Which bowl game experience did you enjoy more, Music City or Gator?

bonedaddy401

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With the following considered -<div>
</div><div>The bowl game itself</div><div>The host city</div><div>Travel to and from</div><div>Prestige of bowl game</div><div>Prestige ofopponent</div><div>Game day atmosphere</div><div>Overall experience</div><div>
</div><div>Which did you enjoy more - Gator Bowl / Music City Bowl</div>
 

jcdawgman18

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bonedaddy401 said:
With the following considered -<div>
</div><div>The bowl game itself-Gator. Music City was actually fairly nerve-wracking in the fourth quarter.</div><div>The host city-Gator-but only because of the warm temps. </div><div>Travel to and from-Music City-Five hours is better than 10 hours.</div><div>Prestige of bowl game-Gator-New Year's Day</div><div>Prestige ofopponent-Gator-May be the only time we play Michigan in my lifetime. Could easily see us even doing a nonconference with WF at some point.</div><div>Game day atmosphere-Push-masses in maroon in both places.</div><div>Overall experience-Gator-Not to knock last Friday, but I'll remember 52-14 over Michigan way longer than I'll remember beating WF to go 7-6.</div><div>
</div><div>Which did you enjoy more - Gator Bowl / Music City Bowl-Gator. See immediately above.</div>
 

aTotal360

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Gator Bowl and it isn't even close. The only thing that sucked about last years bowl week was waiting on Mullins to sign his extension. Not to mention he wouldn't put rumors to bed.
 

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The game: 2010 Gator Bowl vs Michigan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2011 Music City vs Wake<div>Nashville >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jacksonville (nightlife, dining, easy to get around = Nasvhille crushes in all categories)</div><div>
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gdogg

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Gator, but only because its a New Years Day Bowl and we played and beat Michigan.
Nashville was a great trip:
- More friends made the trip
- Club level at LG Field was vastly superior to Jxnville stadium.
- Downtown Nashvillenightlife and its close proximity to stadiumis just agreat setup. Beats Jxnville Landing and
the ferry boats, bars spread out, tram not running on weekend, etc.
-Six hour driveincluding a couple of pee stops.
Gator was better at having stuff to do around the stadium. After the Dawgs walk there wasn't anything
to do other than go find your seat. Jxnville had "the Patch" area with live music, beer, fun zone for kids, etc.
 

BehrDawg

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<div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The bowl game itself - Ill take a skull dragging win over a **** win any day. The MCB was like gritting teeth.</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The host city - The city itself, Nashville - 10 fold.</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Travel to and from - Florida, just because I used to live there and it was nice getting to drive thru my old stomping grounds.</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Prestige of bowl game - GB</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Prestige ofopponent - GB</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Game day atmosphere - GB, I say this because I HATE cold weather. It's for the birds. I would rather be in a warm sunny town like we were in Jacksonville.</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Overall experience - The city of Nashville is way better than Jacksonville. But the GB is a more prestigious game and the weather was perfect, IMO. Not to mention the *** kicking we handed Michigan...I'll say the GB.</div>
 

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Most everyone I've talked to have agreed that the Gator Bowl was a better experience
 

wk80

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There were tons of State fans just walking around after the team came through. Terrible planning on the MCB for not having a place to get drinks or something. They had one t-shirt stand that I saw and a blowup field goal for the kids. Wake Forest had a decent setup at the South endzone. There were more people working the tent than actual fans, though. Luckily we were in the club level and were able to go up early.
 

lxadawg

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but everything I saw at the gane itself put the Gator Bowl way ahead.

Some of us collect souveniers, and the beer cups with the Titans logo was disappointing to me. I would have liked a Musci City Bowl logo on it.
 

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jcdawgman18 said:
bonedaddy401 said:
With the following considered -<div>
</div><div>The bowl game itself-Gator. Music City was actually fairly nerve-wracking in the fourth quarter.</div><div>The host city-Gator-but only because of the warm temps. </div><div>Travel to and from-Music City-Five hours is better than 10 hours.</div><div>Prestige of bowl game-Gator-New Year's Day</div><div>Prestige ofopponent-Gator-May be the only time we play Michigan in my lifetime. Could easily see us even doing a nonconference with WF at some point.</div><div>Game day atmosphere-Push-masses in maroon in both places.</div><div>Overall experience-Gator-Not to knock last Friday, but I'll remember 52-14 over Michigan way longer than I'll remember beating WF to go 7-6.</div><div>
</div><div>Which did you enjoy more - Gator Bowl / Music City Bowl-Gator. See immediately above.

I agree with this all of this. The weather was aHUGE plus in favor of the Gator Bowl.
The lone negative I have about the Gator Bowl is I had to stay in Ponte Vedra. There is no night life out there, and very limited restaurant options. I ate at LuLu's both nights I was there because everything else I found was a chain restaurant. There wasn't jack to do on NYE in Ponte Vedra.</div>
 

bonedaddy401

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The number of State fans, night life, places to eat and proximity of bars/hotels/stadium blew Jacksonville away. Had the opponent been better I would say it wasn't close. Michigan, NYD bowl and the 9th win were the only pluses Jax had over the MCB and yes they are significant.