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"It went from getting tased to having a Gatorade bath based off us winning the first Bowl game since 2019. Being the ninth team in Louisiana Tech history to win a Bowl game means a lot." It wasn't pretty, but Sonny Cumbie will take the Gatorade bath any day!...

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Hey Dave, Thank you for your quote post responses and the accompanying research news snippets. I appreciate them. Your agenda is clear (to get Shula two additional wins) and your verve for the topic is apparent and admirable. First, regarding the Eagles' players in the 1966-67 Playoff Bowl: you mentioned the "surprise starter" at fullback in Izzy Lang and the questions about "who will start at quarterback" and the subsequent in-game jockeying of Concannon and King — to me, this sounds awfully similar to a preseason exhibition game dynamic, no? As I said earlier, my understanding of the Playoff Bowl has always been that some players/coaches took the game more seriously than others. NFL Films produced a feature a few years ago which provides some opinion and insight, seen here. Here are some points that stood out to me: • Roger Brown — who played in five Playoff Bowls, the most of any player — states quite succinctly that "just to go to Miami was a thrill. You went down to bask in the sun, and play in a game that didn't mean anything". He later referred to it as "The Toilet Bowl". • Paul Warfield called it "a nothing game". • The game's origins were born from the NFL looking merely for "extra content" • It was essentially a league PR effort by commissioner Pete Rozelle, replete with golf and tennis tournaments; as I had stated yesterday, many players and coaches (and their families) saw it as nothing more than a vacation. Kind of similar to how players viewed the trip to Honolulu for the Pro Bowl years later. • Aside from Vince Lombardi's famous negative quotes about the Playoff Bowl, he (and other coaches) used the contests for evaluatory purposes of players. Again, sounds very similar to a preseason exhibition game in that respect. • Miami was seen as a testing ground for eventual Super Bowls and to probe public interest in pro football in hopes of eventually hosting a team (Dolphins). I personally don't have a vested interest in having the Playoff Bowl regain its official status. It's take it or leave it for me. But I wish you the best in your crusade. Dave Hyde

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