Jacie
12/14/2011, 05:11 PM
Top 10 Ridiculous Bowl Names in College Football History
By Floyd Saunders, Yahoo! Contributor Network
I love how there are more college football bowl games than ever before, although I wish they could come up with some better names. Mostly because of corporate sponsors, many of the newer bowls sound totally silly.
Of these poorly named games of the past and present, these 10 are the most ridiculous:
10. Blockbuster Bowl
It's never a great idea to name a game after a company that is synonymous with a dying industry like retail movie rental. So it's probably not a surprise that there is no longer a Blockbuster Bowl, and it now has the slightly better name of the Champs Sports Bowl.
9. Outback Bowl
If you don't think about it too hard, this name sounds totally decent. But if you realize the name is supposed to invoke thoughts of rural Australia, but is actually played in Tampa, Fla., it stops making sense all together.
8. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
The thought of the prestigious bowls make you picture nice images, like oranges and roses. But this game? You visualize a gold or silver bowl filled with shriveled old potatoes. Plus there is nothing famous about this one.
7. Insight.com Bowl
Although this game is now the Insight Bowl, I'd still like some insight into what insight.com is.
6. Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
This one is confusing; if it's a message to fight world hunger, then I like the name. But it could just as easily be telling you to prevent personal hunger my eating prepackaged macaroni and cheese.
5. Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
If you live in an area with a Beef 'O' Brady's restaurant, then this is a typical, mediocre name. However, if you're like me and had to look up Beef 'O' Brady's to see what it even is, then it sounds plain weird.
4. MicronPC Bowl
Like the Blockbuster Bowl, the MicronPC Bowl was another incarnation of today's Champs Sports Bowl. As bad as it was, I suppose "MicronPC Bowl" still sounded better than "Commodore PC Bowl" would have.
3. Chick-fil-A Bowl
I'm still not sure if this is a bowl game or an item on a fast food menu.
2. BBVA Compass Bowl
Without a doubt, this wins the prize for the most confusing name. I have no idea what BBVA stands for, and the addition of a compass only adds to the mystery.
1. Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
This is the third "Pizza Bowl," following in the footsteps of the Papajohns.com Bowl and Domino's Pizza Copper Bowl. In normal circumstances, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl would rank no worse than those two, but now that former company CEO Herman Cain briefly sought the presidency, the game reeks of divisive politics. This is unfortunate, because football should be a refuge from politics, no matter where you stand ideologically.
By Floyd Saunders, Yahoo! Contributor Network
I love how there are more college football bowl games than ever before, although I wish they could come up with some better names. Mostly because of corporate sponsors, many of the newer bowls sound totally silly.
Of these poorly named games of the past and present, these 10 are the most ridiculous:
10. Blockbuster Bowl
It's never a great idea to name a game after a company that is synonymous with a dying industry like retail movie rental. So it's probably not a surprise that there is no longer a Blockbuster Bowl, and it now has the slightly better name of the Champs Sports Bowl.
9. Outback Bowl
If you don't think about it too hard, this name sounds totally decent. But if you realize the name is supposed to invoke thoughts of rural Australia, but is actually played in Tampa, Fla., it stops making sense all together.
8. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
The thought of the prestigious bowls make you picture nice images, like oranges and roses. But this game? You visualize a gold or silver bowl filled with shriveled old potatoes. Plus there is nothing famous about this one.
7. Insight.com Bowl
Although this game is now the Insight Bowl, I'd still like some insight into what insight.com is.
6. Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
This one is confusing; if it's a message to fight world hunger, then I like the name. But it could just as easily be telling you to prevent personal hunger my eating prepackaged macaroni and cheese.
5. Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
If you live in an area with a Beef 'O' Brady's restaurant, then this is a typical, mediocre name. However, if you're like me and had to look up Beef 'O' Brady's to see what it even is, then it sounds plain weird.
4. MicronPC Bowl
Like the Blockbuster Bowl, the MicronPC Bowl was another incarnation of today's Champs Sports Bowl. As bad as it was, I suppose "MicronPC Bowl" still sounded better than "Commodore PC Bowl" would have.
3. Chick-fil-A Bowl
I'm still not sure if this is a bowl game or an item on a fast food menu.
2. BBVA Compass Bowl
Without a doubt, this wins the prize for the most confusing name. I have no idea what BBVA stands for, and the addition of a compass only adds to the mystery.
1. Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
This is the third "Pizza Bowl," following in the footsteps of the Papajohns.com Bowl and Domino's Pizza Copper Bowl. In normal circumstances, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl would rank no worse than those two, but now that former company CEO Herman Cain briefly sought the presidency, the game reeks of divisive politics. This is unfortunate, because football should be a refuge from politics, no matter where you stand ideologically.