Thursday, June 9, 2011

5 Bowls That Need to be History

There are too many bowls.  Period.  It means nothing when a 6-6 team or worse can qualify for a bowl.  It also means little when you have enough bowl slots for the entire conference.  Let's not reward mediocrity any longer and get rid of a few bowls.  Here are the five I would like to see go...

1.  New Mexico Bowl...yes it was nice to see BYU turn things around and make a bowl game and win it.  But the other team was not ready for the post season and did not belong.  Occasionally, this has been a good game, but usually not worth watching.

2 and 3.  New Orleans Bowl and Ticket City Bowl...These "Baby Brother" bowls should go the way of their predecessors, like the Pasadena Bowl.  With the exception of the Poinsettia Bowl and the Insight.com Bowl, most bowls held in the same stadium of more famous bowls rarely work.

4.  Pinstripe Bowl...The Bronx in December.  What a nice holiday destination.

5.  Humanitarian Bowl...Boise State is no longer in the WAC, do we really need to continue this bowl game?  It's on blue turf, it's December, it's Idaho.  Enough said.


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