Maybe There is One too Many Bowl Games

You probably have seen reference to this story by now, but it's too amusing to not keep passing along. As of last week, the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl had only sold approximately 24 tickets, and that is not a misprint. The only reason it's approximate is that Maryland had to estimate its 16 tickets sold, while the University of Nevada knew it had sold exactly eight.

This is the bowl game integrity that the BCS system is trying to protect, right? If college football went to a playoff system, what would the family of eight from Nevada do during the holidays?

We'll avoid going off on a tangent about a college football playoff system, but let's try to figure out why the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl is struggling to sell tickets. Sure, it doesn't help having Boise State actually get invited to another bowl as it has this season, but why wouldn't you want to attend this game. This is how officials are trying to sell the game:

“The University of Nevada and the University of Maryland have two of the strongest football traditions in the nation,” said Kevin McDonald, executive director of the bowl. “Our fans should be in for a treat as both these teams have great athletes.

“This match-up will showcase college football’s most innovative and experienced coaches in the nation in Chris Ault and Ralph Friedgen,” said Kelly Rhinehart, president of Roady’s Truck Stops.

Even if that was remotely true, we still wouldn't visit Boise, ID. We aren't saying it's not an incredible place to visit, but we just checked the weather and it's currently 20 degrees. No thanks.