All bowl game gifts not created equal

[cbbama99]

There is something good that comes out of going to the New Orleans, Meineke Car Care, and Military bowls; not so much for the New Mexico, Little Caesar's, or Sun bowls.

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[Chechem]

Greed, swag, jealousy.  Merry Christmas. 

[BAMAWV]

Why all the secrecy surrounding the New Era Pinstripe Bowl? I'd say Iowa St. and Rutgers already rec'd their gifts by being mentioned on the internet. I might watch that game just to see who bought a "We're #1" foam finger.

[cbbama99]

Why all the secrecy surrounding the New Era Pinstripe Bowl? I'd say Iowa St. and Rutgers already rec'd their gifts by being mentioned on the internet. I might watch that game just to see who bought a "We're #1" foam finger.

 

[pmull]

Last year one of the bowls (I do not remember which one) gave out Best Buy gift cards to the players. They said it is too hard to pick nice gifts like Ipods that half the team does not already have. I thought that was a good idea. I still like the old traditional gifts like watches with the bowl logo on the face. I'm sure the players would rather have an Ipod today but when they are my age a watch with the bowl logo would be nice to show off.

[Chechem]

I think maybe it's time for the players who don't perform well, such as Texas players who layed an egg against OSU, to buy us gifts for having to suffer through that crappy game.

Little brother McCoy can buy me that Brünner ZKM 611 rifle I've been eyeing.



 

[Jamos]

Why all the secrecy surrounding the New Era Pinstripe Bowl? I'd say Iowa St. and Rutgers already rec'd their gifts by being mentioned on the internet. I might watch that game just to see who bought a "We're #1" foam finger.

  

[BAMAWV]

I think maybe it's time for the players who don't perform well, such as Texas players who layed an egg against OSU, to buy us gifts for having to suffer through that crappy game.

Little brother McCoy can buy me that Brünner ZKM 611 rifle I've been eyeing.



 

Ole Miss owes us something on the season. I've had my eye on a fiberglass fly rod!

[Coach Hank Crisp]

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Christmas swag.

Athearn HO Scale 1963 General Electric 5000 HP Twin Engine Diesel Electric

U50 Union Pacific Locomotive

Athearn Trains HO scale U50 diesel locomotive
Read this review from Model Railroader
by Dana Kawala, senior editor // Published: November 16, 2011

Union Pacific RR is a pioneer in the use of high-horsepower diesel-electric locomotives, such as the General Electric U50 accurately modeled in HO scale by Athearn Trains. The direct-current model has a smooth-running mechanism that’s designed for the easy installation of a Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder and speakers.

The prototype. General Electric delivered 23 5,000-hp U50 diesel electric locomotives to the Union Pacific from 1963 to 1965. The locomotives were meant to serve UP’s requirement for a diesel-electric replacement for its gas-turbine-electric fleet. The Southern Pacific also purchased three U50 locomotives. General Electric reused the four-axle trucks on span bolsters from the UP’s 4,500 hp “Veranda” gas-turbines for the U50s.

The U50 was essentially two U25Bs put together. The locomotive had two FDL-16 2,500-hp 16-cylinder diesel engines. The front engine generated power for the two front trucks, and the rear engine powered the two rear trucks. Because of reliability issues, the UP retired all of its U50s by 1977.

Between 1969 and 1971, the UP purchased 40 U50C locomotives. Among other modifications, the U50Cs rode on six-axle trucks from retired 8,500 hp gas turbines. These locomotives were retired by 1978.

 Now the railroads have modern GE C44-9  and AC4400. EMD SD70ACe and SD70MAC.

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