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Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl wins pre-game festivities

ByMatthew Bartlett|
GRANGER, IA - AUGUST 07: A worker drives a mower over brown grass at Jester Park Golf Course on August 7, 2012 in Granger, Iowa. An exceptionally hot summer and the worst drought in more than a half century has caused cut prospects for the U.S. corn crop to a five-year low and has sent prices up to over $8.00 a bushel in late July trading. The price surge and limited supply has also prompted ethanol plants to voluntarily slow production by 20 percent, a two year low. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
GRANGER, IA - AUGUST 07: A worker drives a mower over brown grass at Jester Park Golf Course on August 7, 2012 in Granger, Iowa. An exceptionally hot summer and the worst drought in more than a half century has caused cut prospects for the U.S. corn crop to a five-year low and has sent prices up to over $8.00 a bushel in late July trading. The price surge and limited supply has also prompted ethanol plants to voluntarily slow production by 20 percent, a two year low. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Bowl games typically invite players from both teams to a banquet and a night on the town, but the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl has set a high bar this year.

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Temple and FIU are meeting in a bowl game this season. That matchup isn’t at the top of most lists, or at least it wouldn’t be apart from one particularity intriguing sponsor. The full name of the  bowl game those teams will meet in this year is the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.

Replacing the St. Petersburg Bowl, the Gasparilla Bowl also has a new sponsor – Bad Boy Mowers. According to their website, the company sells all kinds of mowers, cutters and accessories. They’re winning the advertising game so far, but most importantly they’re also winning the pre-game festivities.

True to their namesake the bowl took both teams out for an afternoon of lawn mower racing at Busch Gardens. A report from the Tampa Bay Times detailed just how the high-stakes race was organized:

"Head coaches Butch Davis of FIU and Geoff Collins of Temple each “drafted” a team of drivers (sports celebrities, media personalities, one of their coaches and one of their players) to navigate a course at Gwazi Field in what was called the Bad Boy Mowers race."

FIU center Shane McGough was hoisted into the air by his teammates after emerging victorious in the championship.

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Each bowl will give their participating players some sort of gift sweet. There will be gym bags, blue tooth headphones and footballs. But will anyone else race lawn mowers? Even so, there could be no bowl more fit to host such an event than this one. Good for you Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl. An excellent representation of your product and a good time for all.

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