Going Off The Grid: Execs Discuss Netflix Queues, Favorite Bowl Game Names

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, panelists tell us their favorite college bowl game name and dish on recent NFL suspensions for in-game hits.

• OVG Arena Alliance co-Chair and NHL Panthers Exec Chair Peter Luukko
  -- Is constantly trying to react to changes in pop culture in order to create great venues and live experiences.
• IBM Program Dir of Sports & Entertainment Partnerships Elizabeth O'Brien
  -- Likes fidget spinners and thinks "Carpool Karaoke" never gets old.
• Under Armour Senior VP/Global Brand Management Adrienne Lofton
  -- Is most interested in the culture of proximity.
• Marketing Evaluations (Q Scores) Exec VP Henry Schafer
  -- Is intrigued by the ways technology is changing entertainment and sports for consumers.

Going Off The Grid
	Musician you want to be for a day?	Favorite bowl game name?	First Pet?	Number of items on your Netflix queue?	NFL suspensions for hits have been...
Luukko	Jim Morrison. The Doors were visionary.	I always loved the Rose Bowl.	Beagle mix	"Ray Donovan" and "Sons of Anarchy."	Indicative of a changing culture in sports
O'Brien	Lin Manuel Miranda	Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl	A turtle that my brother liberated	Who needs a queue? Spontaneity!	A long time coming
Lofton	Beyoncé	Celebration -- the HBCU bowl. Proud Howard alum.	German Shepherd-Lab mix named Ebony	15	Warranted based on fear/data surrounding CTE
Schafer	Carlos Santana	Rose Bowl	Beagle-Fox Terrier mix -- smartest dog ever!	Too many to count	Right on