Yay! I'm going to the...Insight Bowl? UPDATE: Just got back, had a great time. Met Adam Duritz

SackOfAllTrades

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Sister called me up. Her best friend had to bail on her so she asked me to go to Arizona with her on the 26th to see a bowl game with Cal (her alma mataer) vs. Virginia Tech.

I asked her what bowl it was and she said "The Insight Bowl." I was like wtf? checked online, sure enough, lame name is true. It will still be fun, but I haven't been to a bowl game since I was barely a teen at the Rose Bowl (USC vs. Washington if I remember correctly).

Are there any other lame bowl names? Like the Carquest Bowl?

UPDATE

I just got back from Phoenix, I would say I had a pretty nice time except for my annoying asss sister and all the desperate nerds hitting on her. I got to Phoenix yesterday about 4pm then I went to Jackson on 3rd where the Cal Alumni Assoc. was having pre-game and post-game parties. Got hammered. Quick. Watched the game yadda yadda...Then I go back to Jackson's after the game and got more hammered. During the post party, I was looking for Coach Tedford, and up walks Adam Duritz, the lead singer of Counting Crows. I knew he'd be around but I didn't expect to see him, kind of like he came out of the corner of my eye. Anyway, I say hello to him and talked about the game, then I said goodbye and got more hammered. Good times, maybe I'll try to post more details when I stop seeing double.
 

mpitts

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If you remember a USC / Washington Rose Bowl, you are definitely incorrect.

And have fun watching Cal get smoked by Va Tech.
 

SackOfAllTrades

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Originally posted by: mpitts
If you remember a USC / Washington Rose Bowl, you are definitely incorrect.

And have fun watching Cal get smoked by Va Tech.

haha you're right, it was UCLA vs. Wisconsin, I can't remember sh1t nowadays
 

daveymark

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back in the dotcom era, it was worse(GalleryFurniture.com Bowl, the Silicon Valley Bowl)

now it's a little better, but not by much (bankone.com bowl, tangerine bowl)
 

shopbruin

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Originally posted by: daveymark
back in the dotcom era, it was worse(GalleryFurniture.com Bowl, the Silicon Valley Bowl)

now it's a little better, but not by much (bankone.com bowl, tangerine bowl)

excuse me, but ucla is going to the silicon valley classic. it still lives!
 

AgentEL

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Originally posted by: freesia39
Originally posted by: daveymark
back in the dotcom era, it was worse(GalleryFurniture.com Bowl, the Silicon Valley Bowl)

now it's a little better, but not by much (bankone.com bowl, tangerine bowl)

excuse me, but ucla is going to the silicon valley classic. it still lives!

I wish Cal were going to a bowl game in CA. No way I can make it out to Phoenix the day after Christmas.
 

Mr N8

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I buy computer supplies from insight. Its their bowl, and I won free tickets last year. I put them on Ebay. :)