07.02.12
The catalogue raisonn of Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl gamester gifts for the Marshall football team include a PlayStation 3, Oakley sunglasses and an Oakley dufflebag.
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Those gifts are on top of a four-day December escape in Florida, a VIP cruise Saturday evening and the honor of watching 350-enclosure Brandon Bullock participate in the belly flop contest at the Strand Bash in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sunday.
Coach Doc Holliday, as much as he likes a baby fun in the sun, is hoping the trip to the Sunshine State pays bigger dividends than a yoke of new shades for the kids ... in addition to a win over Florida International (8-4) in Tuesday's indoor move game at Tropicana Field.
The coaches have a brief window to endure with potential recruits, and the bowl game locale makes that a more doable charge than, say, Detroit or Birmingham, Ala.
"Just to be able to play in the postseason is big, to take those steps in the program and getting this matter on the winning track," said JaJuan Seider, Marshall's recruiting coordinator. "It helps to go someplace balmy and especially a place that is a fertile recruiting ground for us.
Source: Daily Mail - Charleston