The Mountain West bowl tie-ins haven’t always been terrible. Who am I kidding, yes they have. In the MWC, you better win the conference, otherwise you might be playing the 3rd place MAC team in Des Moines. By virtue of dropping their rematch against Fresno State, the Broncos missed out on SoCal matchup with Wazzu, but playing a coachless North Texas team at a soccer stadium in Frisco is still better than several other options. Here’s a list of those bowls and their associated gifts.
The Hoobastank Bowl
Location: Barstow, CA
Gift suite: Ed Hardy tees, “hella JNCO jeans”
The Miracle Whip Bowl
Location: Eau Claire, WI
Gift suite: Personal tub of Miracle Whip
The Bol Bol Bowl
Location: Khartoum, Sudan
Gift suite: “Kisra” and “Gollash”
The Bob Newhart Bowl
Location: Burlington, VT
Gift suite: Personalized Cardigan, box of marzipan
The Werthers Original Bowl
Location: Scranton, PA
Gift suite: Assorted bulk candies (up to 3 lbs)
The Kanye West Bowl
Location: Boca Raton, FL
Gift suite: Yeezys, Skeezys, questionable reading materials
The Preparation H Bowl
Location: Brownsville, TX
Gift suite: Temporary Relief
The Agent Orange Bowl
Location: Da Nang, Vietnam
Gift suite: PTSD
The Fieri Bowl
Location: Flavortown, USA
Gift suite: Deep-fried CASIO watch, 2 minutes in something called “Donkey Sauce Chamber”
The Unbelieva Bowl
Location: Realms of the Unknown
Gift suite: Metaphysical Enlightenment, Starbucks gift card
The PyongYang Bowl
Location: PyongYang, North Korea
Gift suite: Gift card to Mao’s Wearhouse, High-and-tight haircut, 92 hours of hard labor
The Stan and Gladys Rodgers Memorial Bowl and Fun Run
Location: Omaha, NE
Gift suite: Orthopedic slippers, Suspenders, $500 in store credit at Fashion Bug
The Burlington Coat Factory Activewear Bowl
Location: Vacant lot behind that Denny’s
Gift suite: Slightly singed clothing bundle from Burlington, Knockoff cologne, a mug that says “World’s best grandma”
The Internal Revenue Service Audit Bowl
Location: Washington, D.C.
Gift suite: Form 1040-ES, Form 9465, Form 5406-T
I met an old timer who said he played in the Refridgerator Bowl. The immediate image in my mind was a bowl of 6 month old perfection salad that had taken on a life of its own and claimed dominion over the surrounding left-over bowls.
Anyway the bowl game did exist from the late forties to the mid fifties. And the College of Idaho appeared in the 1953 classic. They lost.
Hold up. Don’t dead name Ye. It’s not Kanye, it’s Ye. Also, he’ll give you truth as a gift, and you don’t even have to be on the football team!
Three declared for the portal today; Hopper, Wright, and Farrin. Bagnah declared earlier.
Hated to see Bagnah go. The others, not so much.
I suppose players declaring for the portal can be interpretted a couple of different ways, good or bad.
The Broncos have done pretty well in the portal. They’ve been helped more than hurt.