Successful International Bowl

The first U.S. college football games outside the U.S. in 70 years can be considered a rousing success. The University of Cincinnati Bearcats edged the Western Michigan University Broncos 27-24 to win the first International Bowl at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

The better news was a crowd of 26,717 fans who showed up to watch the game. That crowd sounds small, but given that there wasn't much prep time, the newness of the sport in Canada, it was better than expected.

The crowd was just under what the CFL Toronto Argonauts draw on average.

With another year under their belts, they should do even better.