"Gasparilla" Bowl. WTF? As a kid we had the Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[Diamond_Dog]

1. "Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl."

Yeah, that’s a real thing.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. WE ARE DOOMED! 😢

[Diamond_Dog]

3. 😂

[a kennedy]

4. I know, the Wisconsin Badgers are playing in the Guarantee Bowl next Tuesday @ 9:00pm

WTF is the Guarantee Bowl????? 😂

https://guaranteedratebowl2022.com/ GO BADGERS GO. 🦡 👍🏻

https://uwbadgers.com/sports/2022/12/23/wisconsin-football-2022-guaranteed-rate-bowl.aspx

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. FIIK!

[SergeStorms]

6. The Jimmy Kimmel Bowl...

last weekend in Los Angeles.

Yeah, everybody has their own individual Bowl Game now.

[Pobeka]

7. I was invited to the Popcorn Bowl the other night.

I thought it was because I was such a stunning quarterback, but my SO says otherwise...

[lapfog_1]

11. There might be a kernel of truth to that

but er, those assertions are not rock salt ed

[Pobeka]

17. Ouch, the pain the pain!

[debm55]

12. That is funny. I personally want to go to the Spaghetti Bowl or the Soup Bowl

[3catwoman3]

8. To have so many renders them rather meaningless, does it not?

Bad Boy Mowers????

[NoRethugFriends]

9. Also Ggator Bowl, Senior Bowl, East-West Shrine Game

[ms liberty]

10. It must be a game played in Tampa, Fla.

[malthaussen]

21. Jacksonville, actually. n/t

[ms liberty]

22. I just checked Google which said it was played at Raymond James Stadium

Which is in Tampa. Tampa is also where Gasparilla is celebrated; Jacksonville has never been associated with Jose Gaspar or Gasparilla Day. I grew up in Tampa, and attended Gasparilla Day parades and festivities in my childhood. At that time, it was also free admittance day for the Florida State Fair, which is held in early February.

[malthaussen]

23. My error...

... I was confusing St. Petersburg with St. Augustine!

-- Mal

[ms liberty]

24. Np - It's all good.

[hay rick]

13. Any relation to the Sarsaparilla Bowl?

[DBoon]

14. The Superb Owl is the real deal

[Deuxcents]

15. Corporations happened n greed set in. When I was a kid, it was the Orange Bowl

A big deal. Once a year, local high schools could play a game at the stadium.. was like a lottery system b/c of so many schools n schedules.

[debm55]

16. tRump is hosting the Toilet Bowl

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. We'll be okay until the Call Now And Ask About Your Zip Code! Bowl.

[whistler162]

19. Brought to you by Gas-X

[malthaussen]

20. Money. Two major impacts on bowls:

1) More bowls. There are now 41 bowl games. That means 82 of the 131 Division 1 teams get to go to a bowl game, thus earning a percentage of the gate for their schools. That can add up to a lot of money.

2) Sponsorship. Bowls (and stadiums) now sell off their names to the highest bidder, which can pay a nice piece of change for the privilege of having the Who-Cares Bowl called the "Four Seasons Landscaping Who-Cares Bowl" this year. Of course, they have to cough up every year, or next year it may be the "Joe's Lumber Yard Who-Cares Bowl."

At least colleges haven't gone so far as to name their teams after sponsors (at least, so far as I am aware), but teams do wear patches and symbols that various companies have paid to have displayed on their jerseys.

There are three new bowls this season, Myrtle Beach, Fenway, and LA. Gasparilla has been around since 2008, where have you been? The participating teams can expect a payout of more than a million bucks for the game. That'll buy a lot of Gatorade.

-- Mal