The original name for every current college football bowl game
By Sam Fariss
Nowadays, football fans have to buy tickets to the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice or the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
No longer can you simply be in the "Orange Bowl" or the "Cotton Bowl."
Heck, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl isn't even played in the Cotton Bowl Stadium anymore, it's played in the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium.
Money from celebrities and advertisements has stepped into the forefront at the end of each season and many fans miss the good ole days of more simply named bowl games.
In the postseason, there are 44 total bowl games, including all 11 matchups that are a part of the 12-team College Football Playoffs, here are their original names:
Current bowl game name | Original name |
|---|---|
Cricket Celebration Bowl | Pelican Bowl (1972-75), Heritage Bowl (1991-99) |
TaxAct Camellia Bowl | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl |
Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl | Miami Beach Bowl |
RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl | Boca Raton Bowl |
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | New Orleans Bowl |
StaffDNA Cure Bowl | Auto Nation Cure Bowl |
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | St. Petersburg Bowl |
Myrtle Beach Bowl | Myrtle Beach Bowl |
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Sports Humanitarian Bowl |
Easypost Hawai'i Bowl | Aloha Bowl |
Quick Lane Detroit Bowl | Motor City Bowl |
Guarranteed Rate Bowl | Copper Bowl |
68 Ventures Bowl | Mobile Alabama Bowl |
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | Fort Worth Bowl |
76 Birmingham Bowl | Dixie Bowl |
Autozone Liberty Bowl | Liberty Bowl |
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl | Las Vegas Bowl |
Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Wasabi Fenway Bowl |
Isleta New Mexico Bowl | New Mexico Bowl |
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice | Arizona Bowl |
Go Bowling Military Bowl | Congressional Bowl |
Valero Alamo Bowl | Alamo Bowl |
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | Bicentennial Bowl |
Transperfect Music City Bowl | Music City Bowl |
Reliaquest Bowl | Hall of Fame Bowl |
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl |
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl | Citrus Bowl |
Texas Bowl | Bluebonnet Bowl |
Taxslayer Gator Bowl | Gator Bowl |
Servpro First Responder Bowl | TicketCity Bowl |
Duke's Mayo Bowl | Queen City Bowl |
HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl | Bahamas Bowl |
VRBO Fiesta Bowl | Fiesta Bowl |
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | Peach Bowl |
Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential | Tournament East–West football game |
AllState Sugar Bowl | Sugar Bowl |
Capital One Orange Bowl | Orange Bowl |
Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Cotton Bowl |
Fans miss the uniqueness, the lore, the originallity of old bowl game names.
Duke's Mayo Bowl is a far cry from the Queen City Bowl and the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice is way too much at once compared to the original Arizona Bowl.
Maybe, one day, there will be another turning of the tides and bowl games will return to their inaugural names.
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