Should the Stagg Bowl find a better site or stay in Salem, Va.

[Andy Archibald]

I know I would have loved to go to some of the games in the past few years but being from Texas and without my team being in it would definately not have been smart on my wallet. Having Heard how good the expreience is in Salem makes me feel like it should stay there so I can one day make my way up there and enjoy the experience. Of course if the game came down here to Texas I sure wouldn't mind. 

[Scots13]

I hope that the game stays in salem.  I have gone the last 5 or 6 years, including the blizzard game.  I enjoy it.  it is a 6 hour drive for me and i think fans from most d3 areas can get there in about the same amount of time.  if it gets moved to a warmer climate than you are likely to lose the non team fans who happen to make the trip like me, since it will become to far to drive and too costly to fly to see a game that you dont have a son playing in.  salem supports the game and they want it there and if you had been there for the blizzard game you would have been amazed as to the man-power they put towards having the field ready for them to play that night.  yes, it was easier for those of us traveling to have the game on saturday, but taking a friday off and tailgating all day for a 700 game has been fun to me.  just wondering how many people in the conversation have actually gone to a game in the last couple of years.  would you go if they moved it?

The last UWW/Mount game was cold and rainy, but I feel that adds to the game. It's football. It's December. Liquor-weather, if you will. Tailgate until you get toasty and enjoy the game.  And to add to you point about Salem being in a d3 area: there is well over 10, might be over 15 d3 schools in VA, and the states around that have several too.  People there love their d3. Last years game I counted well over 25 different d3 shirts, jackets, hats, etc. just on St. Thomas' side of the field.

I know I would have loved to go to some of the games in the past few years but being from Texas and without my team being in it would definately not have been smart on my wallet. Having Heard how good the expreience is in Salem makes me feel like it should stay there so I can one day make my way up there and enjoy the experience. Of course if the game came down here to Texas I sure wouldn't mind. 

I wouldn't mind making a 20+ hour trip down there either. It's Texas, by God. 

[Bob.Gregg]

Personally, having been to Salem ('94) and to Bradenton ('92), I vote for Bradenton...

Realistically, wherever the game is, if I have a dog in it, I'll be there.  I'd just LIKE it to be Bradenton again!

[MasterJedi]

Personally, having been to Salem ('94) and to Bradenton ('92), I vote for Bradenton...

Realistically, wherever the game is, if I have a dog in it, I'll be there.  I'd just LIKE it to be Bradenton again!

Two games twenty years ago, I don't think you can compare it to Salem today at all.

[Bob.Gregg]

Unless the Global Warming Pundits are using Salem, VA in mid-December as a 'poster child', I absolutely can compare Bradenton & Salem...lol

[desertcat1]

having been to Salem with all the "WHITE STUFF" and then sunny on the beach with the "other white stuff"   no brainer here..

Unless the Global Warming Pundits are using Salem, VA in mid-December as a 'poster child', I absolutely can compare Bradenton & Salem...lol

[K-Mack]

There's no getting around the idea that the weather in Florida or Texas is better than it is in Salem for a vacation.

But let's not forget the primary reason you pick a city is for a football game. Beyond having the support staff that is willing and capable of putting it on, it's also good to know the weather in Va. (or Canton or somewhere in the center of where D-III schools mostly are) is like it is during late-season games in 85% of D-III locales.

[Bob.Gregg]

Trust me, when W&J played in the two Stagg Bowls, I was NOT on vacation.  I will admit that I was on vacation (in Florida) the week AFTER the Bradenton Stagg trip. But I worked my tail off at both venues, thank you very much.

There is nothing about the fact that 2/3rds of the rest of the D-3 geography has similar weather to Salem that makes me like working, or the team I'm following playing, in that weather, particularly when the Salem turf was MUD!  As granted earlier, I'd like to have to suffer in Salem again soon, but GIVEN a choice, I'd choose Bradenton!

[Pat Coleman]

Bob,

I think Keith understands what it is like to work at the Stagg Bowl. There's no need to be snippy.

[K-Mack]

Trust me, when W&J played in the two Stagg Bowls, I was NOT on vacation.  I will admit that I was on vacation (in Florida) the week AFTER the Bradenton Stagg trip. But I worked my tail off at both venues, thank you very much.

There is nothing about the fact that 2/3rds of the rest of the D-3 geography has similar weather to Salem that makes me like working, or the team I'm following playing, in that weather, particularly when the Salem turf was MUD!  As granted earlier, I'd like to have to suffer in Salem again soon, but GIVEN a choice, I'd choose Bradenton!

Fair enough.

I don't think it's worth the guarantee of good weather to put the game in some outpost that doesn't have a connection to D-III, and isn't in easy travel distance for the majority of D-III teams that are based in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Midwest. I think I stated the rest of my opinions on this board pretty clearly, so no need to restate other than to say Salem isn't perfect, but I haven't heard a better suggestion.

[Bob.Gregg]

K-Mack, despite what the publisher of D3football.com read into my reply, I had no SNIPPY intentions whatsoever.
I appreciate all the work you, and he, do for D-III Football, at the Stagg Bowl and all year long.

I don't remember seeing this thread before, though I do see that it's been around for a while.  I simply, and honestly, answered that given a choice to cover another Stagg Bowl, I'd prefer to repeat the experience of working in Bradenton vs. the experience of working in Salem.

Let's move the Purple Raiders to D-II, or I-FCS, and move the Stagg Bowl to Alliance, the REAL D-III Title Town!

[smedindy]

Just throwing this out here: How about Selby Stadium at OWU? Close enough to Columbus, historic and can hold 9,000 and has a large press box.

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

Just throwing this out here: How about Selby Stadium at OWU? Close enough to Columbus, historic and can hold 9,000 and has a large press box.

If you are going to host it in OH, might as well use Fawcett Stadium in Canton. 

[jknezek]

Just throwing this out here: How about Selby Stadium at OWU? Close enough to Columbus, historic and can hold 9,000 and has a large press box.

If you are going to host it in OH, might as well use Fawcett Stadium in Canton. 

The last time this topic got hot and bothered someone promised that Fawcett at Canton was going to be bidding. I guess that fell through.

[Pat Coleman]

K-Mack, despite what the publisher of D3football.com read into my reply, I had no SNIPPY intentions whatsoever.
I appreciate all the work you, and he, do for D-III Football, at the Stagg Bowl and all year long.

I don't remember seeing this thread before, though I do see that it's been around for a while.  I simply, and honestly, answered that given a choice to cover another Stagg Bowl, I'd prefer to repeat the experience of working in Bradenton vs. the experience of working in Salem.

Let's move the Purple Raiders to D-II, or I-FCS, and move the Stagg Bowl to Alliance, the REAL D-III Title Town!

I guess when you put three words in all caps, when I emphasized those words in my head, it came across as snippy.