Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl (RIP St. Petersburg Bowl)

[huskymedic]

>>The St. Petersburg Bowl has been renamed the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl, sources told me.

The game will remain at St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field but the bowl is removing the city’s name from the title and adding Gasparilla. That appears to be an attempt to make the bowl seem more regional for the Tampa Bay area since the annual Gasparilla Parade is held each year in Tampa.

Bad Boy Mowers has a multi-year naming rights deal with the bowl. This marks the bowl's fourth title sponsor in its nine seasons. The others: magicJack, Beef O’Brady’s and Bitcoin.

Bad Boy Mowers also recently become the naming rights sponsor for the Battle 4 Atlantis basketball tournament. The company also has had discussions about Nascar sponsorship, but ultimately wanted to get into the college football market.

This year’s game – on Dec. 21 – will feature teams from the American and Conference USA. An official news conference to announce the bowl’s new name is scheduled for Monday in St. Pete.<<

 

[CTMike]

Wow.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

That Bowl has had some of the worst sponsorship naming rights in the history of earth. This one is the worst and it's not even close.

 

[JSM1970]

That UConn-Marshall game was awful, only slightly better than Uconn-Tulane

That Bowl has had some of the worst sponsorship naming rights in the history of earth. This one is the worst and it's not even close.

 

[Exit 4]

So can we assume the cost of the title sponsorship of this game is less than 1/2 way to a 5 digit number?

 

[CTMike]

So can we assume the cost of the title sponsorship of this game is less than 1/2 way to a 5 digit number?

We could have started a gofundme and named it the Boneyard Bowl.

 

[Exit 4]

We could have started a gofundme and named it the Boneyard Bowl.

Shouldn't Mike Aresco have donated 5k to name it for himself or better yet - The P6 Bowl? That would be a real P6 power move.

 

[IMind]

That Bowl has had some of the worst sponsorship naming rights in the history of earth. This one is the worst and it's not even close.

The only other one that's almost as bad is the Boise Bowl which has been both the Roady's Truck Stop Bowl, the uDrive Bowl, and most recently the Famous Idaho Potato bowl... But you are right it's the worst. It makes the Mineke Car Care Bowl look downright regal.

 

[huskymedic]

The only other one that's almost as bad is the Boise Bowl which has been both the Roady's Truck Stop Bowl, the uDrive Bowl, and most recently the Famous Idaho Potato bowl... But you are right it's the worst. It makes the Mineke Car Care Bowl look downright regal.

Poulin WeedEater?

 

[formerlurker]

Take the football ramifications of playing in it out of the picture and I kind of like the name.

 

[UConnRock]

I wait for the day that the industrial fan company in Lexington KY get big enough to sponsor an bowl game. Yes, it would be called The Big Ass Fan Bowl.

 

[TheDrifter75]

I wait for the day that the industrial fan company in Lexington KY get big enough to sponsor an bowl game. Yes, it would be called The Big Ass Fan Bowl.

This will happen.

 

[Jax Husky]

Is this thing sponsored by Puff Daddy? Does the winner play the victor of the Poulan Weedeater Bowl?

 

[Confident Carl]

We could have started a gofundme and named it the Boneyard Bowl.

LOL!

 

[HuskyDogArt]

>>The St. Petersburg Bowl has been renamed the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl, sources told me.

The game will remain at St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field but the bowl is removing the city’s name from the title and adding Gasparilla. That appears to be an attempt to make the bowl seem more regional for the Tampa Bay area since the annual Gasparilla Parade is held each year in Tampa.

Bad Boy Mowers has a multi-year naming rights deal with the bowl. This marks the bowl's fourth title sponsor in its nine seasons. The others: magicJack, Beef O’Brady’s and Bitcoin.

Bad Boy Mowers also recently become the naming rights sponsor for the Battle 4 Atlantis basketball tournament. The company also has had discussions about Nascar sponsorship, but ultimately wanted to get into the college football market.

This year’s game – on Dec. 21 – will feature teams from the American and Conference USA. An official news conference to announce the bowl’s new name is scheduled for Monday in St. Pete.<<

Also, I believe the bowl will move when the Trop is closed after the Rays move to Tampa...

 

[B1GEast]

Can the AAC bowl situation get any worse?

 

[huskymedic]

Can the AAC bowl situation get any worse?

There could always be no contractual bowl affiliations and AAC teams get passed over all together.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[hardcorehusky]

Only 2 dealers in CT sell Bad Boy Mowers. They are commercial mowers - mostly 0 turn. Now I have another weapon for Trivial Pursuit! Thanks AAC

 

[CTMike]

Can the AAC bowl situation get any worse?

Yes.

 

[jayfromfla]

So a football bowl with artificial grass is sponsored by a lawnmower company??

 

[Nostical]

Bad Boy sells artificial grass mowers.

 

[Jax Husky]

I'm more of a Death Row Chainsaws guy myself

 

[uconnbill]

After last year I would be happy if UConn went to any bowl no matter what the name.

 

[UConnNick]

Only 2 dealers in CT sell Bad Boy Mowers. They are commercial mowers - mostly 0 turn. Now I have another weapon for Trivial Pursuit! Thanks AAC

Up until yesterday I had never heard of Bad Boy Mowers. I originally thought it was some local lawn mowing service company in the Tampa Bay area. I guess their marketing campaign is already working for them. Now CFB fans nationwide will know about their company and products.

 

[SubZero]

I hope we never play in a bowl game with a name like this.

 

[upstater]

I get Schoolhouse Rock flashbacks when I hear the name of this bowl:

Now, I know a thing called Baby Boy Mowers Gasparilla, and I could say that Baby Boy found a bowl
that allowed Baby Boy to call it home, and now that bowl belongs to Baby Boy Mowers Gasparilla.

Whew! I could say that, but I don't have to, 'cause I got pronouns, I can say, "HE found a bowl that HE calls home and now IT is HIS."

Now Baby Boy has a sister named Poulan Weedeater Independence. If she found a bowl I'd say to you: "SHE found a bowl that allowed HER to call it home, and now it is HERS." But I can't say that... 'cause she found CUSA which fell in love with HER and THEY're so happy.

And my name's Beef O'Brady Saint Petersburg. (No relation to Baby Boy Mowers.) Because of pronouns, I can say: "I wish SHE would find a bowl for ME, and WE'd be happy." You see, a pronoun was made to take the place of a noun, 'cause saying all those nouns over and over can really wear you down!

 

[Drew]

 

[Drew]