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Discussion in 'The Tiger's Den' started by BostonBengal, Dec 16, 2005.

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BostonBengal Founding Member

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...a bad enough name for a bowl, the Peach Bowl won't be called "The Peach Bowl" after this year....and it's too bad.

Peach is to Georgia as Sugar is to Louisiana. But, evidently, similar to how the Citrus Bowl is now the Capital One Bowl, another corporation will be taking a previously well-named bowl and making it there own. :dis:

Lady's and Gentlemen....I give to you, the Chick-fil-A Bowl!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...als/bowls/2005/12/16/peach.bowl.ap/index.html

BostonBengal, Dec 16, 2005

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And now, I present you.... the BCS Bowls!

The Nokia Bowl
The Tostitos Bowl
The Citi Bowl
The Fedex Bowl

Awesome!

Seabriscut, Dec 16, 2005

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I love Chik-Fil-A restaurants, but this is a shame. Why is it better to completely drop the "Peach"? What if Chik-Fil-A one day dropped sponsorship? Then, it has no identity whatsoever! It'll always be known as the "Peach Bowl"...even after this nonsense begins...

TennesseeTiger, Dec 17, 2005

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I've always been a big fan of the Walnutgaylordmusiccitymeinekecarcareliberty Bowl over in Houston. I never miss that game...

PGTiger, Dec 17, 2005

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I hate all of the corporate take overs of sports. I still call Lowes Motor Speedway, Charlotte...Pro Player Stadium, Joe Robbie...I'll just die an agonizing death when Tiger Stadium becomes Louisiana Lottery Stadium at Entergy Field.

COramprat, Dec 17, 2005

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Fact of it is that the Citrus Bowl, Peach Bowl etc. were sponsored by those industries, so its really not much of a change, just sounded better...

locoguano, Dec 17, 2005

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saltyone So Mote It Be

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locoguano said:

Fact of it is that the Citrus Bowl, Peach Bowl etc. were sponsored by those industries, so its really not much of a change, just sounded better...
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Do you have a link for this? I don't remember hearing about certain industries sponsoring bowl games. How do you explain the Gator Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Fiesta Bowl? Peach = Georgia peaches. Sugar = Sugarcane. Citris and Orange Bowl = Florida oranges. I'm not saying you aren't right. I just don't recall hearing this.

saltyone, Dec 17, 2005

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saltyone So Mote It Be

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Originally Posted by locoguano
Fact of it is that the Citrus Bowl, Peach Bowl etc. were sponsored by those industries, so its really not much of a change, just sounded better...
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I don't see any mention of industries financially supporting the bowl games early on. Mostly groups of men with a vision trying to help their individual communities.

http://www.orangebowl.org/OB.php?sec=history

http://www.tostitosfiestabowl.com/fiestabowl/history.html

http://www.nokiasugarbowl.com/football.php?content=history&section=football

The New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association actually became a reality when, in late October 1934, it was able to announce it had in escrow the sum of $30,000 for the promotion of the inaugural Sugar Bowl Football Classic.

The idea of a New Year's Day football classic in New Orleans was first presented in 1927 by Colonel James M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, and Sports Editor Fred Digby.
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http://fcsports.collegesports.com/about-us/60-years.html

In 1946 a dozen members of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks 1079 met to explore new ways to raise funds for the Harry Anna Crippled Children's Hospital in Umatilla, Florida. The meeting concluded with the creation of a committee. From the committee came the Tangerine Bowl Commission of Orlando.
Since the establishment of the original Tangerine Bowl, the organization today known as Florida Citrus Sports has evolved into a Central Florida institution, comprised of close to 900 members who share a passion for football, community and service.
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http://www.tournamentofroses.com/rosebowlgame/gamefaqs.asp

The Tournament of Roses Association was started in 1890 by the Valley Hunt Club and became a separate organization just five years later.
The Rose Bowl Game is known as "The Granddaddy of Them All"® because the 1902 event was the first national, post-season, collegiate football game.
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http://www.peachbowl.com/atlantagamemain.shtml

“We started off on a shoestring,” said George Crumbley , who was named the Bowl's first executive director. “Now, when I sit in the stands at the Chick- fil -A Peach Bowl, I'm thinking ‘wouldn't it have been wonderful if we could have had all of this?'”
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The Peach Bowl entered a new era when it signed Chick- fil -A as its first-ever title sponsor in 1996.
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http://www.peachbowl.com/historymain.shtml#

LSU won the first Peach Bowl in 1968, defeating Florida St. 31 - 27

saltyone, Dec 17, 2005

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well.. i know the Citrus Bowl was sponsored by the Citrus council or whatever in florida...

locoguano, Dec 17, 2005

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And people are fighting to keep the bowl games so hard, why?! Tradition? That seems to be getting lost anyway.

DarkHornet, Dec 19, 2005

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