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15 worst current, former and hypothetical college football bowl game names

By Connor Muldowney

MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 4: Nascar racer Danica Patrick shows off the GoDaddy Bowl MVP trophy after the Toledo Rockets defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves on January 4, 2015 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The Toledo Rockets defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 63-44. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)
MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 4: Nascar racer Danica Patrick shows off the GoDaddy Bowl MVP trophy after the Toledo Rockets defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves on January 4, 2015 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The Toledo Rockets defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 63-44. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /
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CAMBRIDGE, MA – NOVEMBER 21: Grain bowl with hummus, brown rice, lamb with chickpeas, beets and salad greens is pictured at Tahaza Hummus Kitchen in Cambridge, MA on Nov. 21 2015. (Photo by Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
CAMBRIDGE, MA – NOVEMBER 21: Grain bowl with hummus, brown rice, lamb with chickpeas, beets and salad greens is pictured at Tahaza Hummus Kitchen in Cambridge, MA on Nov. 21 2015. (Photo by Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) /

15. Salad Bowl

Believe it or not, this was actually a game played from 1947 through 1955. With the game being played so long ago, it often gets swept under the rug and no one talks about just how poor of a name it was.

On top of that, it was played in Phoenix, Ariz., which is a city with very little greenery. Grass doesn’t grow much in the desert and you can bet farms aren’t flourishing with little rainfall, so the name Salad Bowl doesn’t make much sense for the area. It only lasted for eight years and it stopped inviting college football teams in 1952 and instead turned into more of an all-star game.

If this bowl was still around today, could you imagine a coach trying to fire his team up to play in the Salad Bowl? That’s about as tame of a name as you could possibly come up with. You might as well call it the Vegetarian Bowl or the Health Foods Bowl as the name likely didn’t come with much thought.

Luckily, this bowl has been extinct for 62 years and the last non-all-star and service teams to play in the contest were Houston and Dayton back in1952. The Cougars won 26-21 and the program will always be remembered as the last Salad Bowl champs — kidding, obviously.

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