Bowl games not only irrelevant now, but horribly named

[DzynKingRTR]

Every older person remembers the shock of the Poulan Weedeater bowl.

wasn't there a weedeater bowl where it snowed? fuzzy memory of this

 

[arthurdawg]

Birmingham Bowl finally has its matchup. 6-6 Georgia Southern will play 5-7 Appalachian State. For those that don't know, these 2 teams are in the same conference and same division.

This will be one of the better games probably. Rivals!

One my kids is an Appie Stater.

 

[carder24]

There are probably only two nonplayoff bowl games that I care about watching. I will watch the Pop Tarts Bowl because it's the Pop Tarts Bowl and it is fantastic. I will also watch the Citrus Bowl with Michigan and Texas. Beyond that, I have no interest in the other bowl games. I don't know how most of these bowls are making money, and if they aren't, then what's the point?

With bowls maintaining and some added despite declining attendance and would guess not great viewership for many of them, my guess is expansion of gambling, betting and market apps

 

[BamaFanInTally]

Would love to see Auburn go to the 1st ever Tampon Bowl.

 

[TideEngineer08]

wasn't there a weedeater bowl where it snowed? fuzzy memory of this

Yes. Texas A&M vs Mississippi State. I don’t recall the year but RC Slocum was the A&M coach and Jackie Sherrill was still at MSU. It went into several overtimes and the score was in the 40s I believe.

Those were the days.

 

[TideEngineer08]

The 2000 Independence Bowl:

2000 Independence Bowl - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Eventually, the playoffs will expand to where the Bowl games will be incorporated as neutral site games and the home games will be eliminated.

 

[rolltide_21]

I saw this morning that App State has accepted an invite to the B'ham Bowl even though they only won 5 games.

So what's the deal with all these teams...even AU who had a chance to go play NOT accepting these bowl invites??? I know AU just hired a new coach, but this gives them a few weeks of practice with him. It's almost like a free Spring practice with a bonus game at the end.

To me, it doesn't make any sense!

Regarding App St. the last I checked they have 19 players in the portal. Don’t know if they’re contributors or not but I’d think it will be hard to be competitive in the bowl game.

 

[Ledsteplin]

Can't wait for the Cheez-it Citrus bowl.

 

[arthurdawg]

Regarding App St. the last I checked they have 19 players in the portal. Don’t know if they’re contributors or not but I’d think it will be hard to be competitive in the bowl game.

I would have to wonder what those 19 guys are going to get for transferring...

 

[bamaga]

Birmingham Bowl finally has its matchup. 6-6 Georgia Southern will play 5-7 Appalachian State. For those that don't know, these 2 teams are in the same conference and same division.

Yep, this is the end of most every bowl outside the playoffs. Especially the lower tier bowls.

 

[bamaga]

Can't wait for the Cheez-it Citrus bowl.
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Wit until they introduce the Citrus flavored Cheez-its.