The Bulls from the University of New York at Buffalo, blew out the 49ers from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, by a score of 31-9 in the Elk Grove Village-sponsored Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl, Friday, Dec. 20.
The game kicked off the ESPN bowl game series, but those in Elk Grove Village were more interested in the commercials featuring the village’s business park than the action on the field.
Besides four commercial spots played during the game, leads in and out of commercials featured “B-Roll” from Elk Grove sponsored events such as a pinball tournament sponsored by Elk Grove’s Stern Pinball, and a beach dance off.
A few hundred gathered at Real Time Sports in Elk Grove Village for the official watch party, although the crowd thinned after halftime when the Bulls were up 17-0. Still, Real Time manager Ben Cirrincione said the bar was two to three times busier than normal and said he expects the Bahamas Bowl to be the busiest of all the ESPN college football bowl games.
Even the Bahamas Bowl could not escape the reach of Elk Grove Village’s retroactive term limits referendum debate. Concerned Citizens of Elk Grove Village chairman Tim Burns confirmed his group paid to run an advertisement through Comcast on Elk Grove term limits to the Chicago market. An illuminated truck with messages advocating term limits also circled the parking lot outside the viewing party.
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