Potential 2015 National Championship Host Cities Narrowed to Six

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September 25th, 2012 at 12:57 PM
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Potential 2015 National Championship Host Cities Narrowed to Six

ESPN has sources reporting that the 2015 national championship bidding will be limited to six cities: Glendale, AZ, Miami, FL, New Orleans, LA, Pasadena, CA, Arlington, TX and Atlanta, GA. Four of those are current BCS sites, with the Cotton Bowl and Chick-fil-A bowls being included as well.

With more time before the 2016 final, more cities are expected to be considered. ESPN lists those cities as Indianapolis, Detroit, St. Louis, Orlando, Fla., Houston, San Diego, Jacksonville, Fla., and Tampa, Fla.

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September 25th, 2012 at 1:02 PM | Probably (Score:2 Normal)
maizeonblueaction
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gonna be a Southern city.

So it goes.

September 25th, 2012 at 1:07 PM | Well, Pasadena is the (Score:1 Normal)
justingoblue
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Well, Pasadena is the northernmost city being considered. Pasadena is a pretty northern city, right?

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September 25th, 2012 at 1:30 PM | TBH (Score:0 Normal)
September 25th, 2012 at 1:38 PM | What?! South Pas is (Score:3 Normal)
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What?! South Pas is beautiful.

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September 25th, 2012 at 3:06 PM | Obviously there's nothing (Score:4 Normal)
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Obviously there's nothing Northern about it, but Pasadena is a beautiful city. You've clearly spent very little time there. It's one of the nicest cities in Southern California.

September 25th, 2012 at 4:14 PM | I've been there several times (Score:-1 Trolling)
September 25th, 2012 at 4:33 PM | Yes, because all of the other (Score:2)
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Yes, because all of the other cities are just beautiful everywhere *cough* New Orleans, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami *cough cough*

The sites for the Championship game aren't going to show off the 9th ward of New Orleans, the scum of inner city Atlanta, or the so-called "very not nice areas" of Pasadena.

September 25th, 2012 at 5:25 PM | I must have missed (Score:0 Normal)
September 25th, 2012 at 6:50 PM | You think that the guy whose (Score:5 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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You think that the guy whose screen name inncludes "in LA" has only visited Pasadena as a tourist? Sharp, you are.

There are very few, if any, bad areas of Pasadena, and they certainly aren't anywhere near the Rose Bowl. Pasadena is one of the most expensive cities to live in in California, a state that is already very expensive. An average home in Pasadena costs around 800k, but many are a million plus.

Home values aside, Pasadena is a clean city in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. If Pasadena isn't a pretty city - what is?

September 26th, 2012 at 3:40 PM | This ruins everything! I used (Score:2)
Dagger
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This ruins everything! I used to read all of your posts in a southern Creole accent.

September 26th, 2012 at 3:44 PM | Yeah, but now you know I can (Score:2)
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Yeah, but now you know I can read your replies.

September 25th, 2012 at 1:08 PM | Bidding (Score:2)
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Actually don't mind that they are going to adopt a "Super Bowl-esk" bidding system. It actually opens it up to cities outside of the south. Would love to see a BCS championship game in Indy/Detroit/Dallas. Some non traditional location.

September 25th, 2012 at 1:14 PM | esque (Score:4 Normal)
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esque

September 25th, 2012 at 1:27 PM | Damn iPhone! I can't even (Score:1 Overrated)
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Damn iPhone! I can't even edit it now

September 25th, 2012 at 2:31 PM | Haha now we all know that you (Score:5 Funny)
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Haha now we all know that you can't spell "esque"

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September 25th, 2012 at 1:14 PM | Good I can start making (Score:2 Normal)
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Good I can start making travel plans.

September 25th, 2012 at 1:17 PM | Before I clicked on the thread, the first 6 cities that came (Score:5 Normal)
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to mind were Miami, NOLA, Phoenix, LA, ATL, and Dallas. Sad...

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September 25th, 2012 at 1:18 PM | Good to hear about the (Score:1)
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Good to hear about the bidding system. It'd be nice to see cities like Detroit, Indy, and maybe even St. Louis get the right to bid on the game.

Still, its probably going to end up in SEC country most years.

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September 25th, 2012 at 2:12 PM | for what it's worth (Score:2)
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St Louis is SEC country now...  Indy will probably get it at some point, though.  I don't know how, but they're pulling in major events (Super Bowl, Final Four, etc) like gangbusters.

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September 25th, 2012 at 1:20 PM | I doubt Detroit is ever going (Score:1)
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I doubt Detroit is ever going to host it. It was a stretch getting the Super Bowl, and we probably only got it because we had opened up a new stadium (or were going to) and leagues love rewarding that.

