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A brief history of defunct bowls

By Jim Baker
Special to Page 2

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

There are now no fewer than 32 bowl games, more than at any other time in history. At the current rate of bowlflation, by the year 2015, every Division I football program will be invited to participate in a postseason contest. If the expansion is allowed to continue, by 2021 it will become necessary to invite schools to more than one bowl each. And if the growth is left unchecked after that, by 2030, new colleges will have to be created to play the plethora of bowls that are sure to come. It mig ...

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