GREEN BAY – Aaron Jones has again been nominated for the FedEx Ground Player of the Week following his 20-carry, 145-yard performance in Saturday's 24-16 win over the Carolina Panthers. Booked unfairly after winning the ball but didn’t let his head drop. Nemanja Matic – His experience was vital. Kept things ticking over nicely. Paul Pogba – Phenomenal from minute one. Made some awesome runs, played some brilliant passes and scored the only goal of the game with a lovely effort.
SUN BOWL ASSOCIATION CONTINUES TO HELP COMMUNITYJanuary 19, 2021
EL PASO, Texas – After there were no visitors in El Paso for the annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl game, the Sun Bowl Association and the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl decided to help the local hotel and lodging association by donating $10,000.
Executive Director Bernie Olivas and SBA Board President Natalia Flores met with the El Paso Hotel and Lodging Association on Tuesday, January 19 at the El Paso Radisson Hotel to present the check, which will be distributed from the Hotel and Lodging Association to those who were laid off due to the Pandemic.
“One of the prime objectives of the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl is to bring tourism to the city during a time when many people are not traveling. The Sun Bowl Association understands that the cancelation of the Tony the Tiger prevented the city from realizing the economic impact the game usually brings to our city,” Olivas said. “With many individuals and companies hurting during the pandemic, the Sun Bowl Association would like to donate $10,000 to the El Paso Hotel and Lodging Association to help those people in the hospitality industry that lost their jobs because of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
The annual (Tony the Tiger) Sun Bowl game generally has about $14 million to $17 million in direct economic impact to the community in previous years and has reached amounts of up to $25 million, as it did in 2010 when Notre Dame took on Miami. Many, if not all, hotels tend to fill to capacity due to the extra visitors coming to El Paso for the game.
Kellogg’s has already made a large donation to ensure that Sun Bowl gameday workers that were scheduled to work the 2020 game would receive a paycheck this holiday season and also plans on donating one million meals to El Paso food banks.
The Sun Bowl Association anticipates that, with the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine, the situation will improve and El Pasoans, as well as all college football fans will be able to enjoy the annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Dec. 31, 2021 in Sun Bowl Stadium.
“With the sincerest gratitude, it is an honor to accept this donation for our Hospitality community. Throughout the years, the Sun Bowl Association has demonstrated a deep commitment to our wonderful city and its residents. For many years, your dedication and support has repeatedly played a key role in our success in selling out our hotels during the last days in December. Our industry is thankful for all you have done.
There is no way to fully express our gratitude for your donation to our community, especially during these tough times. We at the El Paso Hotel and Lodging Association are continually inspired by the dedication and generosity of the Sun Bowl Association. It is our hope that this generous donation will help the hotels and their associates that have been negatively impacted due to loss of occupancy. We look forward to a continuing partnership with you.”
“I am honored that the Sun Bowl Association and the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl is donating $10,000 to the El Paso Hospitality industry to supplement lost income as a result of the pandemic.”
The El Paso Hotel & Lodging Association is a non-profit organization comprised of General Managers and Owners of hotels, motels, suppliers, service companies, publishers and other businesses actively involved in our area’s hospitality community.
The Sun Bowl Association is a volunteer based non-profit 501 © 3 organization. The Sun Bowl Association, with the help of over 700 volunteers, promotes and serves the El Paso community and features a year-round schedule of events culminating with the Annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl football game.
The Sun Bowl Association was founded in 1935 with a threefold purpose: 1) to present a football attraction of national importance, 2) to promote El Paso and the Southwest and 3) to generate tourist income for the area.
On October 18, 1934, at a meeting of the El Paso Kiwanis Club, Dr. Brice Schuller suggested that the club sponsor a football game on New Year’s Day matching an El Paso High School All-Star Team against a worthy opponent. The motion was passed unanimously. It was decided to ask for public suggestions as to the name of this annual game, and the name “Sun Bowl” was submitted by Dr. C. M. Hendricks, who became the first Sun Bowl Association President.
The Sun Bowl football game was first played on January 1, 1935, as a fund-raising event for a local service club, to benefit underprivileged children and to finance improvement to the El Paso High School Stadium. It has grown into El Paso’s number one national attraction. The following year a weeklong schedule of events was added to the Sun Bowl festivities, and four other local service clubs (Rotary, Lions, Optimist and Active 20-30) joined the Kiwanis in coordinating the entire “Sun Carnival” calendar.
In 1936, New Mexico State and Hardin-Simmons Universities were invited to play, and the Sun Bowl has been a college game ever since.
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Boise State Continues Winning Streak In Sweep Of Wyoming On The Road
Broncos head home with plenty of momentum in their title pursuits.
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Six Broncos reach double figures in Boise State win at Wyoming.
Well that is a wrap from Laramie for the Broncos, who enjoyed back-to-back double-digit wins over a very young and talented Cowboys squad this week. In doing so they head home with a now twelve game winning streak and some history for the record books.
The Broncos made program history on Wednesday by notching their first ever 8-0 start to conference play in Boise State history.
As you can tell from the bench antics above, this team is riding high, playing spectacularly and looking to bring some trophies back home to Boise this season.
This two game sweep of the Cowboys on the road had some turns and moments of hope for the home squad. The average margin of victory was 21.5 PPG, but at times was a little closer than the box scores would reflect.
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In game one the half-time score had the Cowboys only trailing 35-43, only to fall victim to a fresh Broncos squad out of half-time to ultimately fall 83-60. While game two was similar but flipped, with the Broncos up 55-33 from a spectacular first-half performance, leaving an impressive bounce back effort from Wyoming in the second-half (outscored Boise State 37-35) a little too late.
Something of note is the dwindling bench depth used by first year head coach Jeff Linder, with only seven players seeing the court last night. While on the other side Boise State had six players in double figures, with big showings from a pair former Pac-12 transfers in Abu Kigab (15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals & 2 blocks) and Devonaire Doutrive (17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists & 1 steal).
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For Wyoming fans don’t worry, this is a very young and talented Cowboys squad without a senior on the roster. And given the extra-year of eligibility athletes will be entitled to next year, you get these players a little longer than usual, enjoy it.
Up Next
Boise State:
The Broncos head home to Boise as they prepare to host Fresno State in the next double-header. The stampeding Broncos will get a slight break this time around, with a week in between games.
Wyoming:
The Cowboys head south to Colorado Springs for their next double-header to take on the Falcons in hopes of regaining some winning momentum. Unlike Boise State who gets a little break between match ups, Wyoming’s turnaround is much shorter with game one of their series with Air Force coming in just two days this Saturday at 2:00 PM MT on the Mountain West Network.