Re: College Bowl NCT 2004 field is official

• From: allythin <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:01:03 -0000
• Message-ID: <c1h35f+odc_at_...>

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, tfmichael1 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Well, with one team apparently having to meet some local 
contingency 
> first, anyway.
> 
> See http://www.collegebowl.com/nct04/teams.asp 
> 
> We are very excited to be having this group at Auburn University 
> Montgomery for the 25th ACU-I National College Bowl Championship 
and 
> the 50th anniversary of College Bowl. My best wishes to all teams 
> attending. If I may assist a team's plans to attend in any way, 
> please feel free to contact me privately or through this forum.
> 
> Tom Michael
> Host Director
> NCT XXV CB L

First, congrats to UI Chicago, as a former wild card team member 
it's always a nice surprise to find out you're back in the mix of 
things.  Second, this is a question bc I don't know the pre-1990 
history of the game very well.  Was ACU-I not involved with CBI in 
the first two years, or did were they not involved for two years 
sometime later?  The CBI site has the first national as being 
contested in 1978 which would make 2002, not 2004, the 25th 
contest.  None of the older people on my team could answer this 
question for me and I was wondering if anyone else knew.

Sean Phillips
(Congrats also to Truman St. for winning probably the most exciting 
pair of final matches since CBI adopted the double elim. format)