OT: Motel 6 Cactus Bowl is an actual thing
I wish I was making this up.
Motel 6 Cactus Bowl is new name of bowl game putting Big 12 vs. Pac-12. “We’ll leave the light on”
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) November 23, 2015
The players better have to stay at Motel 6.
November 30th, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
Why? This isn't a brand new bowl game, it's been around for 26 years (it used to be the Cactus Bowl). They just have a new sponsor name
November 30th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
The Bodett Bowl!
November 30th, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
Maybe put this in the Monday Snowflakes thread?
November 30th, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
Please tell me they make the teams stay in a Motel 6 somewhere in the Greater Phoenix Area.
EDIT: Never mind; you beat me to it.
This seems like a pretty good official hotel for the bowl game: https://www.motel6.com/en/motels.az.phoenix.1304.html
November 30th, 2015 at 11:12 AM ^
I am old enough to remember when they were called "Motel 6' because their rooms were $6.
November 30th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
$44 for twin beds? That's $11 per athlete per night. I think we've found the way to make bowl trips profitable!
November 30th, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
What isn't mentioned is the bowl gifts the comittee gives the players.
A can of Raid for their Motel 6 room, air fresheners for the bathroom and cleanish sheets*.
*from 1973
November 30th, 2015 at 10:35 AM ^
Plenty of those at every Motel 6.
Maybe some meth too.
November 30th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^
And how do you hppen to know this....
November 30th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^
not know this? Never stayed at one when you're tired from driving on a long road trip?
November 30th, 2015 at 12:49 PM ^
Whenever Motel 6 (or any other flea bag motel for that matter) was my only option on a long trip, I would choose sleeping in my car every time.
November 30th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
might as well sponsor a bowl next.
November 30th, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
Ohio Stadium.
November 30th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
Not to mention Spartan Stadium.
November 30th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
I didn't know what a Belk was until I looked it up. They have the worst bowl gifts along with the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.
Belk Bowl is a shopping spree at Belk and the Pinstripe is literally New Era hats.
We also have the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl. Marmot is apparently a camping supplies manufacturer.
And the newest bowl game is the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl played at UA Stadium. That game isn't even on TV. It will only be broadcast online by something called Campus Insiders.
November 30th, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
Literally tens of people will tune into that Arizona Bowl game.
November 30th, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
It used to be called the Meineke bowl and I have taken my kids to that game since my daughter was 3 (she's 13 now). It's an annual tradition along with a trip to Ann Arbor for a game each year. It's a well run bowl with lots of cool activities for kids in the hours before the game.
November 30th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
And isn't just called the 'Motel 6 Bowl' like the Belk Bowl or some others like that.
Other than having a lame sponsor, the Cactus Bowl is actually a good bowl name I think.
November 30th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 11:23 AM ^
And more football to watch is bad because....?
November 30th, 2015 at 8:01 PM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
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November 30th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
Soiunds like an uncomfortable night's sleep in a bad part of town.
November 30th, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
I will probably watch some of this just to see if I can hear the color commentary being done with Tom Bodett's voice, which would definitely make things interesting, if nothing else. Still, I have to wonder if Knights Inn or Red Roof feel a bit shorted that they couldn't get in on some of the bowl action - there is always the next round in a few years, when a few more are created, eh?
November 30th, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
Thinking about that actually brings back some pretty good memories for me. :)
November 30th, 2015 at 11:17 AM ^
or nobody will find it...
November 30th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^
You gonna cry?
November 30th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
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November 30th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
I always give it back to michiganfanisbackag...
November 30th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
For some reason it reminds me of the hotel parking lot shoot out in No Country for Old Men.
November 30th, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^
I remember Sparty getting blown out by LSU in that bowl.
November 30th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
I will forever hold a grudge against Motel6 for charging $200 a night the weekend of the game two years ago. I will also never forgive myself for paying that and not just sleeping on a park bench in the arb.
November 30th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
Sponsors are what make all these bowls possible and keep college football on throughout the holiday season so I'm not opposed to that..
I just wish they would stop calling the bowl by the sponsor's name. Instead of the Motel 6 Catcus Bowl, why don't they call it The Cactus Bowl (brought to you by Motel 6)
November 30th, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
November 30th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
The Motel 6 Bed Bug Bowl, or M6B3.
That would be more fitting for the sponsor.
I get bored watching Michigan play in lesser bowls. There's no way I'm spending my holiday watching New Mexico play UCONN. Sorry.
November 30th, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
the Poulan Weedeater Bowl
November 30th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
Ouch.
November 30th, 2015 at 4:43 PM ^
Great Cause. Great Name. Great Theme song. What more could you ask for? Maybe they could sponser the Motor City Bowl as an alternative.
November 30th, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
They also moved the game from Sun Devil Stadium to Chase Field. I know Sun Devil Stadium is currently being renovated, but I'm not sure if that's why they moved it or not. It was freezing balls here last year during the BW3/Cactus Bowl, and it was about 35-45 degrees from kick off to car lot,. It seems to be the "West" Pole here this year too. It was 38 degrees when I went for my run this morning....(I know cry you a river lol) I think Chase Field has a closeable roof though.