Irrelevant Bowl Seeks Relevancy With Name Change: Introducing the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
By Jason McIntyre
"THE FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL"
Brent Musburger won’t be calling an irrelevant game like this, but whoever does will probably get roped into saying something dumb if the game comes down to a last-second field goal.
Something really foolish like, “This one is for all the potatoes!” From the press release:
"The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl continues the tradition of commodity-named bowl games with connections to a state’s top agricultural export. The Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl all took their namesakes from products critical to their respective state’s economic health. Idaho has been the nation’s largest producer of potatoes every year since 1957. The “Famous Potato” slogan was initiated by the Idaho Potato Commission and added to the State’s license plates in 1948."
Read the entire breathless press release here.
Do what you do, internet. Rip this silliness to shreds. [via Brian Murphy]