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Bowl Games I'd Like to See
Tremoglie's Tea Time ^ | 12-24-09 | Michael P. Tremoglie

Posted on 12/24/2009 6:39:09 AM PST by William Tell 2

By Michael P. Tremoglie Tremoglie's Tea Time Blog

The past several years there has been a proliferation of football bowl games with sponsors of one sort or another that lead to awkward sounding names. For example, the Menicke Bowl, the Chick-Fil-A Bowl or - my personal favorite- the GMAC Bowl ( shouldn't this really be called the Stimulus Bowl or the Bankrupt Bowl).

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1 posted on 12/24/2009 6:39:11 AM PST by William Tell 2
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To: William Tell 2

How about the Key West Bowl? Problem is they would have to play without the Tight End.


2 posted on 12/24/2009 7:03:10 AM PST by misterrob (A society that burdens future generations with debt can not be considered moral or just)
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To: William Tell 2

How about the Toilet Bowl; Hussein loving print media Vs Obama enabling broadcast media.

Regards.


3 posted on 12/24/2009 7:16:27 AM PST by Sine_Pari
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To: Sine_Pari
How about the Toilet Bowl; Hussein loving print media Vs Obama enabling broadcast media.

Slap fight! Slap fight!

4 posted on 12/24/2009 7:39:44 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: William Tell 2

How about the Yankee Bowl, played in Yankee Stadium? Sorry, that one is real and will played in the next bowl season and 2012 will give us another new bowl.


5 posted on 12/24/2009 7:43:47 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: misterrob
That would be one a$$ lickin' halftime show!

A show is developed! And Then...


6 posted on 12/24/2009 8:37:54 AM PST by Young Werther ( ("Quae Cum Ita Sunt - Julius Caesar "Since these things are so!"))
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Is that the official name? It’s Big East v. Big 12.

I must admit I’ve never been to a bowl game. So I’m kind of looking forward to that if Rutgers or UConn or in it.


7 posted on 12/24/2009 10:14:18 AM PST by William Tell 2
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Is that the official name? It’s Big East v. Big 12.

I must admit I’ve never been to a bowl game. So I’m kind of looking forward to that one, if Rutgers or UConn are in it, or even if they’re not to be honest with you. It’s close enough that I can easily get there from Philly.


8 posted on 12/24/2009 10:15:44 AM PST by William Tell 2
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To: William Tell 2
Yes, those are the conferences.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090930&content_id=7242584&vkey=pr_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

The Dallas Football Classic starts next bowl season matching Big Ten and Conference USA teams. I first saw where it wasn’t supposed to happen until 2012.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/12357703

9 posted on 12/24/2009 10:22:30 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: William Tell 2

They used to have the Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte, NC. I thought they should have put a giant tire around the rim of the stadium.


10 posted on 12/24/2009 10:33:27 AM PST by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Isn’t that the Meinecke Bowl now?


11 posted on 12/24/2009 11:00:32 AM PST by William Tell 2
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Pretty soon there won’t be a team left that isn’t playing in a bowl game.

Some of them will start folding.


12 posted on 12/24/2009 11:01:23 AM PST by William Tell 2
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