| In
"Bowl Names
Secret History, Part I" last week, we reviewed
the first fourteen bowls in this bowl season, or as
we like to call them, "the crappy ones." Here
now are the important bowls, played between Christmas
and New Year's. And a couple days after.
EMERALD BOWL, San Francisco, CA,
Dec. 30
Flagship effort by emerald industry determined to "kick
diamonds' ass."
HOLIDAY BOWL, San Diego, CA, Dec.
30
Ironically, not on a holiday. ACLU is suing.
MUSIC CITY BOWL, Nashville, TN,
Dec. 31
"Goober City" Bowl a close second.
SUN BOWL, El Paso, TX, Dec. 31
Small print in spanish on 50-yard-line sun logo says,
"The Bowl To Watch Before You Go Out And Get Piss-Drunk!"
LIBERTY BOWL, Memphis, TN, Dec.
31
Mistakenly thought "Goober City" Bowl was
taken.
PEACH BOWL, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 31
Other famous Georgia products, peanuts and Klansmen,
"not as photogenic."
OUTBACK BOWL, Tampa, FL, Jan. 1
Rumored payola bribes helped Outback keep it from becoming
Fuddrucker's Bowl or Bombay Bicycle Club Bowl.
COTTON BOWL, Dallas, TX, Jan. 1
Polyester and Fleece industries currently co-plaintiffs
in case headed for Supreme Court.
GATOR BOWL, Jacksonville, FL, Jan.
1
"Flying Cockroach" Bowl thought "dicey"
for female demographic.
CAPITAL ONE BOWL, Orlando, FL,
Jan. 1
Formerly "Unmanageable Debt" Bowl.
ROSE BOWL, Pasadena, CA, Jan. 1
Hydrangia Council passes on bowl sponsorship in 1929;
within thirteen years, all Council members commit suicide.
FIESTA BOWL, Tempe, AZ, Jan. 1
Experts thought original name, "Goldwater Was Twice
The Man You'll Ever Be" Bowl, limited parade float
themes too much.
SUGAR BOWL, New Orleans, LA Jan.
3
Get the magnifying glass -- "Bite Me, Nutrasweet,"
reads the engraving on spoon in all Sugar Bowl promo.
ORANGE BOWL, Miami, FL Jan. 4
Only bowl with special cleaning powers and zesty post-game
scent. Billy Mays does all stadium PA announcements. |
