Let's go bowling!

So all 41,237 college bowl games are set, including the two bowl games that have been hijacked by the College Football Playoff, which is how we wound up with Georgia and Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl. Which ain't right.

(I know, I know. I'm old. I'm out of touch. I need to go back inside and quit shaking my bony fist at those damn kids.)

(But, dammit, a Rose Bowl without either a Big Ten or Pac 12 school in it ... ain't right.)

Anyway, Alabama filled out the CFP Only Four, just like pretty much everyone who doesn't live in Columbus, Ohio, predicted. This allowed the grassy knoll crowd to point out that ESPN dropped a wad of cash on the CFP folks for broadcast rights, and the SEC and ACC happen to be ESPN partners, too. The Big Ten, on the other hand, is not. And so -- hey, look! -- three of the four finalists are SEC or ACC schools. Gee, how'd that happen?

(Disclaimer: The Blob is not saying it buys into this conspiracy theory. It's not saying there was some quid pro quo involved. Of course there wasn't. Probably.)

But enough about the CFP. The Blob would rather talk about the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl, which is played on Dec. 21 and involves Temple and Florida International.

The Blob doesn't know anything about Temple or Florida International, but that's not the point. The point is, years after the Poulan Weed Eater folks stopped sponsoring the Independence Bowl, there's finally another bowl named after a lawn implement. How cool is that?

And while we're on the subject of cool, how about that Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl?

No, I'm not making that up! See: Dec. 19, Florida Atlantic vs. Akron. The winner gets a bowl of tart cherries or something.

I don't know what the winner of the Dollar General Bowl (Dec. 23, Toledo vs. Appalachian State) gets, but it's probably not that good. Ditto the winner of the Quick Lane Bowl (Dec. 26, Northern Illinois vs. Duke), on account of the Blob doesn't know what Quick Lane is. Ditto the Walk-On's Independence Bowl (Dec. 27, Southern Miss vs. Florida State).

The winner of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Dec. 22, Wyoming vs. Central Michigan), on the other hand, probably gets a bowl of potatoes. You can do a lot with a bowl of potatoes. They're very tasty.

As for the rest of the bowls,  it's the usual collection of banks and vehicles and fruits and veggies. Also chicken sandwiches and chain steakhouses. Also the Foster Farms Bowl, in which Purdue plays Arizona on Dec. 27.

Go Boilers!

Buy that Farm!

(Footnote: Quick Lane, the Blob has learned after the scantiest of research, is a tire-and-auto-repair place. Walk-On's is short for Walk-On's Bistreaux and Bar, a restaurant chain in Louisiana and Texas. The food pictures look quite yummy.)