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2021-2022 College Bowl Games

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Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel gets college football bowl game named after him

Starting this postseason, there will be a college football bowl game named after a talk show host.

Jimmy Kimmel announced Wednesday night that the Dec. 18 bowl game at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles will be known as the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.

Kimmel joked during “Jimmy Kimmel Live” about the company he joins having a bowl named after him.

“There are so many memorable colorful names – the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl, the Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl, the LendingTree Bowl, the Cheese-It Bowl,” Kimmel said. “The list goes on and on. And ever since I was 52, which was last year, I have dreamed of having a college football bowl game named after me. And tonight I am thrilled to announce that dream is finally coming true.”

The game, which will feature the No. 1 team from the Mountain West Conference vs. the No. 5 team from the Pac-12, is set to be broadcast on ABC.

According to USA TODAY, it is accurate for Kimmel to say this is the first bowl game named after a person. There was a John Hancock Bowl named after an insurance company. Kimmel joked about “Papa John” not counting.

The same USA TODAY article notes that a company paid $300,000 in 2018 for naming rights to the Bahamas Bowl. It’s unclear how much Kimmel paid to have his name on the LA bowl game.

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Entire article: https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...s-college-football-bowl-game-named-after-him/

Just sayin': If Kimmel (or probably the network) only paid in the $300K range for naming rights, that's just "chump change" either of them. In addition, to providing some new/unique material for Kimmel's monologues; it's probably tax write off for either Kimmel or the network to advertise/promote his TV show too.
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2023 PA LB Josiah Trotter (West Virginia Verbal)

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Ohio State: “Coach Washington showed us that he cared about his players on and off the field. He makes sure they are on top of everything in the classroom. I love the way he coaches his linebackers and the type of defense they run. Being able to talk to my friends and former teammates who go there was great. Knowing their experience has been really good is good for me to know. Coach Day is a really good guy, as is the rest of the staff.”
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Buckeye Game Times

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Yep, I'm that flaming I-told-you-so asshole...

But I told you so about the 12 o'clock "Big Game" theory Fox has dropped on the Big Ten.

"Oregon has been outspoken about not being a fan of the 12 p.m. ET kickoff (more like 12:15 probably) for Ohio State’s game in Columbus against the Ducks on Sept. 11. The game will start around 9 a.m. locally for the Ducks, and they’re quacking all about it. As it turns out, Ohio State is also perturbed that the Bucks vs Ducks showdown is a nooner."

"A source at OSU gave us the scoop from the inside. “We’re not shocked, because we know (FOX’s) push for the ‘Big Noon Kickoff,’” the source said. “But we’re disappointed to say the least. We were hoping for a night game, and 3:30 at the very worst. However, once we knew FOX had the rights, we kind of figured they would do the whole ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ thing. I thought maybe because we were playing a Pac-12 team they wouldn’t make it such an early start out there, but it is what it is.”"

My contention: Fox doesn't believe in the Big Ten, but since they bought it with their money, they're going to make it dance to their music. They don't believe the Big Ten can compete with the SEC in the 3:30 - 8:00 o'clock slots, so they create the myth that noon EST is "prime time" for college football and push big games such as the Oregon v Ohio State, Wisconsin v Ohio State and the Big Ten CCG into their "prime time" nooner slot.

Some of the fault lies with the Big Ten, after all, they signed the contract that gave Fox control of start times. But in the past, they also hampered the conference's exposure by blocking night games in November, by putting the conference's showcase CCG in Indianapolis instead of Chicago, and by continuing to support a system that puts "national playoffs" in control of sunbelt bowl games.

It all adds up to big games being played at 9 in the morning in the California market. California, which is possibly the best market for 4 and 5-star quarterbacks and running backs, and you put your best schedule events on three hours before most teenagers get out of bed. Wow. Just, wow.

Go ahead and argue about the good aspects of 12 o'clock starts and believe Fox when they tell you it's "prime time." I'll stick with Urban Meyer who loved to play under the lights because it helped recruitment.
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Portland Trail Blazers (1977 NBA Champions)

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According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, several big names are expected to be in consideration for the Blazers’ head coaching vacancy, including Los Angeles Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups, former NBA head coach and current ESPN commentator Jeff Van Gundy, Brooklyn Nets assistant Mike D'Antoni and Michigan head coach Juwan Howard.
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