Back in the day, football bowl games were named ...

[left-of-center2012]

Rose Bowl
Orange Bowl
Sugar Bowl
Cotton Bowl
Peach Bowl

Now we have:

Cheez-It Bowl (Orlando, Florida)

Duke's Mayo Bowl (Charlotte)

Redbox Bowl (San Francisco)

Guaranteed Rate Bowl (Phoenix)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise)

bowl-ing for dollars ?

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Kinda changes the meaning of the trophy.

Hope Christmas doesn't get renamed Chase Merry Christmas o Verizon New Year Celebration.

[TexasTowelie]

2. You forgot to mention the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.

The only bowl game that includes a person's name in it.

[Enter stage left]

3. Waitin' for the toilet bowl.

[regnaD kciN]

11. They tore that down a few years ago...

I'm referring, of course, to Texas Stadium.

[Angleae]

12. Me too.

Arizona - UConn need to step up to the plate (or FIU or Massachusetts)

[lastlib]

13. In high school, I built a competition comedy speech around that....

It was the dream of every football player to play in the toilet bowl and feel the flush of victory. Every football player wanted a toilet bowl ring.....The quarterback *plunged* across the goal line....

I'll let you guess what they held up as the toilet bowl trophy..........

[Enter stage left]

15. LOL

[rickford66]

4. Those original bowl names reflected lobbying groups who put up the cash.

i.e. Sugar Bowl - sugar industry ? maybe ?

[spike jones]

5. we still have the super bowl.

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[MontanaFarmer]

6. I'm a reasonably avid sports fan,

But i can not get my give-a-damn engaged for any of these ridiculous bowl games. 6-6 teams playing in empty stadiums in a bowl named for whatever damn corporation decided to spring for the naming rights. What a joke.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Up until a few years ago, a team needed at least a winning record to go bowling...

Money makes the world go round...

[luv2fly]

7. And the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl

Just kind of rolls off your tongue eh?

[Srkdqltr]

8. Tony the Tiger bowl??

[Deuxcents]

9. As I remember..

These bowl names also gave a clue where there were located..Orange Bowl.. Miami..Rose..Cali..Peach..Georgia. Now, it’s all commercial with big corporations ‘ names. Takes the fun out of it for me. Always about the $$ ..

[left-of-center2012]

10. What ?

No Ty-D-Bowl ?

[lastlib]

14. I stopped watching them when they started all this crapola.

I'm not giving them eyeballs to increase ad revenue.

[Capt. America]

17. Let the kids play an extra game if they want to. Most of them aren't going pro anyway.

[left-of-center2012]

18. Many are being shut down due to covid

Covid among the players.