I'm not that old, and I still remember when Bowl games had real names. Here's a list of Bowls that are still active, although you wouldn't know it by the current name.
(I haven't included bowls like Pacific Life Holiday, as Holiday is still in the title.)
California (Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas)
Copper (Insight)
Sunshine Classic (Champs Sports)
Peach (Chick-fil-a)
Humanitarian (MPC Computers)
Hall of Fame (Outback)
Citrus (Capital One)
I understand Bowls need sponsors, but at least keep the original name. Especially the Peach Bowl. That was a nice Bowl. I mean, peaches can be put in bowls, creating nice double entendre imagery. But no, now it's just the Chick-fil-a bowl.
And the Copper Bowl was badass. Not so much now.
Also, they're creating new bowls from scratch, with just a sponsor's name, and no other name. For example, Papajohns.com Bowl. Honestly, they couldn't just call it the Papa John's Bowl? They just had to get in .com. Assholes.
The weird sponsor names makes going to a bowl game as a 6-6 team seem even worse.
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