Well, I heard folks talkin’ ’bout them projected bowl matchups. Sounds like a whole lotta fuss about football, if you ask me. Ain’t no different than watchin’ pigs wrestle in the mud, just a bunch of young’uns runnin’ around, bumpin’ into each other. But, people sure do love it, so I guess I’ll try to make sense of it all for ya.
They got this thing called the CFP, see? College Football Playoff, or somethin’ like that. Some committee, bunch of fancy folks I reckon, they pick the top four teams. Like pickin’ the best hog at the county fair, but for football. They get to play in these big games, the Fiesta and the Peach. Sounds fruity, don’t it?
Then, they got these other bowls, Sugar, Rose, and Orange. Some kind of agreements with the colleges I suppose. They fill them up with teams that did pretty good, I guess. Like winnin’ a blue ribbon at the pie contest. These are special bowls, important ones, or so I’m told.
- Sugar Bowl
- Rose Bowl
- Orange Bowl
The Rose Bowl, now that’s been around for a long time. My grandpappy used to talk about it. Started way back in 1902, they say. Been goin’ on every year since 1916, except for a few years here and there. A lot of people go see it too, more than any other bowl game, it seems.
They say the Rose Bowl usually has teams from the Big Ten and Pac-12. Sounds like a bunch of numbers and letters to me. They’re those groups of colleges, kinda like how we got our local 4-H clubs. But now, with this new CFP thing, things are changin’, they tell me.
Then there’s the Cotton Bowl, ain’t that a hoot? After the big important ones, they start fillin’ up these other bowls. Like fillin’ up jars with pickles. They got a whole bunch of ’em, with names I can’t hardly pronounce.
I heard somethin’ ’bout this team called Tulane. They been in a lot of these bowl games lately. Six times in seven years, can you believe it? Must be doin’ somethin’ right. They been in the Cure Bowl, Armed Forces Bowl, some Famous Idaho Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Military Bowl, and now this Gasparilla Bowl. Lordy, that’s a mouthful.
- 2018 – Cure Bowl
- 2019 – Armed Forces Bowl
- 2020 – Famous Idaho Bowl
- 2022 – Cotton Bowl
- 2023 – Military Bowl
- 2024 – Gasparilla Bowl
And there’s some talk about these Colorado Buffaloes. Heard they got some good players, some fella named Travis Hunter and another one called Shedeur Sanders. Sounds like they might be playin’ in the Alamo Bowl. That’s a name I recognize, at least.
Now, they say any team that wins six games or more gets to play in one of these bowls. Kinda like gettin’ a prize for eatin’ all your vegetables, I suppose. It’s a reward, they say. A chance to play one more game. Where do they go, who knows.
These folks who predict these projected bowl matchups, they got a tough job, I reckon. They gotta figure out who’s gonna play who, and when, and where. It’s like tryin’ to predict the weather. You can guess, but you never really know for sure until it happens.
Heard somethin’ ’bout the Texas Longhorns and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. I guess they’re some of the teams in the mix. Sounds like a bunch of hootin’ and hollerin’ if you ask me.
They say there’s some big games comin’ up this Saturday. South Carolina and Clemson, they’re playin’. Folks are wonderin’ if they can play their way into that CFP thing. Sounds like a big deal.
This whole 2024 bowl season, it’s already started, they say. Some games already been played. These so-called college football experts, they’re talkin’ about all 36 of these bowl games. 36! That’s more bowls than I got in my kitchen cupboard!
I guess this one game could have it all. That’s what they say. Whatever that means. I reckon it just means it’s gonna be a good game. Lots of runnin’ and jumpin’ and yellin’. Just like any other football game, if you ask me. But, hey, people love it. So, who am I to judge? Just an old lady tryin’ to make sense of this crazy football world. These bowl matchups, they are something else.
