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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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MONTGOMERY, AL – DECEMBER 19: Members of the Appalachian State Mountaineers hold up the Camellia Bowl sign after defeating the Ohio Bobcats on December 19, 2015 at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)
MONTGOMERY, AL – DECEMBER 19: Members of the Appalachian State Mountaineers hold up the Camellia Bowl sign after defeating the Ohio Bobcats on December 19, 2015 at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /

11. Raycom Media Camellia Bowl

Some of the more unfortunate bowl names are generated by local businesses and that goes for the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. It’s been played each year since 2014 and it’s sponsored by a local television broadcasting station in Montgomery.

Sure, it’s not the worst name for a bowl, but it’s also not something that gets fans fired up to watch their team play in.

The Raycom Media Camellia Bowl is a battle between the Sun Belt and the MAC and has been a great game in each of the first three seasons of it. The bowl game will feature Middle Tennessee and Arkansas State in 2017 and it has plenty to live up to in terms of competitiveness.

Each of the three Raycom Media Camellia Bowls in the past three years has been decided by five points or less with Appalachian State winning the last two over Ohio and Toledo. The first was won by Bowling Green over South Alabama. Although it’s poorly named, keep an eye out for this one as it’ll likely go down to the wire.

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