“While some teams enjoy the warm weather down South, Maryland gets to enjoy the ambience of the South Bronx.”
In 2015, my alma mater (University of Minnesota) played in the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit - only two days after Christmas.
Our charter flight flew us in the morning of the game. We bussed into downtown Detroit and boozed up at a bar near Ford Field. After the game, we stayed at a hotel out by the airport and resumed boozing.
Prior to the game, they took us on a tour of downtown Detroit. I could see that they were trying to make an effort to clean up downtown Detroit but that they had a lot of work ahead of them. While on the freeway from the airport to downtown, we did see a few areas that looked downright crummy.
Congratulations on your win last night. I like your head coach.