Happy New Year!!! The Sickos Committee Bowl Preview Part 6 - We preview the Reliaquest, Cotton, Citrus, Rose and College Football Playoff

Jan 01, 2023

Here at the Sickos Committee, we wanted to do something interesting for our bowl game previews. We wanted to give a brief history of the game and then wanted to rate the Sickos nature of each Bowl Game in a way we hope is unique to Bowl Season. We rated certain aspects of each Bowl game from 1 to 5 (1 meaning the lowest rating and 5 meaning the highest rating).

The aspects the Sickos Committee wished to rate were as follows:

Logo History: We wanted to see where they started with their Bowl logo.

Current Logo: We wanted to see where they are currently at with their Bowl logo.

Location: Self explanatory - Where is the game being played.

First Bowl Played: We just wanted to let you know how old the bowl game was.

Match-up: Team vs Team.

Sicko-ness of the Match-up: What Conference vs What Conference normally or if it had to change this year.

Sicko-ness Sponsor Rating: What glorious company decided to sponsor this Bowl.

Sicko-ness of Game: We attempt to explain how Sicko this game is or how Sicko this game could potentially be.

What is Dumped on the winning Coach: Some Bowls dump interesting things on the game winning coach. We rate those here.

Opportunity to Dump Something Different on the Coach: Most Bowls will just dump Gatorade like normal games. This is a Bowl Game, there should be something unique to dump on the game-winning coach, we explore options for the Bowl Game to change what they dump. Did we just say dump in three straight sentences? (make it 4) You’re damn right we did.

Bowl Trophy: We rate the Bowl Trophy for the winning team based on how cool the trophy would be to have in your trophy case. Honestly, who cares about the prestige of the game itself, we want some cool hardware with our Bowl win.

Do we base this criteria on anything factual or do we make it up as we go? You can be the judge.

Will these ratings be anything you can base the Sicko-ness of a game? Maybe.

The Committee hopes you enjoy Part 5 of our Bowl Preview!

RELIAQUEST BOWL (FKA OUTBACK)

Logo History:

Current Logo:

Location: Tampa, FL - Raymond James Stadium

First Bowl Played: 1986

Match-up: Mississippi State vs Illinois

Sicko-ness of the Match-up: Mid Tier SEC vs Mid Tier Big Ten. Normally the some of most Sickos teams of each conference. 4 out of 5.

Sicko-ness Sponsor Rating: We will miss the Outback Bowl. We miss seeing what team would get a free Bloomin’ Onion or Coconut Shrimp. Now it is replaced by a random cyber security company based out of Tampa. We’re hurt and will be missing the over 25 years of sponsorship by Outback. 0.5 out of 5.

Sicko-ness of Game: With the passing of Mike Leach, we will focus on his life and contributions to the landscape and sport of College Football. We hope for a great game and the clash in offensive styles will likely make for good viewing. 5 out of 5.

What is Dumped on the winning Coach: 1 out of 5 Gatorade.

Opportunity to Dump Something Different on the Coach: Really drawing a blank here. 0 out of 5.

Bowl Trophy:

The Outback Bowl trophy used to involve boomerangs holding up a football. This trophy is a trophy. 1 out of 5.

COTTON BOWL

Logo History:

Current Logo:

Location: Arlington, TX, Jerryworld.

First Bowl Played: 1937

Match-up: Tulane vs USC

Sicko-ness of the Match-up: Associated with the CFP. Random match-ups of the NY6 teams.

Sicko-ness Sponsor Rating: It’s the Cotton Bowl, sponsored by tires. It used to be sponsored by some sort of a Telephone provider but now it's sponsored by tires and the blimp. 3 out of 5.

Sicko-ness of Game: A Tulane team who was 2-10 last year and now 11-2 this year vs a USC Team with the Heisman trophy winner. This should be a fun points-filled game. 4 out of 5.

What is Dumped on the winning Coach: 1 out of 5. Gatorade.

Opportunity to Dump Something Different on the Coach: Dumping tires would be tough. However, could Goodyear make like little Lego sized tires and put those on a Gatorade tub to dump? I think they could. Maybe some small balls of cotton yard? No idea. 2 out of 5 here.

Bowl Trophy:

A silver trophy which looks like an infinity symbol stretching from a model of the Jerry World stadium and then holding up a silver football. It’s a unique trophy and a bit modern for the bowl trophy. It’d look good in the trophy case. 4 out of 5.

CITRUS BOWL

Logo History:

Current Logo:

Location: Camping World Stadium, Orlando Florida

First Bowl Played: 1947

Match-up: LSU vs Purdue

Sicko-ness of the Match-up: Big Ten vs SEC. Normally this is the game that fans of either conference use to measure how good their conference is compared to the other conference. It is normally the 3rd or 4th team in each conference playing each other. It’s normally a fun game but can get sideways a little bit sometimes. 3.5 out of 5.

Sicko-ness Sponsor Rating: The Imperialist Prince Cheddward has expanded his monarchy to conquer another bowl game in Orlando. Will his reign continue to expand? Also will there be a new citrus flavor of Cheez-It you can eat with your breakfast? 4 out of 5.

Sicko-ness of Game: LSU vs Purdue. They have never played before. Drew Brees is a ceremonial assistant coach for Purdue and some LSU/Saints fans are actually mad at Drew Brees for doing this ceremonial assistant coach thing against LSU. Also some sports books have taken this game off their betting boards due to possible inside information. Could it be that Drew Brees being struck by lightning in an ad for a gambling company caused this? We don’t know but does it make it more Sickos? Maybe. Also, you saw LSU and Purdue play this year. We don’t care about the coaching change or Opt-Outs, its a 5 out of 5.

What is Dumped on the winning Coach: 1 out of 5 Gatorade.

Opportunity to Dump Something Different on the Coach: So they dump Cheez-it crackers on the coach in the Cheez-it Bowl. Would they do that again? We don’t know what would happen here since this is the first Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. Maybe some Fresca with Cheez-it crackers mixed in?? 5 out of 5 for opportunities here.

Bowl Trophy:

So the sponsor changed and the trophy may change a bit. Did we just put this in here to show the Iowa and Kentucky match-up from last year? Yes we did. A Solid 4 column trophy with a basket full of citrus. The basket up top reminds me of the thing you weigh your fruit on in the grocery store. Solid Trophy but nothing too special. 3.5 out of 5.

ROSE BOWL

Logo History:

Current Logo:

Location: The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA.

First Bowl Played: 1902 - IT’S THE GRANDDADDY OF THEM ALL FOR A REASON

Match-up: Utah vs Penn State

Sicko-ness of the Match-up: Typically Big Ten vs Pac-12. Some years it is associated with the College Football Playoff.

Sicko-ness Sponsor Rating: Credit Card Company for Roses. It makes no sense but it is a standard sponsor and nothing really Sickos about it. 1 out of 5.

Sicko-ness of Game: This one is sentimental. The sidelines are painted to about the 30 yard lines with the team's colors. The sunset during the game in Pasadena. It’s not very Sickos but it is a reason to love college football. 1 out of 5.

What is Dumped on the winning Coach: Gatorade 1 out of 5.

Opportunity to Dump Something Different on the Coach: Rose Petals. Just pluck them off the floats from the Rose Parade. Why hasn’t this been done already? 5 out of 5.

Bowl Trophy: