With December underway,Playamo partners the college football season is entering a period that presents fans (and bettors) with an interesting lineup of bowl games and names.

Remember the Poulan/Weed Eater Independence Bowl in the 1990s? That game in Shreveport, Louisiana, now is the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.

This year, all eyes will be on the first-ever 12-team major college playoff, leading to the national championship game on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. But 36 non-playoff bowls also round out this season’s college football schedule, with the matchups soon to be announced. 

Gambling.com’s Top Bowl Names

In a spirit of fun and a show of appreciation for college bowl games, Gambling.com has compiled its top bowl game names for this season, taking memorable word combinations and visual images into consideration.

Below is a Gambling.com Top 5 ranking based on great, eye-catching bowl names. Another list is Gambling.com’s Top 5 bowl names with food references.

Some bowl names might require a Google search to learn exactly what the sponsor does (which probably is the point). Others just seem fun, like a cricket celebration that has nothing to do with wireless services. (On a serious note, the bowl, sponsored by Cricket Wireless, celebrates “the heritage, legacy, pageantry and tradition of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.”)

At least one bowl game conjures up an intriguing taste combination (Cheez-It, Citrus), while grocery shoppers might say another bowl is perfectly paired with its stadium name (Idaho potatoes, Albertsons).