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OldTimer · October 11, 2005

Football: Site for New Orleans Bowl to be announced today

07:54 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 11, 2005

The site for the 2005 Wyndham New Orleans Bowl will be announced at 3:30 p.m. today during a press conference on the campus of Louisiana-Lafayette, said Sam Joffray, the game’s director of communications.

Bowl officials have been working the last few weeks to determine the future of the game that was to be played at the Louisiana Superdome. The stadium was damaged by Hurricane Katrina and will not be ready to host the bowl that will still take place at 7 p.m. on Dec. 20.

“We have been in negotiations with Lafayette and have been exploring a variety of options,” Joffray said.

The game pits the Sun Belt Conference champion against a representative from Conference USA. North Texas has represented the Sun Belt in the game in each of the last four seasons. Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters said he believes the game will be played at a Louisiana venue.

—Staff report

SilverEagle · October 11, 2005

Football: Site for New Orleans Bowl to be announced today

07:54 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 11, 2005

The site for the 2005 Wyndham New Orleans Bowl will be announced at 3:30 p.m. today during a press conference on the campus of Louisiana-Lafayette, said Sam Joffray, the game’s director of communications.
Bowl officials have been working the last few weeks to determine the future of the game that was to be played at the Louisiana Superdome. The stadium was damaged by Hurricane Katrina and will not be ready to host the bowl that will still take place at 7 p.m. on Dec. 20.
“We have been in negotiations with Lafayette and have been exploring a variety of options,” Joffray said.
The game pits the Sun Belt Conference champion against a representative from Conference USA. North Texas has represented the Sun Belt in the game in each of the last four seasons. Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters said he believes the game will be played at a Louisiana venue.
—Staff report
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Lets see. They've been negotiating with Lafayette officials, and they are going to make their announcement on the LaLa campus. I just can't imagine where they are going to have the game.....

NCMeanGreen · October 11, 2005

Lets see. They've been negotiating with Lafayette officials, and they are going to make their announcement on the LaLa campus. I just can't imagine where they are going to have the game.....
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Yeah, come on this is crap! Is the SB soooooo pathetic that they have to perform sensationalistic manuevers such as making it seem like there actually were other options?????

Please...we all know that the NO Bowl will be at ULL this year, and why the SB could not announce this a few weeks ago is beyond me...

Arkstfan · October 11, 2005

Yeah, come on this is crap! Is the SB soooooo pathetic that they have to perform sensationalistic manuevers such as making it seem like there actually were other options?????
Please...we all know that the NO Bowl will be at ULL this year, and why the SB could not announce this a few weeks ago is beyond me...
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Because they had decent offers from Shreveport and Memphis. They really wanted to be in Lafayette but the hold up has been getting assurances that enough hotel rooms would be available. A very touchy situation since there is an executive mandate against kicking evacuees out of hotels in Louisiana.