SPORTS
Ducks, CSU ‘practical’ matchup pleased bowl
By Ashley Conklin
E merit id Sport'. Editor
ANAHEIM. Calif It was .1 |irnrlital approar h
that led In Oregon and Colorado Slate meeting in Free
dom Howl VII
Don Andersen, the ever utive direr tor of the ()range
County Sports Assor ration whir h oversees the free
dom Howl, said that the (XISA wanted two teams in
this year's Freedom Howl that were happy to lie here
unlike past teams
"We wanted to have teams that were anxious to In
here.'' Andersen said "We felt the best way to do that
was to get teams from tin- WAC (Western Athletic t on
tereiii e) and the Par HI
"These two teams almost refler l the Imw I on their
wav up." he sairl "We didn't go to the Dig Hi. or the
SEC. or Notre Dame We took that practical approach
and it's i.omc together
Celling two tennis tlial wanted to he in freedom
Mow I \'il was important lor Andersen, who took over
as tin1 IX SA ever olive ilirei lor in Mart li ! as well as
getting the game into the blai k
Cist veal s freedom Howl between Washington and
Honda drew onK li.HVH fans and the two schools
sold onlv >1.200 In kets Washington B.000 and I'lor i
da 1 200 On top ol the poor attendant e figures last
year was the tail that onlv Ireedom Bowl III in HMMi
between I Cl.A and Brigham Voting turned a profit
and only beiausc the home area Hrums were in the
game
But that all i hanged this year bei ause Andersen's
prat In al approach worked
Oregon sold more than IH.OlMi tickets to the game
and another 1 1 .HOC) were guaranteed by the WAI Paid
attendant e at I reedom Bowl VII was a 1. lil t w ith at III
HI aiienuani e ai a I -one
A crowd of 40.0(H) was needl'd. Andersen said, to
make the game profitable
While a marquee team such as an Illinois or Michi
gan from the Hig 10 could have brought a bigger tele
vision market to the Freedom Bowl. Andersen said
there wouldn’t be the crowd needed to turn a profit
like (Jregon and (Colorado State were able to generate
So with the "practical approach" mindset. Ander
sen and the OSOA set out to find teams that could
bring enough fans to make the game a financial suc
cess
After bowl scouts were allowed to start seeing teams
in at tion Oct It. at least one Freedom Bowl scout was
on hand at every Oregon game through the Nov. it
game w ith IICLA
W hen the I)ut ks overcame a 24-11 fourth quarter
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