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Birmingham Bowl, Deacs vs. Memphis Tigers

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Swag.

Jared Birmingham Bowl (Memphis vs. Wake Forest)
Gift suite; Oakley backpack or sunglasses; cooling hoodie; football
 
Giving football players a football seems particularly lame.
 
It probably says "Birmingham Bowl" on it though !

Oakleys are the sunglasses of choice for certain head college football coaches though.

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BiffTannen said:
It probably says "Birmingham Bowl" on it though !

Oakleys are the sunglasses of choice for certain head college football coaches though.

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This is a classic picture.
I've laughed at it for years.......every time I see it.
 
BiffTannen said:
It probably says "Birmingham Bowl" on it though !

Oakleys are the sunglasses of choice for certain head college football coaches though.

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Don't laugh. He led the Pack to their greatest season ever. Finished 4th in the ACC and won the Gator Bowl. He was feted with a parade through Raleigh.

Ok, laugh.
 
I bought two tickets and donated them to the University. Hopefully some of you students can take them and go for free! :)
 
I know fan support matters when bowls are picking teams. And I'm unfortunately on call and can't get down there. So hopefully someone can enjoy on me. Raise a glass in my honor :) haha
 
Some fun bowl stats courtesy of Phil Steele:

- WF is 7-2 in bowls
- WF is 7-1-1 ATS in bowls
- Memphis has lost their last 3 bowl games (they lost to Iowa State 21-20 in last year's Liberty Bowl)
- Memphis lost to Auburn (31-10) in the 2015 Birmingham/Iron Bowl.
- Memphis has a big time rushing attack averaging 6.6 YPC as a team
- Their stud rusher, Darrell Henderson, ran for almost 2000 yards and averages a ridiculous 8.9 per carry
- Memphis' QB Brady White (grad transfer from AZ State) completes 63% of his passes and has 25/8 ratio
- Memphis did not face many stellar defenses; Tulane held Memphis to a season low 277 yards.
- WF's rush D sucked for most of the year, but really improved over the last 3 games (109 yards per game 2.9 YPC)
- WF played a much tougher schedule (#45 for WF; #108 for Memphis)
- Memphis played one Power V opponent losing to Mizzou 65-33
- Tulane is the one common opponent; WF beat Tulane 23-17; Memphis lost to the Green Wave 40-24
- Applying the 75 point over/under and the 5 point spread, Vegas projects a 40-35 Memphis win.
 
Pilchard said:
Some fun bowl stats courtesy of Phil Steele:

- WF is 7-2 in bowls
- WF is 7-1-1 ATS in bowls
- Memphis has lost their last 3 bowl games (they lost to Iowa State 21-20 in last year's Liberty Bowl)
- Memphis lost to Auburn (31-10) in the 2015 Birmingham/Iron Bowl.
- Memphis has a big time rushing attack averaging 6.6 YPC as a team
- Their stud rusher, Darrell Henderson, ran for almost 2000 yards and averages a ridiculous 8.9 per carry
- Memphis' QB Brady White (grad transfer from AZ State) completes 63% of his passes and has 25/8 ratio
- Memphis did not face many stellar defenses; Tulane held Memphis to a season low 277 yards.
- WF's rush D sucked for most of the year, but really improved over the last 3 games (109 yards per game 2.9 YPC)
- WF played a much tougher schedule (#45 for WF; #108 for Memphis)
- Memphis played one Power V opponent losing to Mizzou 65-33
- Tulane is the one common opponent; WF beat Tulane 23-17; Memphis lost to the Green Wave 40-24
- Applying the 75 point over/under and the 5 point spread, Vegas projects a 40-35 Memphis win.
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I assume this is post 1979 Tangerine Bowl? I think we are 8-4 all time.
 
liveanddiedeac said:
I assume this is post 1979 Tangerine Bowl? I think we are 8-4 all time.
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Yes, to clarify:

- WF is 7-2 in its last 9 bowls
- WF is 7-1-1 ATS in its last 9 bowls

Essentially, the Dooley, Caldwell, Grobe and Clawson eras.
 
WF Bowl History:

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1]
# Bowl Score[A 2] Date Season[A 3] Opponent[A 4] Stadium Location Attendance[2] Head coach
1 Gator Bowl W 26–14 January 2, 1946 1945 South Carolina Gamecocks Gator Bowl Jacksonville 7,362double-dagger Peahead Walker
2 Dixie Bowl L 20–7 January 1, 1949 1948 Baylor Bears Legion Field Birmingham 20,000 Peahead Walker
3 Tangerine Bowl L 34–10 December 22, 1979 1979 LSU Tigers Orlando Stadium Orlando 38,666 John Mackovic
4 Independence Bowl W 39–35 December 31, 1992 1992 Oregon Ducks Independence Stadium Shreveport 31,337 Bill Dooley
5 Aloha Bowl W 23–3 December 25, 1999 1999 Arizona State Sun Devils Aloha Stadium Honolulu 40,974 Jim Caldwell
6 Seattle Bowl W 38–17 December 30, 2002 2002 Oregon Ducks Seahawks Stadium Seattle 38,241 Jim Grobe
7 Orange Bowl L 24–13 January 2, 2007 2006 Louisville Cardinals Dolphin Stadium Miami Gardens 74,470 Jim Grobe
8 Meineke Car Care Bowl W 24–10 December 29, 2007 2007 Connecticut Huskies Bank of America Stadium Charlotte 53,126 Jim Grobe
9 EagleBank Bowl W 29–19 December 20, 2008 2008 Navy Midshipmen RFK Stadium Washington 28,777double-dagger Jim Grobe
10 Music City Bowl L 23–17 December 30, 2011 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs LP Field Nashville 55,208 Jim Grobe
11 Military Bowl W 34–26 December 27, 2016 2016 Temple Owls Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis 26,656 Dave Clawson
12 Belk Bowl W 55–52 December 29, 2017 2017 Texas A&M Aggies Bank of America Stadium Charlotte 32,784 Dave Clawson
13 Birmingham Bowl December 22, 2018 2018 Memphis Tigers Legion Field Birmingham Dave Clawson
 
The "gift suite" is the most important part of pretty much all bowl swag. Basically a room where they get $XXX to "spend" and pick different cool items. Total value of gifts can't exceed $550. I'm sure there's some cool stuff in there (electronics/video game stuff for sure).
 
Memphis RB Darrell Henderson, Jr. will skip the Birmingham Bowl to prepare for the NFL draft because he hates his teammates and is ungrateful to the University of Memphis and is a quitter.

 
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