Bulls Bowl For Charity
12/18/2013 12:00:00 AM | Football
Video Recap Of Day One In Boise
BOISE, ID - After checking in at the team hotel, the Bulls boarded buses to Wahooz Family Fun Zone for the Strikes for Spuds charity bowling event.
The event featured starters from both UB and their Famous Idaho Potato Bowl opponent San Diego State. Teams bowled for a local Boise charity and one from their hometown. The Bulls' efforts supported St. Luke's Mission of Mercy in Buffalo and Boise-based Life's Kitchen.
"I got a strike. I was pretty jacked about that," says Jake Stockman, a redshirt junior linebacker from Joliet, Ill. The Aztecs proved to be the better bowlers, though, edging the Bulls 241 to 216.
Boise sports radio station 93.1 The Ticket broadcast from the event, interviewing Bulls coach Jeff Quinn, who was also interviewed by local television station KBOI-TV.
Afterward, the Bulls enjoyed a team meal at the family entertainment complex (no word on whether they ran out of food!) and played arcade games before heading back to the hotel for team meetings.
All in all, it was a good first day, Stockman says. "Above and beyond any traveling experience I've had."
Stockman and his teammates have been wowed by the hospitality they received. "Getting a state trooper escort on the highway to the hotel, having a marching band greet us at the hotel, it's just been awesome," he said while winding down in the hotel game room. "You can already tell the entire community cares about this game."
Wednesday's events include a winter sports activity in the morning and their first practice of the week.
Written by: UB Staff Writer David J. Hill
