Cactus Bowl is now Cheez-it Bowl
The Cactus Bowl, one of the few remaining bowl games that has retained its good bowl name, has been sponsored by Cheeze-it and is now called the Cheeze-It bowl.
I am not necessarily a huge fan of Brian’s chart every year because he sometimes sticks to really old names that virtually no one knows, but this one is stupid. I have no problem with calling it the “Cheez-it Cactus Bowl” but calling it just the Cheez-It bowl is asinine. No one wants to go that game.
Is anyone else annoyed by crap like this? I get that there have to be sponsors, and I’ll even cede that they may (emphasis on May as I can see it both ways) deserve a mention in the title. But to just call it by the sponsor name only is dumb. Anyway...another bowl game name change to keep track of.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:09 PM ^
A great bowl for Wisconsin.
Those cheese heads!!
Go Blue!!
August 20th, 2018 at 12:10 PM ^
They should move it to Nazareth.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
Cheez louise!
August 20th, 2018 at 12:12 PM ^
I wouldn’t turn down a trip to Phoenix in the winter. Game logo looks pretty nice too, now I want some cheez-its.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:13 PM ^
Rather go to that than the shitty Outback Bowl.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
to be fair to cheez-it not sure how prestigious the "cactus bowl" was. Who normally plays in it? 6/7 pac 12 and 3 from MW?
August 20th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
Considering a 7-5 Michigan outfit played in it back in 2013 when it was called the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, I would say it's not very prestigious.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
Should just call it the F***-it Bowl
August 20th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
The Lebowski Bowl. F**k it, Dude, let's go bowling.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:23 PM ^
Can't wait to see the snarky Cheez-it cracker mascot stalking the sideline. Somehow it feels like there's a psychic sense of harmony now in the universe.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:24 PM ^
Cheez-It’s are delicious!
August 20th, 2018 at 12:24 PM ^
Cheez-Its are good TBQH
August 20th, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
I used to eat so many of the spicy cheeze-it's
August 20th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
And I remember when the Poulan Weed-Eater {Independence?} Bowl was the laughingstock of bowl season.
I'm numb to this by now. It used to piss me off. But I'm fine with corporations sponsoring 1/4 filled stadia and meager TV ratings to allow two mediocre teams play during the "post-season". I just won't watch, nor attend. If the tree falls in the forest, I won't hear it.
August 20th, 2018 at 1:36 PM ^
The Independence Bowl. That was Alabama's usual bowl game in the years leading up to Nick Saban.
I really wish the trees would go back to falling that way for them.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
Famous Idaho potato bowl is my favorite
August 20th, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
cheese and rice
August 20th, 2018 at 12:31 PM ^
Every year, we get this much closer to the One Hour Martinizing Bowl....
August 20th, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^
All bowls should be "Bowl Name" presented by "Company X". So this one should be the Cactus Bowl presented by Cheez-Its. The Orange Bowl presented by FedEx, the Rose Bowl is the only one that does this and it just sounds better. The company still gets their name announced after commercial breaks and at halftime. It's a win win for everyone.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:46 PM ^
Yup.
I wonder how much more valuable the naming difference is between these two options? This isn't my area of expertise, but I'd assume it has to be significant otherwise everyone would use the Rose Bowl sponsorship naming model.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
There are about 30 more bowl games than there actually should be. A 6-6 team should not be rewarded for mediocrity. Kind of reminds me of the participation trophy bullshit we have going on in much of today's schools.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:40 PM ^
Well, at least the winning team will be a little happier when eating the product that this bowl represents after the game.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
Should have gotten bought by the superior cheese-flavored cracker and been named the Goldfish Bowl.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:44 PM ^
Need some positive press after some bad things about the product came to light recently...
August 20th, 2018 at 12:52 PM ^
So lame. They need to go back to having fewer bowls.
Yes...I know they won't because of the money.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
Sorry, pal, I ain't buying it -- April 1 was several months ago.
August 20th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
Big day for tasty snack crackers
August 20th, 2018 at 1:00 PM ^
Tough loss for the cacti, but if they wanted to keep the name they should have paid up.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:39 AM ^
I dunno --- that's a thorny issue
August 20th, 2018 at 1:10 PM ^
This thread is going to turn into another one of those Cheez-It vs. Cheese Nips flame wars, and the mods will have to lock everything down. Happens every time.
August 20th, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
It only recently had gone back to its original name. Our 7-5 2013 Michigan Wolverines went to this bowl back when it was... the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
August 20th, 2018 at 1:24 PM ^
I’d love a bowl of cheez its
August 20th, 2018 at 1:27 PM ^
I'm annoyed by the fact that if they keep a shitty name around long enough, you'll eventually be ok with it.
August 20th, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
I love bowls of Cheeze-Its
August 20th, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
The American Standard Toilet Bowl..... Now that one will be hard to fill..... ;-)
August 20th, 2018 at 2:06 PM ^
Calling Seth Brian.
That's a classic!
August 20th, 2018 at 2:11 PM ^
How long before somebody names one the Giant Noodle bowl?
Too soon?
August 20th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
Cheezit "Grooves" are the cheesiest. Simply physics, the ridges can hold more cheez in their chasms. Believe it or not!
August 20th, 2018 at 6:19 PM ^
On one hand, this is a pretty dopey sounding name. On the other, the new logo is great so I'm ok with it.
August 20th, 2018 at 7:52 PM ^
If this leads to major discounts on Cheez-Its I'm all for it.