The 15 Most Unnecessary College Bowl Games

Americans love a good football game. But there’s something we love even more than that: lucrative commercial sponsorships. That explains why the college football bowl season has bloated to 32 games, most of which pit mediocre teams unworthy of a postseason appearance in games with ridiculous titles like the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. Here’s a list of the top must-miss games this holiday season.

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

TCU 37 Northern Illinois 7
San Diego, CA
Qualcomm Stadium
December 19, 2006

With the TCU Horned Frogs (real name, we swear!) dominating the Northern Illinois Huskies through all four quarters in this ridiculous mismatch called the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, this game proved as boring as its name. In fact, it would have been more exciting to watch the San Diego County Credit Union conduct credit checks for three hours instead of witnessing this rout.

Motor City Bowl

Central Michigan vs. Middle Tennessee
Detroit, MI
Ford Field
December 26, 2006, ESPN

The Motor City Bowl is going to be a shootout. And several people will die because of it. Nothing’s better than celebrating a bowl game in the country’s second most violent city. On your way over to the stadium, stop by and pick up some smack from the gas station attendant, take a pot shot from a random bystander or admire the haunted house-like infrastructure of a city people stopped caring for 50 years ago. A fun tailgating game is to drink every time you spot a condemned building. You’ll be cross-eyed by kickoff.

Champs Sports Bowl

Purdue vs. Maryland
Orlando, FL
Florida Citrus Bowl
December 29, 2006, ESPN

The last time Maryland squared off against Purdue with any sort of meaningful implications involved, social security was just being formed. Maryland might win. Purdue might win. One of these two teams is going to win, but the bottom line is this: three days after this game, you won’t remember which team it was.

R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Troy 41 Rice 17
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Superdome
December 22, 2006, ESPN

The R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl is particularly anonymous in the exploding bowl game population as it is a bowl nobody has ever heard of with a sponsor nobody has ever heard of pitting two teams against each other that nobody has heard of. In other words nobody cares.

Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl

BYU 38 Oregon 8
Las Vegas, NV
Sam Boyd Stadium
December 21, 2006, ESPN

The #19 BYU Cougars from pious Mormon country headed to heathen capital of the United States, Las Vegas, to square off against the unranked Oregon Ducks. Not surprisingly, BYU blew out the Beavers in a snooze-inducing game that was already over at half time. But that’s not important. What is important is that ESPN had something to broadcast on a Thursday night.

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joshshott

Murda Mitten: Get YOUR facts straight. Baltimore is #1 in crime. But I'm sure if you try hard enough, you'll make it.

Posted on 4/1/2008 2:49:22 AM

Murda mitten

What's with all the hatred for detroit in the motor city bowl? and get ur facts right we're the #1 most violent city..

Posted on 2/26/2008 8:30:36 AM

Fourballs.com

Why do people without any kind of sense of humor insist on not only taking articles on this website seriously, but also commenting on them?

Posted on 1/31/2008 1:31:53 PM

Staboy2003

Have you ever watched the Holiday Bowl past these last few years. Year in and out it is one of the best bowls to watch.

Posted on 1/19/2008 12:12:16 AM

wildbill38301

The "Gaylord Music City Bowl may have the gayest name but I was by there last Monday and they had a pretty large crowd of Kentucky fans.

Posted on 1/5/2008 6:28:03 PM

hey

INSIGHT BOWL???? WTF LAST YEARS INSIGHT BOWL WAS AMAZING TEXAS TECH CAME BACK ON MINNESOTA IN THE BIGGEST COMEBACK IN NCAA HISTORY.

Posted on 1/1/2008 1:42:57 AM

WTF

This article is truly retarded. First they confuse the Oregon State Beavers confused with the Oregon Ducks, regardless of the fact both teams are mentioned at some point in this poorly written article. Try fact checking or even try turning on ESPN at some point. This guy probably writes all the articles about Halo and WOW. And what’s up with the summary of the Sun Bowl? At no point does it even mention a football game was played. It was one of the better games of the year, with clutch plays and a two point conversion to win the game. Seriously, go play in the freeway buddy.

Posted on 12/12/2007 10:39:46 AM

toma

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Posted on 12/7/2007 1:35:02 AM

gusto

The Ducks and the Beavers are two different (Oregon) teams. Did three teams play in the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl?

Posted on 12/4/2007 7:27:49 PM

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