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Bowl-O-Rama: five cities. Ten teams. Endless debate. Let the games begin.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-DEC-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Bowl-O-Rama: five cities. Ten teams. Endless debate. Let the games begin.(The Cheap Seats: JASON COHEN POPS OFF ABOUT SPORTS)

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Remember the Alamo Bowl? By all means I will ... once I figure out whether the game is on a Wednesday, Saturday, or Monday and whether its kickoff is in the afternoon or evening. Of all the teenage, made-for-cable, serially sponsored college football games for teams that either belly flopped in November (longtime number one Penn State in 1999, defending national champ Texas in 2006) or got jilted by a bowl older than Miley Cyrus (11-1 Kansas State in 1998), San Antonio's indoor contest is my absolute favorite. Let those games on New Year's Day or later have the glamour--there's something to be said for bowls that take place in the same calendar year as the season. Am I the only one who gets confused refer ring to that stellar UT squad as winners of both the 2005 national championship and the 2006 Rose Bowl?

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