It's Nice Having a Bowl Game in Fair Park Every Year, But Dallas Keeps Coming Out the B_G Loser

Before spring break, the Dallas City Council was asked to OK giving ESPN $800,000 to pass along to four college football teams to play in a bowl game that will be attended by tens of tens of spectators. OK, OK. That's not fair. According to official numbers I got my hands on this week, exactly 9,392 people went to last year's Heart of Dallas Bowl to see Utah play West Virginia in the Cotton Bowl the day after Christmas. It only looked like 93 people.  Continue reading...