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Article: A Commercial Success // Of 18 Bowl Games, Only Sugar Counts

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December 18, 1992
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We always knew the majority of bowl games didn't mean anything. Now, it's confirmed.

There are 18 bowls this season, and only one matters, the Sugar, where No. 1 Miami faces No. 2 Alabama. The rest are just Poulan Weed Eater Thrifty Car Rental Outback Steakhouse Weiser Lock Dentu-Creme Bowls. (Silly thing is, only the last one is made up.)

For this, we can thank the bowl alliance, college football's version of OPEC. A bunch of conferences and Notre Dame banded together with some of the bowls and created a system that looks like a tax form. It was an attempt to stage a championship game, and this year it worked. Sort of. No. 1 is playing No. 2, but not everybody's sure this really ...

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