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NEW ORLEANS BOWL, New Orleans,
LA, Dec. 14
Originally named "Street Whore Bowl." Deemed
"too misleading."
CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL, Orlando, FL,
Dec. 21
"Losers Sports Bowl" didn't have "a ring
to it," according to focus groups.
GMAC BOWL, Mobile, AL, Dec. 22
First corporate sponsor, Sweetco Penicillin Nut Bar,
dumped after insisting on slogan, "Beats Picking
Up Your Relatives At The Airport!"
FORT WORTH BOWL, Fort Worth, TX,
Dec. 23
First name, "EEEEEHAAAAA!! BOWL" not translatable
for deaf, scrapped.
LAS VEGAS BOWL, Las Vegas, NV,
Dec. 23
Run by Mob for years as "Get Drunk And Blow Dough"
Bowl, changed named when Steve Wynn bought it.
HAWAII BOWL, Honolulu, HI, Dec.
24
Called "Welcome Japan" Bowl until 1941.
MPC COMPUTERS BOWL, Boise, ID,
Dec. 27
MPC steps in after one-year-and-out stints including
Atari Bowl, Wang Bowl, Casio Bowl and New Coke Bowl.
MOTOR CITY BOWL, Pontiac, MI, Dec.
27
"Auto Burn Bowl" and "Murder Capital
Shootout" squelched by Mayor's office.
INDEPENDENCE BOWL, Shreveport,
LA, Dec. 28
"Confederate Victory Bowl" ditched after three
years straight with only Murchison's Rebel Flags as
corporate sponsor.
INSIGHT BOWL, Phoenix, AZ, Dec.
28
"Korean Software" Bowl "didn't have ring,"
according to organizers.
HOUSTON BOWL, Houston, TX, Dec.
29
"F$*% The Cotton Bowl" Bowl held little appeal
outside Texas.
ALAMO BOWL, San Antonio, TX, Dec.
29
Original name, "Pearl Harbor" Bowl, nixed
as "not disastrous and local enough."
SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC, San Jose,
CA, Dec. 29
"Silicon Mountain" Bowl flagged by FCC as
illegal sexual double entendre.
CONTINENTAL TIRE BOWL, Charlotte,
N.C., Dec. 30
"Rubber" Bowl already taken by San Francisco
fetish group.
Stay tuned, more bowl histories next week!.... |
