OT: MVC Team in Kilimanjaro Bowl

[BUFanatic]

Next year, Drake will play the Mexican All Stars in the first ever Kilimanjaro Bowl, also the first American Football game to be played on the continent of Africa!

http://www.kilibowl.com/

 

[amckillip]

Pretty cool opportunity for those kids. They are non-scholarship DI.

 

[Da Coach]

I can't help but be a little bit skeptical....is this some kind of a joke? Or maybe one of those Nigerian scams?

 

[amckillip]

Wouldn't surprise me.

 

[BUFanatic]

Nope, it's legit! Sponsored by IFAF (International Federation of American Football) through Global Football: http://www.globalfootball.com/

 

[BUFanatic]

From the Bulldog's official Athletics Site: http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=204947692&SPID=8123&SPSID=599652&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=15700&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=

 

[BradleyBrave]

This reminds me all too much of the ill-fated 'Glasnost Bowl' that was supposed to take place in Moscow between Illinois and USC in 1989. This thing still makes me chuckle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasnost_Bowl

http://articles.latimes.com/1989-06-09/sports/sp-1731_1_usc-and-illinois-glasnost-raycom

 

[Braves4Life]

Drake plays football? :-o

 

[ChewaBrave]

Beautiful country - would be an incredible opportunity. Malaria meds have a tendency to take a lot out of you thou, It would seem between that, and the time difference, jet lag - you'd need some serious build up time to be rdy for a game. But if as the game is largely an exhibition, i guess that doesn't matter much. it would surely be a very interested crowd i imagine.