There are several high profile bowl games that serve as our reward for making it through another season of college football. These are the games that will crown a national champion and add new names to a prestigious history of winners. They will take place at hallowed venues and stadiums reserved for the highest level of the sport, in major cities and known tourist destinations (as well as Indianapolis).
This article is not about those bowl games.
This article is about Shreveport and Mobile and El Paso. About sponsors like Duke’s Mayonnaise and RoofClaim.com and the Idaho Potato Commission. About the Sun Belt, the MAC, and the tattered remnants of Conference-USA.
This is about the lesser bowl games. These are the distraction you leave in a muted browser window as you play out the chain of work days before Christmas vacation. They are the release valve that comes with a full week of family holiday obligations. They are the answer to the question “why are you drinking at noon on a Tuesday?”
A true football degenerate doesn’t need any skin in the action to watch all 42 of this year’s bowl games. A true degenerate also wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to squeeze every drop of value from a showdown between Kent State and Wyoming.
In that spirit, allow me to be your sherpa through the truest expression of college football: the outer limits of bowl season.
All odds via Tipico Sportsbook. Just want the lines for all 42 games? We’ve got you covered here.