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September 26th, 2012 at 1:25 AM | It wasn't a stretch. FORD put (Score:1)
los
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It wasn't a stretch. FORD put up big bucks and Detroit will actually be the host of the Super Bowl again before 2020 I believe.

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September 25th, 2012 at 1:25 PM | Moar Chicago!  Snow uber (Score:3 Normal)
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Moar Chicago!  Snow uber alles!!!

September 26th, 2012 at 11:40 AM | Snow...  SEC wouldn't allow (Score:1)
Oscar
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Snow...  SEC wouldn't allow it.

September 25th, 2012 at 1:56 PM | Wheres Ann Arbor at? Big (Score:1)
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Wheres Ann Arbor at? Big Chill redux but with football this time!

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September 25th, 2012 at 1:59 PM | by 2016 (Score:1)
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I fully expect that Michigan will be a national chamionship contender.  That would be nice to play in a home national championship game.

September 25th, 2012 at 3:00 PM | Kudos to you for fully being (Score:0 Trolling)
September 26th, 2012 at 3:23 PM | To loosely quote Brady Hoke: (Score:2)
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To loosely quote Brady Hoke: "The expectation is for the position"

September 25th, 2012 at 2:33 PM | I would love to see Pasedena (Score:2)
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I would love to see Pasedena host. It is arguably the most tradition rich college football stadium, and it hosting the first championship game of a new era would be a nice bridge between old and new imo.

COYS and lets go Detroit FC!

September 25th, 2012 at 2:51 PM | I vote Skydome! (Score:1)
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It would be totally awesome to see this game in the coolest stadium ever, the Toronto Skydome.  Toronto is a really nice city (not too far from Michigan either) with a good downtown and the ultra-modern Skydome even features a roof that can be opened if the weather is good...like if there are picture-perfect big white fluffy snowflakes falling.

September 25th, 2012 at 4:21 PM | This is for the National Championship. (Score:4 Normal)
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not the Grey Cup.

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September 25th, 2012 at 2:58 PM | To Be Absolutely Fair... (Score:3 Insightful)
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To make it fair to everyone for 2015, they should simply host the game at the average of the latitudes and longitudes of the cities which have been authorized to bid on it, which would put the 2015 game in the ranchlands just north of Cameron, Texas, about halfway between Waco and College Station.

I do like the open bidding system going forward - it is about as fair can be at that point. There are quite a few cities north of 34 N (Pasadena) which could easily accommodate the game and the fans and media that would come with it and put on a good show as well.

 

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September 25th, 2012 at 3:28 PM | Sorry to jack the thread, but (Score:2)
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Sorry to jack the thread, but this isn't really thread-worthy so I figured I'd post it here:

I saw a couple of days ago that someone said there were rumors going around that Gardner has broken his collarbone and will be out for the year, but they didn't provide any source.  Has anyone heard about Gardner's status?  Will he be fine for the Purdue game?

September 25th, 2012 at 3:36 PM | Is your avatar taking a poop? (Score:2 Normal)
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September 25th, 2012 at 3:40 PM | He's actually throwing a (Score:2)
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He's actually throwing a shotput, but the face is hilarious and I it would be too hard to see if I included the whole pic.  But yeah, fiber does wonders.

September 26th, 2012 at 3:31 PM | Ha! I googled "shotput face," (Score:2)
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Ha! I googled "shotput face,"  clicked on the first link and found this:

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September 25th, 2012 at 3:45 PM | Hoke said he was fine today (Score:2)
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Hoke said he was fine today during the Big Ten teleconference. As per usual, take with a grain of salt, but it looks like he'll be healthy for Purdue.

September 25th, 2012 at 6:49 PM | Come on St. Louis 2016! (Score:1)
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Come on St. Louis 2016! Shane's senior year and I wouldn't have to pay for a flight or hotel for the NC.

September 25th, 2012 at 7:14 PM | Rose Bowl. Period. (Score:1)
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Rose Bowl. Period.

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September 26th, 2012 at 1:22 AM | Thank you for including (Score:0 Overrated)
September 26th, 2012 at 11:35 AM | Since I am moving to San (Score:2)
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Since I am moving to San Diego soon, and Michigan will obviously be in every national championship from 2015 on, I am hoping for some Southern California sites.

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September 26th, 2012 at 3:24 PM | I'd like to see it in a dome here in the mid west like (Score:1)
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St. Louis, Indianpolis (although because the B1G Championship is here not sure if they would do that) Detroit etc.

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