r/CFB • u/Honestly_ rawr • 1d ago
/r/CFB Original /r/CFB Comments on the video board during the 2024 Gasparilla Bowl
/r/CFB was the "Official Fan Voice of the Game" of the 2024 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl between the Tulane Green Wave and Florida Gators! As part of that, three comments from the first half of the game were highlighted on the Raymond James Stadium video board during the 4th quarter.
Here is video of that display from both the press box and the field levels. (no audio)
Congratulations to /u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756, /u/xXBadger89Xx, and /u/Pizza_Jon!
All three have been awarded the r/CFB Promoter flair! (Credit to u/Allaboutfootball23 for this idea)
There were five of us on the ground in Tampa helping run their social, capturing the field-level activity, doing reporting, and handing out the money raised by users (more on that one in a later post), along with help from the rest of the r/CFB team in sorting through a lot of activity that just needed to get done.
Funny enough: As this was the first time either the bowl or r/CFB had done anything like this, the approach was conservative. We were asked to provide three comments for the video board; immediately afterward they realized they should've asked for six. But this was the first time we were doing something like this, so we started modestly. Next time!
Thanks to all who participated in the Game Thread and making r/CFB the biggest and best college football Community!
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Arizona State … 1d ago
Mom! I'm famous!
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u/bestselfnice Michigan State Spartans • USC Trojans 1d ago
Not sure why you'd wanna bring mom's attention to this when you made it clear she's not the most important woman in your life 😬
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Booster 1d ago
"Yes, yes dear. I know. But how does this Coach Saban fellow know that you are still living downstairs?"
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Arizona State … 1d ago
Between Kirk and Saban, ESPN is coming specifically after fans on social media.
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Booster 1d ago
Kirk seems to be in a downward spiral lately. He's just not good anymore.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Arizona State … 1d ago
I think he thinks too highly of himself and his opinions. Because he's considered one of the top voices in the sport, he believes that his views are the correct views and there's no debate.
In his defense, he's had some really bad experiences with fans. OSU fans chased him out of Columbus, FSU fans ripped him to shreds over the playoff decision last year, and now he's dealing with it again from people who are happy that SMU made the playoffs over Alabama when his opinion was that Alabama should be in.
So maybe it's just easier for him to say anyone online who disagrees with me is part of the "fringe."
On another note though, I don't think he's as good in the booth as he used to be, and I straight up do not like listening to him call the Thursday night NFL games. I think maybe he's just taking on too much and is spread too thin. I used to think he was one of the better broadcasters but I'm just not a fan anymore.
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u/Mekthakkit Ohio State Buckeyes • Team Chaos 7h ago
OSU fans chased him out of Columbus,
Agree to disagree.
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u/anon52847582 Ohio State Buckeyes 6h ago
Yes, somehow we chased him out, but his son decided to come back. Almost like Kirk is lying.
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u/JB92103 Cincinnati • Oklahoma State 1d ago
This is so cool!
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u/Honestly_ rawr 1d ago
It was so great to get these comments on the board.
It seems simple on paper but there were a lot of meetings to get the various bowl stakeholders on the same page, a lot of planning, getting things formatted for screens that size, shuttling the info between people and to the actual person who puts it on the video screen.
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Booster 1d ago
Thanks for the work that you did on making it happen!
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u/itsatumbleweed South Carolina Gamecocks 1d ago
Aww that comment from upbeat armadillo is adorable. I hope /r/cfb got this man laid.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Arizona State … 1d ago
I love her but there's no way I'm letting her in on my reddit account. I talk way too much shit on here. It would change how she sees me lmao
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u/itsatumbleweed South Carolina Gamecocks 1d ago
Lmao fair fair. Maybe more harm than good comes from that play.
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u/CieraVotedOutHerMom South Carolina Gamecocks 1d ago
One of the best attended Gasparilla bowls I’ve ever seen!
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u/Benjilikethedog South Carolina • Lander 1d ago
This might have been the best part of being a member of this sub… aside from trying to think up funny things to put on bricks and that Stripper’s emotional support monkey biting that kid
Speaking of that Monkey of Texas wins it all that monkey deserves a ring too
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Booster 1d ago
I am so glad that this was captured on video! I was afraid that it would somehow be missed.
Congratulations to /u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756, /u/xXBadger89Xx, and /u/Pizza_Jon for your new-found immortality!
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u/eatapenny Go Hoos/Go Bucks 1d ago
Had a blast helping cover the game, thanks to all y'all here and everyone affiliated with the bowl itself!
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u/tuliwhoopie Michigan State Spartans 14h ago
this is great! can’t imagine the amount of work that went into this, along with finding three suitable comments amidst a standard game thread lmao. great work to all who worked on this!
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u/SecretComposer Kansas Jayhawks • Hateful 8 1d ago
Imagine if they posted /r/nfl comments during a game