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May 14, 2008

RIVAL SMACKDOWN DAY arrives for Charity Bowl

I'm very proud to give today's update for the Charity Bowl as of 7:00am today....

Money raised to date: $11,116.00

Team Donation Standings:
1. Michigan - $2,985.00
2. Ohio State - $2,305.00
3. Florida - $1,570.00
4. Texas - $480.00
5. Auburn - $355.00
6. Florida State - $350.00
7t. Case Western Reserve - $300.00
7t. Virginia - $300.00
8. Alabama - $230.00
9t. South Carolina - $200.00
9t. Georgia Tech - $200.00
9t. SMU - $200.00
10. Oklahoma - $185.00

Lurking: Tennessee, Nebraska, Va Tech, LSU, Notre Dame


As we mentioned yesterday, today is RIVAL SMACKDOWN DAY for the Charity Bowl. So... as you make your donations today, please be sure to note if your donation should count FOR your team or AGAINST your rival.


Ready to donate and support your school? The particulars:


1) Make a donation online to the American Red Cross, CARE, or the International Rescue Committee.

2) Email the donation confirmation to kevin@fanblogs.com and state your team affiliation by 8pm EDT on Wednesday, May 14th.

3) Results will be displayed at Every Day Should Be Saturday and Fanblogs throughout the week, with the final results shown by Thursday, May 15th.

4) The winning school will have its colors displayed at EDSBS and logo/mascot shown on every page at Fanblogs.


ALL DONATIONS MUST BE IN TO FANBLOGS BY 8PM EDT (5PM PDT) TONIGHT

Posted by Kevin Donahue

 

Comments:

  1. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 9:43 AM — link — abuse?



    So far we've got Michigan fans beating down tOSU in Rival Smackdown donations, and Sooners sawing off the Horns in smackdowns. This is going to get interesting.

  2. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 9:53 AM — link — abuse?



    UPDATE: We have our first team in the negative.... ARIZONA. (Does this mean that they are stealing from the Red Cross?!?!)

  3. OU-Ron Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 10:00 AM — 216.201.209.146 — link — abuse?



    Sure glad to see some movement from the Sooners, I was getting worried there for a while..

    You have my attention Kev, keep the updates coming…….

  4. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 10:05 AM — link — abuse?



    ALSO.... Hall of Shame (Teams under $100)

    $75... WVU
    $55... Georgia
    $50... Michigan State
    $50... Washington
    $50... Rutgers
    $30... Kentucky
    $30... Arizona State
    $25... Boston College
    $25... Arkansas
    $25... Purdue
    $25... Miami
    $20... Penn State
    $10... Colorado
    -$20... Arizona

    Donations have fallen off today... that's not good. I know there was some initial confusion, but -- just to be clear -- we are accepting donations until 8pm EDT tonight. Yall spread the word!

  5. Fanblogs Author War Eagle Atlanta Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 11:08 AM — 72.145.94.138 — link — abuse?



    How did Arizona get negative? Did the check bounce? Oh wait. It's rival smack-down wednesday...

    The Sooners will move up towards the top, only to fall in the Red Cross bowl game, as usual... :-)

  6. OU-Ron Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 11:44 AM — 216.201.209.146 — link — abuse?



    WEA, there's always next year......

  7. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 11:51 AM — link — abuse?



    Here's the 11a update.....


    $12,142 donated so far.....


    1. $3,040.00 - Michigan
    2. $2,210.00 - Ohio State (inc $120 neg)
    3. $1,605.00 - Florida
    4. $470.00 - Texas (inc $10 neg)
    5. $455.00 - Alabama
    6. $350.00 - Florida State
    7. $330.00 - Auburn (inc $25 neg)
    8t. $300.00 - Case Western Reserve
    8t. $300.00 - Virginia
    9. $275.00 - Georgia Tech
    10. $250.00 - Nebraska

    Lurking: SMU, OU, South Carolina Tennessee, Va Tech, LSU

    It is SHOCKING to me that Texas A&M, USC, UCLA, Clemson, Penn State and Miami are not showing up to support their schools.


  8. Tampa Hurricane Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 12:31 PM — 24.96.199.254 — link — abuse?



    Kevin,

    Maybe if you chose better charities, then you would see more schools showing their support.

    Remember (from previous posts) there is only one alum from Miami on your site, and I don't believe in the normally contribute to any of the three charities you have listed (I haven't research two of them, but one of the three is bad with their money).

    The real shock should be with as many fans as the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Oklahoma, LSU, etc. have on this site, why are their totals so low compared to Michigan, Ohio State, and Florida.

  9. Ramblin' Gator said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 1:58 PM — 143.127.131.4 — link — abuse?



    C'mon, Buckeyes! Are you REALLY gonna let OSU be the runner-up for the FOURTH straight time??!!

  10. VTBobb Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 2:34 PM — 74.1.112.66 — link — abuse?



    Hokies, where are you?

  11. Tomcat said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 2:41 PM — 70.243.165.175 — link — abuse?



    I'm surprized that SMU is way ahead of other large public schools
    BTW they didnt buy that Pontiac-Texas A&M did.
    Tomcat approved this message

  12. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 3:32 PM — link — abuse?



    @Tampa - I'm going to direct you to this comment about the core versus the whole.

    Bad charities? Hmmm. I don't seem to recall many people from WPB to Homestead saying no thanks when the Red Cross rolled into town in the early 90s.

  13. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 4:00 PM — link — abuse?



    @Tampa, that (#12) was an insensitive comment and I apologize. I remember volunteering during that hurricane and seeing some things that I never want to see again. I apologize.

    Let's do this... you go ahead and make a donation to any charity you choose and email me the confirmation. I'll credit it to Miami. Fair?

  14. Fanblogs Author War Eagle Atlanta Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 4:57 PM — 72.145.94.138 — link — abuse?



    Guys, fanblogs isn't the only site that people are seeing this on. It's on all the homer sites, too. You can't correlate the numbers of donations soley based on how many fans of a school you see on here...

    Unfortunately, I think the fact that we have to pay Notre Dame NOT to particpate in the contest is really keeping down the numbers. First we had to pay them NOT to participate in the BCS, now this. Damn TV contracts...

    Bama shot up in the rankings because Saban required all the new recruits to contribute 5% of their signing bonuses...

  15. Fanblogs Author Kevin Donahue Author Profile Page said:

    posted on May 14, 2008 5:03 PM — link — abuse?



    I hear that Saban thing is true.

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