson and to the Sunbelt champions and this is the best we can do. Oh well, at least we're bowling.

That is life in the Sun Belt. Or for that matter, most G5 conferences.

And NAU is? I'd prefer Mobile over Montgomery, but either will be okay.

[Baldy]

That is life in the Sun Belt. Or for that matter, most G5 conferences.

And NAU is? I'd prefer Mobile over Montgomery, but either will be okay.

Not like Ladd-Peebles is paradise, but I hear the Crampton Bowl is pretty much a shithole.

[dbackjon]

That is life in the Sun Belt. Or for that matter, most G5 conferences.

And NAU is? I'd prefer Mobile over Montgomery, but either will be okay.

In beautiful Flagstaff.

If you were still FCS, you'd be hosting a second round game

[Pwns]

Still like the FCS postseason better even though the gap has narrowed with the FCS playoffs more and more resembling the DII playoffs with the regionalization.

But hey, we're playing a MAC team and the MAC fanboys on AGS have assured me of their legitimacy as a league and that we'd never compete like we do if we were playing the MAC. I will feel flattered we are considered worthy to be on the same field as a MAC champion. I just hope we don't get completely embarrassed like we did against Western Michigan. At least we'll have our starting QB this time.

[dbackjon]

Still like the FCS postseason better even though the gap has narrowed with the FCS playoffs more and more resembling the DII playoffs with the regionalization.

But hey, we're playing a MAC team and the MAC fanboys on AGS have assured me of their legitimacy as a league and that we'd never compete like we do if we were playing the MAC. I will feel flattered we are considered worthy to be on the same field as a MAC champion. I just hope we don't get completely embarrassed like we did against Western Michigan. At least we'll have our starting QB this time.

Wait - there are MAC fanboys on AGS?

[Baldy]

Still like the FCS postseason better even though the gap has narrowed with the FCS playoffs more and more resembling the DII playoffs with the regionalization.

But hey, we're playing a MAC team and the MAC fanboys on AGS have assured me of their legitimacy as a league and that we'd never compete like we do if we were playing the MAC. I will feel flattered we are considered worthy to be on the same field as a MAC champion. I just hope we don't get completely embarrassed like we did against Western Michigan. At least we'll have our starting QB this time.

Wait - there are MAC fanboys on AGS?

GoLehighTUOwl has a special set of knee pads for the MAC.

[Pwns]

GoLehighTUOwl has a special set of knee pads for the MAC.

He's one of the main ones, but it's not just him. The PL fans seem to be the biggest advocates of that league and the biggest bashers of the Sun Belt. And plenty of people (including JSO on the Sun Belt thread) have said the fact that Georgia Southern and App have the conference records they do proves how bad the league is.

There is some funny stuff in this thread that could be fun to throw back in the faces of some of the posters after the bowl is done.

My opinion will essentially be the same regardless of what happens, though…that people overestimate the difference in talent between the best of the FCS and the G5.

[AshevilleApp]

GoLehighTUOwl has a special set of knee pads for the MAC.

He's one of the main ones, but it's not just him. The PL fans seem to be the biggest advocates of that league and the biggest bashers of the Sun Belt. And plenty of people (including JSO on the Sun Belt thread) have said the fact that Georgia Southern and App have the conference records they do proves how bad the league is.

There is some funny stuff in this thread that could be fun to throw back in the faces of some of the posters after the bowl is done.

My opinion will essentially be the same regardless of what happens, though…that people overestimate the difference in talent between the best of the FCS and the G5.

True

[AshevilleApp]

And NAU is? I'd prefer Mobile over Montgomery, but either will be okay.

In beautiful Flagstaff.

If you were still FCS, you'd be hosting a second round game

No way. We'd have been blown out last week by somebody from the MVFC. And by the way, the selection committee screwed the MVFC. Everyone know that they rigged it so the MVFC wouldn't get two two teams in the finals. And of course the MVFC would have, had the committee not screwed the MVFC.....

