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Cardot · 12-01-2019, 12:14 AM

I thought college football did it the best 35 years ago with the New Years day bowls. At that time we didn't haven't wall to wall football every Saturday and Sunday....so New Years day was special in that respect. And the best games were played on that day. If you rolled out of bed by noon, you were just in time for the Cotton and Fiesta Bowls. Then was the Rose Bowl. And then at night you flipped back and forth between the Orange (and it's extra long halftime show) and Sugar. Of course they watered all that down years ago.

I do enjoy the NBA Christmas day games, but I find it hard to get too excited for early season NBA games. MLB does some things for July 4th....but summer holidays are a different animal.

So for me, I guess the NFL Thanksgiving would still be tops. I'll also give honorable mention for the NHL Winter Classic.

12-01-2019, 12:14 AM	#3
Cardot I'm not on InstantFace. OVR: 22 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Slider Hell Posts: 6,172	Re: OS Roundtable: What Major Sport Does Holidays the Best? I thought college football did it the best 35 years ago with the New Years day bowls. At that time we didn't haven't wall to wall football every Saturday and Sunday....so New Years day was special in that respect. And the best games were played on that day. If you rolled out of bed by noon, you were just in time for the Cotton and Fiesta Bowls. Then was the Rose Bowl. And then at night you flipped back and forth between the Orange (and it's extra long halftime show) and Sugar. Of course they watered all that down years ago. I do enjoy the NBA Christmas day games, but I find it hard to get too excited for early season NBA games. MLB does some things for July 4th....but summer holidays are a different animal. So for me, I guess the NFL Thanksgiving would still be tops. I'll also give honorable mention for the NHL Winter Classic.