Gift Package
2008-11-18 – 3:15 上午While you were watching the GMAC Bowl last night, you may have found yourself wondering what the players got in their gift package. Each player on the Toledo and UTEP squads recieved a commemorative football, a commemorative watch, some luggage, and an attache case.
Pretty weak. You can tell that this is not a major bowl, because the gift of an attache case seems to carry along the message, “Guess what, pal, if the best you can do is the GMAC Bowl, I see you carrying an attache case to work in your immediate future.”
That’s one of the weaker gift packages, though it does beat out the New Orleans Bowl, which is giving up only New Orleans Bowl Championship rings and watches. That’s pretty harsh. I mean, these guys don’t even get a trip to New Orleans out of the deal. I’m surprised that no players quit immediately before the game.
mp3 players are big this year. Five different bowl games are giving out mp3 players of some kind. Digital camcorders are also big, and multiple bowl games are also giving out Sony PSPs. Some of the other more notable gifts…
Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl: Tickets to see Blue Man Group. I see this gift as a preventive measure of sorts. Young athletic men with free time in Vegas, the land of free booze… you might see fewer police reports if you can stick them all in a Blue Man Group show, rather than just letting them run free around the Bunny Ranch.
Toyota Gator Bowl: Gator Bowl ring, commemorative watch, baseball cap, and duffel bag. That’s pretty weak for a January 2nd bowl. I mean, the MPC Computers Bowl could get away with this, but the Gator is a reasonably big deal. Step it up, Gator Bowl.
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