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Pre & Post Game Interviews
from The New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium
Pre-game interview with The New York Yankees President Randy Levine
New York Yankees President Randy Levine (in a New York Yankees Jacket) standing on the stage for the New Era Pinstripe trophy ceremony
Photo Credit & Copyright BURG Sports Network Owner Michael Ferrara
Question : Randy some of these players, like you said weren't alive, you know, when they got to see the memorial for for them from a learning experience.
You know, some of these kids may have never been to New York.
What's the biggest accomplishment for you know, fans and for players to get that experience coming to New York?
Answer : The most important thing is the student athletes, and why we think this bowl is such a great, great event is because we can offer things here in the city that nobody else in the world can because this is the capital of the world. And, you know, go into the beach, you know, you're not, you're not getting a suntan here, although the weather has been pretty nice. But at the end of the day, we do things that nobody else can do. And everybody has walked into that museum is moved. It's just phenomenal, but you cannot be human and not be moved. And it's history. And it's always you know, when you're in college, that's what it's about learning. And then you go from the museum to one world Observatory, which is about the future and seeing how New York is arisen from those great tragedies. And you'll look at the entire metropolitan area. And it's it's heartwarming, and it's it's something that kids don't forget, nobody forgets. And so that's about we tried new things they went to Lincoln Lincoln Center. They went to the stock exchange, oh, they get in virtually this year, but the stock exchange, the memorial down there. Places that are famous throughout the world, that you can only have in New York City and nowhere else
Post game interview with Virginia Tech Football Program
Virginia Tech Quarterback Connor Blumrick rushed for one touchdown and completed 9 out of 15 passes for 110 yards total
Photo Credit & Copyright : BURG Sports Network Owner Michael Ferrara
Question : This whole experience, playing in a bowl game through a pandemic, overcoming adversity. What's the biggest thing -- enjoying New York, playing in Yankee Stadium. What's the biggest thing you're going to take away through this whole experience?
Answer - Nick Gallo: Biggest thing for me for just having more time with the team. Getting that sixth win versus UVA just means you can spend more time with your friends for another month, which is huge, and then to come up here to New York and you get to do a lot of cool things with your friends, with the team. That was my favorite part about it.
Answer - Connor Blumrick: Yeah, same. This is my first time in New York, so getting to do that with all my best friends was really special.
Virginia Tech Football put The New York Yankees logo on their helmet to honor the time
The New York Yankees came to visit Blacksburg in response to the campus shooting in April 2007
Photo Credit & Copyright : BURG Sports Network Owner Michael Ferrara
Postgame Interview with Maryland Football Head Coach Mike Locksley
Mike Locksley became Maryland's Head Football Coach in 2019 and lead them to win their first bowl game this year since 2010.
Photo Credit & Copyright : BURG Sports Network Owner Michael Ferrara
Question : You mentioned your seniors. What's the biggest thing you're going to remember about this class, and for you -- I meant to talk about this with some of the Tech guys. Not a lot of the people got to play some bowl games. You guys got to play in Yankee Stadium. What is that experience like for you and your staff to play in Yankee Stadium and being in New York?
Answer : To start, what does this senior class mean to me? As I have said, this was all about them. We had a winners-take-all game against Rutgers. The seniors did a tremendous job of leading the charge from us and leading from the front. They've had every opportunity maybe with the way some of the games were played out near the end to fold. They never did it, and they just kept coming to work and kept pulling people along with them. And so to me, as I said, this is the group to me is the one that we'll forever be indebted. They've been through a lot as a group. It's been well talked about. We know about the things that they've had to endure, but what they've just shown is the resiliency, and to me that's the Terp way. It's never going to be easy. They understand what hard is. They kept pulling guys along with them.
As far as playing in iconic Yankee Stadium, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, I've been to a lot of bowl games, and some big ones, and the way they ran this thing all week long was a first-class bowl event. Our players had a tremendous experience here, and the icing on the cake is playing in Yankee Stadium where so many champions have played in. Again, thanks to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl people for putting one hell of a bowl on for our team. It's something, like I said, that sets the trajectory for with where this program could be.
Interview with
Maryland Football Player Darryl Jones
Maryland's Darryl Jones scored two touchdowns in Yankee Stadium vs Virginia Tech
Photo Credit & Copyright : BURG Sports Network Owner Michael Ferrara
Question : You just mentioned seniors. What is the biggest thing that you guys are going to remember about them, and you guys got to play a bowl game through a pandemic. You got to play in Yankee Stadium, go to the 9/11 Memorial, and you got to experience New York. What was that like for you?
Answer : New York I think is all that I thought it was. I have never been here, so seeing there were so many people, all the tall buildings. I have never been to a city or anything like that, and I know that's true for a lot of us seniors. Being here and getting to come here was just amazing. And all the staff that helped with the Pinstripe Bowl, they kept everything organized, kept us safe and everything, so it was just a great time all around. We'll definitely remember this as being our first and pushing this program to take the next step and just we had fun with it. We had to practice, but that just comes with it, but we were excited to be here. Everyone had fun. I don't feel like we went out here and messed around too much because we showed it by the scoreboard. We prepped, but we still had fun at the same time. I think that's what it's all about.
Maryland Quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa was named The New Era Pinstripe Bowl MVP
Photo Credit & Copyright : BURG Sports Network Owner Michael Ferrara
Interview by BURG Sports Network Owner Michael Ferrara
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