Wade on December 2007
By Wade KwonBecause we’re still writing 2007 on our forged checks …
Then and now
Pizza Bowl 2: Crust Never Sleeps: The Papajohns.com Bowl by the numbers …
- 32,023 | attendance in 2006
- 35,528 | attendance in 2007
- 3 | Birmingham’s previous bowl games (Dixie, Hall of Fame Classic and All-American)
- 300,000 | payout in dollars
- 21 | rank among 32 bowls in viewership
- 1.9 | Nielsen rating for 2007 game
- 1.6 | Nielsen rating for the 2007 Independence Bowl (Alabama over Colorado)
- 15-20 | average wait time in minutes for pizza at halftime at Legion Field
By the way, who won that game? Who played in that game?
Poetry corner: Behold, the 24 hours of haiku! And the seven verses about the newly elected mayor.
And I used to write for them, too: Mentioned in an article on local bloggers. Sort of.
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Haiku flashback
guitar zero [Dec. 14]
Real gamers take on
fake rock-star personas to
jam on plastic gear.
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