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Reactions: New Bowl Names Since the MicronPC.com Bowl isn't wacky enough ...Posted: Wednesday December 06, 2000 7:04 PM
Bowl names have gotten out of control. We have the GalleryFurniture.com Bowl, the Silicon Valley Bowl and so on. So we thought it would be funny if CNNSI.com users gave us some games and sponsors that they would like to see. We were right. It is funny. Take a look: Here are a few bowls I'd like to see: Frosted Flakes Bowl, a round-robin tournament between the Clemson Tigers, Auburn Tigers, LSU Tigers, Missouri Tigers. (Mascot, Tony the Tiger). That Stupid Bowl With The Blue Field (Formerly known as the Humanitarian Bowl), WeatherChannel.com Bowl (Miami Hurricanes verses Iowa State Cyclones), Arboretum Bowl (Stanford Cardinal verses Ohio State Buckeyes), Amphibian Bowl (Florida Gators verses TCU Horned Frogs), the "What-The-Heck-is-Their-Mascot?" Bowl (Virginia Tech Hokies verses Oklahoma Sooners).
The Ice-Breaker's Gum "Ice Bowl" in Anchorage, Alaska. No stupid domes or games in places like Hawaii. Football in the late-December Alaskan snow. And you know that they would sell out because Alaskans have nowhere else to be.
The Hormel Foods SPAM Bowl. It's tasty, pasty, comes in it's own little stadium and you can be sure that it'll never get old.
There should be a Worm Bowl. The Worm Bowl would try to bring the best smash-mouth, bone-rattling teams together. It'll be a throwback bowl. No big money involved, just a big jar of earthworms to the winner and a chunk of dirt to the losers. That's what the game is really about. Two teams pounding each other to pieces for a big jar of worms.
How about getting rid of all the sponsors and just having this: The NCAA college football playoffs. Come on, it could happen, right?
The Palmetto Bowl, at 82,500+ seat Williams-Brice Stadium, in Columbia, S.C. The Carpetbagger Bowl in Savannah, GA. Only teams from the Big East (excluding Miami and Virginia Tech) and Big Ten are allowed to play. The Jetlag Bowl in Guam, Pacific Ocean (featuring teams from East Coast conferences). The Guinness Beer Bowl from Dublin, Ireland. Must feature Notre Dame and Boston College every year. If Notre Dame is unavailable due to BCS pairings, Holy Cross may be substituted in their place. The Cinco de Mayo Bowl from Cancun, Mexico. Played in December, but that's OK. The Carnival Bowl in Rio de Janiero. The Tornado Bowl, played in either Texas, Oklahoma or Kansas. If the weather is right, it can be played in all three states in one night.
I'd like to see the Pets.Com Way Outback Bowl featuring two of the years biggest disappointments: Alabama and Penn State.
I think we need a "Toilet Bowl." I mean, how often do you get to see the two last place teams in college football going head to head? It happens in the NFL a lot (look at the Bengals and the Browns) but rarely in college. I think people would watch a game that really had no meaning and would just be two teams playing for all they are worth to not finish last.
The AskJeeves.com Bowl, featuring the two worst bowl-eligible teams in the country. Tie in: Ask Jeeves who the heck these teams are.
Q: Is there a bowl game that isn't sponsored now that would look good with a particular company's name in front of it? A: A bowl game that isn't sponsored? Yeah, right! Even the Rose Bowl finally sold out. If I were to name a bowl, I'd name it the "Coca-Cola Bowl". We could also bring back the old "Bacardi Bowl" from the 40s and have the games played in the same stadium on the same day calling it the "Rum & Coke Classic"!
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