The Sickos Committee Bowl Previews Part 4 - Fenway, Pinstripe, Pop-Tarts, Alamo, Gator, Sun, Liberty and Cotton Bowls

Here at the Sickos Committee, we wanted to do something interesting for our bowl game previews. We wanted to give a brief rundown of the game and then wanted to provide you some weird information about each Bowl Game in a way we hope is unique to Bowl Season.

The basic information associated with the bowl game will come along with the closest fast food restaurant nearest to the the stadium and the closest Bowling alley since GoBowling.com is now a bowl game sponsor.

We will break down the games with the information here and we hope you enjoy the random read.

• Bowl Location: City, State and Stadium.

• Bowl Match-up: What teams are actually playing in the game.

• Title Sponsor: Who sponsors this bowl game.

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: Where can you grab some food quickly before or after the game.

• Random Stat for each team: Yeah its going to be random because we chose these with a spinning wheel and no we will not compare teams based on the same stat because that would be too helpful.

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: Who can go bowling quicker?

Will these previews be anything you can base the Sicko-ness of a game? Maybe. The Ranking Numbers are where the school finished ranking in FBS in our final Sickos Poll.

Also, we will neon out all the bowl logos just because we wanted too. It’s not beveling but we hope you enjoy the neon signs.

• Bowl Location: Fenway Park, Boston, MA (BASEBALL FIELD)

• Bowl Matchup:  #63 SMU vs #70 Boston College 12/28, 10:00 AM, ESPN

• Title Sponsor: Wasabi

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: McDonald’s - 0.2 miles away

• Random Stat for each team:  

  • SMU: Lost 13 total turnovers this season (8 INT, 5 Fumbles)

  • BC: Longest punt on the season was 51 yards.

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: 

  • SMU - Bowl & Barrel, Dallas, TX - 2.9 miles away

  • Boston College - American Flatbread Brighton, Boston, MA (CANDLEPIN) - 2.4 miles away

• Bowl Location: Yankee Stadium, New York, NY

• Bowl Matchup: #19 Rutgers vs #21 Miami 12/28, 1:15 PM, ESPN

• Title Sponsor: Bad Boy Mowers

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: McDonald’s - 125 feet

• Random Stat for each team:  

  • Rutgers - Led the nation in average kick return yardage, with 33.0 yards per return

  • Miami - Longest field goal made in 2023 was 51 yards

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: 

  • Rutgers - Bowlero Green Brook, Green Brook, NJ - 4.3 miles away

  • Miami - AMF Pembroke Pines Lanes, Pembroke Pines, FL - 7.1 miles away

• Bowl Location: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL

• Bowl Matchup: #86 NC State vs #96 Kansas State 12/28, 4:45 PM, ESPN

• Title Sponsor: Pop-Tarts

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: Church’s Chicken - 0.3 miles

• Random Stat for each team:  

  • NC State - +12 turnover margin this season

  • Kansas State -  Had exactly 50% 4th down conversion rate this season

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: 

  • NC State - Bowlero Cary, Cary, NC - 3.3 miles away

  • Kansas State - Union Bowling Center, Manhattan, KS - 1.6 miles away

• Bowl Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, TX

• Bowl Matchup: #46 Arizona vs #92 Oklahoma 12/28, 8:15 PM, ESPN

• Title Sponsor: Valero

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: Taco Bell, 0.6 miles away

• Random Stat for each team:  

  • Arizona - Had 284 1st downs this season

  • Oklahoma - Had a team completion percentage of 69.6 this season … Nice

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: 

  • Arizona - Lucky Strike Bowl, Tucson, AZ - 3.0 miles away

  • Oklahoma - Sooner Bowling Center, Norman, OK - 3.2 miles away

• Bowl Location: Everbank Stadium, Jacksonville, FL

• Bowl Matchup: #41 Clemson vs #83 Kentucky 12/29, 11:00 AM, ESPN

• Title Sponsor: TaxSlayer

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: McDonald’s - 1.1 miles

• Random Stat for each team:  

  • Clemson - Drew a penalty on 1st down 21 times this season

  • Kentucky - 80% red zone scoring rate 

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: 

  • Clemson - Oconee Lanes Inc, Seneca, SC - 6.6 miles away

  • Kentucky - Southland Lanes, Lexington, KY - 1.5 miles away

• Bowl Location: Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX

• Bowl Matchup: #22 Oregon State vs #106 Notre Dame 12/29, 1:00 PM, CBS (THE ONLY BOWL GAME FOR CBS)

• Title Sponsor: Tony the Tiger

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: McDonald’s - 0.4 miles

• Random Stat for each team:  

  • Oregon State - Leading Rusher Damien Martinez was 19th in the nation in total rushing yards (1185)

  • Notre Dame - Xavier Watts led the nation in interceptions with 7

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: 

  • Oregon State - MU Lanes and Games, Corvallis, OR - 0.4 miles away

  • Notre Dame - Strikes & Spares Entertainment Center, Mishawaka, IN - 2.7 miles away

• Bowl Location: Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Memphis, TN

• Bowl Matchup: #130 Memphis vs #34 Iowa State 12/29, 2:30 PM, ESPN

• Title Sponsor: AutoZone

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: Five Guy’s - 1.7 miles 

• Random Stat for each team:  

  • Memphis - Averaged 30:52 time of possession

  • Iowa State - Defense had twice as many interceptions (16) as the offense threw (8)

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: 

  • Memphis - Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl and Grill (IN THE BASS PRO PYRAMID), Memphis, TN - 5.9 miles away

  • Iowa State - Memorial Union CyBowl & Billiards, Ames, IA - 1.1 miles away

• Bowl Location: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX

• Bowl Matchup:  Missouri vs Ohio State

• Title Sponsor: Goodyear

• Closest Fast Food Restaurant to Bowl Game: Jack in the Box - 0.2 miles

• Random Stat for each team:  

  • Missouri - Allowed an average punt return of 6.22 yards

  • Ohio State - Made 15 field goals this season

• Closest school stadium to a Bowling Alley: 

  • Missouri - AMF Town & Country Lanes, Columbia, MO - 2.2 miles away

  • Ohio State - Pins Mechanical Co., Columbus, OH (DUCKPIN) - 3.2 miles away