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Tempe's Insight Bowl, formerly known as the Copper Bowl, will be known as something else going forward. This may be hard for many of you to stomach, as we've grown so very fond of the good people at Insight and the many quality products they fashion with their hands. But things change. Three lists of Tempe-specific potential replacements follow:
The modern bowl game is named after a company. Institutions based in and around Tempe, according to Wikipedia and elsewhere:
While I would be ecstatic to watch either the Circle K Bowl or the Piranha Anything Bowl, this bowl demands a return to its roots, to the days when all bowls were named after local exports. The Bauxite Bowl and so forth. Here are some chief exports of Arizona, according to the Census Bureau:
OMG THE BOMB BOWL OR THE SOYBEAN OILCAKE BOWL. The bowl could also be named after events local to Tempe. Another list:
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I liked the name "Copper Bowl"
I’m sick of these stupid sponsor names, it’s getting out of hand. None of the names you listed are any good, all are just stupid corporate corny names. I think these would be a lot better if it was The Copper Bowl presented by (corporate name here).
Hopefully this playoff comes true so we can get rid of these dumb ass names.
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by detroit_fan on Jan 28, 2012 11:47 AM EST reply actions
Copper Bowl
Too many Bowls- Let’s have " The Tidy Bowl " where the two worst BCS teams fight not to be the worst. join our Blog @ http://www.askussports.com
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by RKM on Jan 28, 2012 4:30 PM EST reply actions
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