Quiz: Which of these are Current Bowl Games?
By Kyle Koster
There are 40 bowl games. That is too many for some people who apparently have better things to do during the holiday season than to passively sit in front of what amounts to glorified exhibition games played by unfamiliar teams. That said, the “more football is bad” argument is a tough one to win. A good starting point for supporting such a position is to highlight the difficulty in discerning a current college bowl game, a former one and one made-up entirely.
Even an avid follower of the sport may find the exercise challenging. Scroll down for the answers.
- AFR Celebration Bowl
- Dollar General Bowl
- Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
- Penske Service Bowl
- SC Johnson Gulf Bowl
- Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
- Raisin Bowl
- Auto Nation Cure Bowl
- Boca Raton Bowl
- Proctor & Gamble Orlando Bowl
- Marie Callendar Boise Bowl fueled by Monster
- Garden State Bowl
- International Bowl
- AutoZone Liberty Bowl
- AutoCare Freedom Bowl
Answers:
- Current. NC Central vs. Grambling.
- Real. Ohio vs. Troy.
- Former. Played 1997-2013 in Detroit.
- Fake.
- Fake.
- Current. South Alabama vs. Air Force.
- Former. Played 1946-1949 in Fresno, Calif.
- Current. Central Florida vs. Arkansas State.
- Current. Memphis vs. Western Kentucky
- Fake.
- Fake. Very fake.
- Former. Played 1978-1981 in East Rutherford, N.J.
- Former. Played 2006-2009 in Toronto.
- Current. TCU vs. Georgia
- Former. Played 1984-1994 in Anaheim.