Forget the BCS Championship, More Bowls Are Needed to Spice Up the System

With all the debates swirling about who deserves to play LSU for the title or which teams got the annual BCS shaft again, it is time to turn our attention to the bowls that are missing from the list. 

Sure, 35 bowl games may seem excessive, but who’s going to complain about more college football? 

Here are seven bowls that need to be added to the list.

Monster.com We Find Coaches Bowl

The employment websites are really missing out on a huge marketing platform to help fill the coaching vacancies that inevitably occur around the holidays. 

Interviews for open positions can take place at halftime by Erin Andrews with an occasional roundtable including Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit.  What coach couldn’t handle the softball questions like, “What adjustments need to be made out there?”

Location:  Chicago, IL

J.D. Power and Associates Undeserving but We’ll Let You into the Postseason Anyway Bowl

Similar to the play-in games for the NCAA basketball tournament, a handful of unworthy teams would love their shot at glory if the system would just give them a chance. 

The Undeserving Bowl will give two long shots the opportunity to play in some remote town that no fan wants to visit but will go just to get out of work for a few days. 

Sadly, it also means watching a lousy coach get drenched in Gatorade for beating an awful team with a 6-6 record when he should really be interviewing for another job during the Monster.com Bowl. 

Location:  Kalamazoo, MI

The Sam Adams Drought Bowl

Created exclusively to showcase the two teams that have missed the postseason the longest. 

Most thankful for the Drought Bowl are the Duke Blue Devils, who will no longer have to hide in shame in their athletic facilities.

Location: Boston, MA

All-American Bail Bondsman Violators Bowl

Stuck in NCAA purgatory?  Banned from the post-season?  Not anymore.  The Violators Bowl is just what these schools need to get more TV exposure, an extra three weeks of practice and more parties to invite their coveted boosters.

Location:  Rotates based on the NCAA’s mood.  At the top are Columbus, Miami and L.A.  Auburn was quietly removed from the list during the offseason. 

Colonial Bank SEC Bowl

You know every “SEC” fan is already thinking of it, and who doesn’t want more “SEC, SEC, SEC” shoved down his throat?

The NFL should scrap the Senior Bowl and just sponsor the SEC Bowl since we already know the only talented college football players come out of that conference   

The game will feature an all-star cast from all 12 schools, even Ole Miss and Tennessee.  The game will be played in prime time the night before the Super Bowl. 

Location:  Montgomery, AL

TiVo Review A Bowl

Every year the zebras make a few mind-boggling calls that are so terrible it causes everyone to scream.  We know things are seriously bad when even Fox News questions the integrity of the calls. 

Have no fear.  Help is on the way.  No longer will these unfortunate teams need to cry a hollow foul to the conference commissioners only to hear, “Yep, that was a mistake. Sorry.”

The TiVo Review a Bowl will give these unlucky victims a prime opportunity to drive the dagger back into the hearts of the unjust victors. 

Location:  Toledo, OH

Christmas Bowl presented by Apple, Target and Walmart

It is beyond forgivable that the BCS and the NCAA let the NBA and TBS rob them of a precious day made for college football.  Not that there’s anything wrong with a 24-hour running of A Christmas Story, but is it too much to ask to squeeze in one bowl game?

In the spirit of the Blue-Gray game and the Aloha Bowl, it is time to take back December 25.  While tearing open the presents and secretly begging for mercy, the gods will bestow the Christmas Bowl to be played at noon with reruns at four and eight.

Does it really matter who plays in the game? 

Location:  Fairbanks, AK.  It is not the North Pole, but it is close.