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BOWL GAMES: GREED DILUTES SIGNIFICANE

December 31, 2025 at 4:00 pm Leave a comment

                  BOWL GAMES: GREED DILUTES SIGNIFICANE

I first noticed a trend in Bowl Games beginning a few years ago. The number of Bowl Games had increasedcontinues to do so.

I can remember, and I’m talking about maybe 60 years ago, the number of college Bowl Games were few and for a school making it to a Bowl Game was quite an honor. The Bowl Games in existence back then, were to the best of my memory, the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl and along with three or other Bowl Games, most of which were planned on or near New Year’s Day.

How things have changed.

Here are the Bowl Games listed recently in my local newspaper.

Reported on 12/27/2025

Go Bowling Military Bowl

Bad Boy Mower’s Pinstripe Bowl

Wasabi Fenway Bowl

Pop-Tarts Bowl

Snoop Dog Arizona Bowl

Isleta New Mexico Bowl

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl

Kinder’s Texas Bowl

Reported on 12/29/2025

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl

Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl

Valero Alamo Bowl

I’m sure there are more to come because the ones mentioned don’t include the ones I remember.

Do you see the existence of the trend I mentioned. To me having made it into a Bowl Game has much less significance these days. I could be wrong but the increase in the number of Bowl Games has more to do with profit and recognition of the sponsor then the significance of the game and the honor of playing.

What do you think?                  

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