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Football: Huskies To Play In Meineke Car Care Bowl Dec. 29
Patrick Parker
Issue date: 11/28/07 Section: Sports
This selection couldn't have turned out any better for Hathaway, Edsall and the players, as they all acknowledged how much easier the trip for them and especially the fans will be to get down to Charlotte.
"If we couldn't get to a BCS game we felt that the Meineke Bowl in Charlotte was going to be our best opportunity to involve not only the players parents but most especially our fans," Edsall said. "We think our fans have done a tremendous job of supporting us and we definitely need them to support us again when we go down there."
Edsall and Hathaway urged all the fans to use UConnbowl.com to find all the information they want on the bowl, tickets and travel information. There will also be e-mails sent out to alumni and donors with information.
UConn will be given 12,500 tickets to be sold to fans and Hathaway also wants people to - even if they cannot attend - buy and donate tickets to the university so that they can be given to military personnel to go for the holidays. This worked well at the Motor City Bowl in 2004, according to Hathaway, and he wants to see the same success this time around.
In the first bowl game in school history, UConn beat Toledo 39-10 in Detroit.
Contact Patrick Parker at Patrick.Parker@UConn.edu.
"If we couldn't get to a BCS game we felt that the Meineke Bowl in Charlotte was going to be our best opportunity to involve not only the players parents but most especially our fans," Edsall said. "We think our fans have done a tremendous job of supporting us and we definitely need them to support us again when we go down there."
Edsall and Hathaway urged all the fans to use UConnbowl.com to find all the information they want on the bowl, tickets and travel information. There will also be e-mails sent out to alumni and donors with information.
UConn will be given 12,500 tickets to be sold to fans and Hathaway also wants people to - even if they cannot attend - buy and donate tickets to the university so that they can be given to military personnel to go for the holidays. This worked well at the Motor City Bowl in 2004, according to Hathaway, and he wants to see the same success this time around.
In the first bowl game in school history, UConn beat Toledo 39-10 in Detroit.
Contact Patrick Parker at Patrick.Parker@UConn.edu.
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cHaRLottE mOvERs
posted 12/12/08 @ 4:36 PM EST
nice!! i have to say i am super excited they will be playing in my home town!!
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