Best non-Rose Bowl games to attend

Sugar Bowl was a blast. Citrus Bowl is underrated. Haven't been to a Holiday Bowl but that looks like it'd be a fun vacation.

Had a great time in Nawlins and Tampa was decent. Jacksonville sucked but that may have had more to do with the horrendous performance I saw on the field

Super Bowl.

Duh.

 

Or pizza pizza bowl, whatever it's called now. So, probably not that one.

Barney's Bowlarama

After that, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Chic-Fil-A, and Fiesta.

I have been to a lot of the bowl games Michigan has been in. In my opinion they go like this: Rose, Sugar, Citrus, >>>outback, gator. The sugar bowl was amazing. The Citrus bowl was very underrated.

I've not been to the Sugar Bowl, but you can never go wrong in New Orleans.  I have been to the Orange Bowl (the 2000 one), and I would not recommend going to that game.  It is nowhere near close to the atmosphere of the Rose Bowl, which I attended in 2004.  I had a good time at the Alamo Bowl between Texas and Iowa in 2007 (I think).

I've been to pretty much all the bowl games except Bowl games in Texas or Arizona. I enjoy the Florida bowl games, whether in Orlando or Tampa. Jacksonville is a dump. As for New Orleans, I don't know - everyone trying too hard to be drunk. I love the New Orleans restaurants but consider me tired on New Orleans and the Vegas scene. It's like the New Year's Eve story, everyone trying to hard to do something crazy or fun. Anyway I'll go back to telling kids to stay off my lawn. That being said- the Florida bowls are fun- game and vacation in late December.

For the combination of pagentry and tradition, it's hard to beat the Army-Navy game in Philly every December.

the Orange bowl is good but not really the best area. i went to the 05 NC game there between USC and OU. i had a blast and just wore a Michigan jersey. Florida in January is always better than Ohio in January.

I had an absolute blast at the Alamo Bowl, game result notwithstanding. Seemed like every B1G team that went there was blown away by what the committee put together. A really fun week in a great city at that time of year. Can't beat the Riverwalk.

all the way around. Food and jazz clubs are superb. I also liked the simple pleasure of the fresh coffee and beignets (sp?) in the morning.

i have been there for some barn burners.  year-in and year-out, it has had some of the best games ever for sheer excitement, close scores, some high scoring affairs, etc.  

plus it's in san diego.  if you're nice mabe mgobrewmom will help you plan that trip since she's right up the road from qualcomm (true name, jack murphy stadium, or simply, 'the murph')

The Outback bowl was bad. Terrible stadium and Tampa isn't that great. St. Pete was ok. Citrus was alright because Orlando, but the stadium is essentially never used for football anymore.

Would like to go to the Rose Bowl since it's grand daddy of them all.

Fiesta Bowl, both in Tempe and in Phoenix is a good time.  I would say Sugar Bowl, but I came out of my drunken stupor midway through the second quarter (I remember when I had my first beer...)

In terms of rivalry games, Army-Navy is a must for any football junkie, Iron Bowl is bonkers (Tuscaloosa is a mad house), and Florida-Georgia is a party with a football game at the end of it (Jacksonville is lacking, but the beaches are really down to earth, fun, and with good food).

It is a fine city with plenty of unique distractions and the locals have a long love for football (Broncos of course).  Plus the majority of population influx during the past 15 years has been from the midwest.  A Michigan game would be extremely well-attended.