College Bowl Games are often almost as exciting as the NFLs Super Bowl. Thats because college football fans are college students, young , rabid , a little crazy , totally committed , the worlds best sports fans!Now, there are, of course, countless Bowl Games at the end of each college season , and some generate much more excitement than others. The biggest and most important games are: The Rose Bowl , The Cotton Bowl , The Sugar Bowl , and The Orange Bowl. These are the oldest of all College Bowl Games. And, because there is no playoff/elimination system, the Number 1 Rated Team for the year is usually the winner of one of these games. Frequently, its The Orange Bowl.All major college football games and all of the bowl games are under the control of a single governing body, the NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The NCAA is roughly equivalent to the NFLs Commissioner because it acts as a watchdog and can penalize teams and their schools for rule violations.In fact, the NCAA will often hand out serious penalties that limit a schools ability to provide scholarships to highly recruited student athletes , keep a team out of bowl game competition for a period of time , and more. These penalties can put a severe dent in a schools ability to generate revenue through its major sports programs. So school Athletic Directors and the Head Coaches they hire work very hard to make sure no rules are broken. Of course, its virtually impossible for them to control everything that happens. And, when they lose control, even just a little control, problems happen quickly.The fact is every school want to be invited to a Bowl Game because even the less important games generate interest , are usually shown on TV , and can produce a windfall profit for the school and for its sports programming.

This is important income , cash flow that is desperately needed by even the wealthiest colleges and universities.However, the almost annual addition of new bowl games may be reaching a point of overkill and a feeling among fans that there are just too many games. There really are lots and lots of bowl games each year , so many that many mediocre teams are receiving invitations to play. That was not the original intent. Bowl games were originally established to reward the best team and put them in a kind of shootout to see which team from which conference was really the best in any given year.But, with the lure of money attracting new sponsors, more and more bowl games have been added almost annually. And today, there are Bowl games that should probably be described as Losers Bowl , or Mediocre Bowl — you get the picture. Of course, it really doesnt matter. As long as there are wildly enthusiastic college kids willing to bet on their teams