[Skjellyfetti]

According to the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl ticket manager, fewer than 2500 tickets are left for the game. Appalachian State will play Ohio University at Cramton Bowl December 19th. It appears Appalachian State fans will be turning out in force!

By Tuesday, the Mountaineers had sold out of it's initial allotment of tickets, about 3,000, and asked for more.

As of Thursday morning, about 1400 general admission tickets are still available, and just over a 1,000 reserved seating tickets are left.

“We know that the stadium will be full, and we’re really excited about that,” says Dawn Hathcock, with the Montgomery Visitors and Convention Bureau. She’s expecting the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl to make a large economic impact on Montgomery. “We’ve got people coming in from Ohio, North Carolina, they’ll stay a little bit longer, they don’t have a quick drive back home, so that’s good for Montgomery."

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[Grizalltheway]

Wow, what a privilege to play in a venue like this! Is there a trailer park on the other side of the wall?

[ASUG8]

Wow, what a privilege to play in a venue like this! Is there a trailer park on the other side of the wall?

It's Alabama, what do you think? At least pick a decent pic.



It holds 24K, and we'll probably have a pretty decent crowd. Lots of alumni in the ATL that will make the drive.

[Baldy]

Wow, what a privilege to play in a venue like this! Is there a trailer park on the other side of the wall?

It's Alabama, what do you think? At least pick a decent pic.



It holds 24K, and we'll probably have a pretty decent crowd. Lots of alumni in the ATL that will make the drive.

WeeTAG FAIL.

[Baldy]

According to the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl ticket manager, fewer than 2500 tickets are left for the game. Appalachian State will play Ohio University at Cramton Bowl December 19th. It appears Appalachian State fans will be turning out in force!

By Tuesday, the Mountaineers had sold out of it's initial allotment of tickets, about 3,000, and asked for more.

As of Thursday morning, about 1400 general admission tickets are still available, and just over a 1,000 reserved seating tickets are left.

“We know that the stadium will be full, and we’re really excited about that,” says Dawn Hathcock, with the Montgomery Visitors and Convention Bureau. She’s expecting the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl to make a large economic impact on Montgomery. “We’ve got people coming in from Ohio, North Carolina, they’ll stay a little bit longer, they don’t have a quick drive back home, so that’s good for Montgomery."

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This is why I wanted a 12/19 Bowl game.

GoDaddy is probably a better bowl, but a 12/23 date sucks.

[Grizalltheway]

It's Alabama, what do you think? At least pick a decent pic.



It holds 24K, and we'll probably have a pretty decent crowd. Lots of alumni in the ATL that will make the drive.

WeeTAG FAIL.

Oh yeah, it's real stunning from that angle too.

A December playoff game at Kidd-Brewer couldn't hold a candle to that.

[dbackjon]

WeeTAG FAIL.

Oh yeah, it's real stunning from that angle too.

A December playoff game at Kidd-Brewer couldn't hold a candle to that.

Yes, but is the "First White House of the Confederacy" only blocks away?

[Ibanez]

Oh yeah, it's real stunning from that angle too.

A December playoff game at Kidd-Brewer couldn't hold a candle to that.

Yes, but is the "First White House of the Confederacy" only blocks away?

Only you would pull politics into something like this.

[kalm]

WeeTAG FAIL.

Oh yeah, it's real stunning from that angle too.

A December playoff game or 3 at Kidd-Brewer couldn't hold a candle to that.

[ASUG8]

WeeTAG FAIL.

Oh yeah, it's real stunning from that angle too.

A December playoff game at Kidd-Brewer couldn't hold a candle to that.

True, KBS sucks, mostly because it has a track and is in a pretty non-picturesque part of the country. I think the Montgomery stadium stands on it's own merits, don't you?

[kalm]

Oh yeah, it's real stunning from that angle too.

A December playoff game at Kidd-Brewer couldn't hold a candle to that.

True, KBS sucks, mostly because it has a track and is in a pretty non-picturesque part of the country. I think the Montgomery stadium stands on it's own merits, don't you?

Nice pic.

BTW, what are those things in the far distance, behind the hills?