[HAT51]

I agree Bowl games are hard. People hear Bell and a lot of schools will not play. This wasn't the case this time. Middlesboro agreed to play who ever Bell played. That was settled early. So strong and weak had nothing to do with it. No offense taken. They had Knoxville Central and Grant County in the Bowl. Knoxville Central had to back out due to their county schools and that left them scrambling. None of the other schools wanted to come to the Bowl two years in a row. Not enough money laid out. They waited to late to get started on scheduling. It was no ones fault , but unfortunate. There were a few other things that happened during that time, that don't need to be put on the board...and had nothing to do with the coaches, just the teams that were called. Relationships remain good between the schools and they will play week 3. Hopefully, the Bowl will come back in the future, our communities need it.

They only pay teams a few pennies to come play. That means you give up a year of a home game where you could make more money at your own gate than you could in their bowl game in two years.