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QUIZ: Can you tell these fake college football bowl games from their real-life counterparts?

The craziest thing about college football isn't the CFP. It's not the parade of batshit be-mulleted coaches nor their scroll-like recruiting violation rap sheets. It's not even Gus Johnson howling at the moon every time Iowa hits a seven-yard slant. It's the patently ridiculous bowl game names, which continue, with each passing year (and potential advertiser), to blur reality and parody into a single ironic smear. In that absurdist spirit, we mixed up 15 2018 bowl games—some real and some very, very fake—to put your CFB knowledge to the test. Think you can still tell the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl from the Comedy Central East-West Bowl? We'd like to see you try, hot shot (no, seriously.)
Answer key at bottom
1. Draft Kings Atlantic City Bowl
2. Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
3. Applebee’s Eatin’ Good in the Neighborhood Bowl

Gene Sweeney Jr.
4. Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
5. Cheez-It Bowl
6. Hooters Reno Bowl
7. South Central Louisiana Bourbon Bowl

Bob Levey
8. San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl
9. Dodge Ram Hanukkah Bowl
10. Redbox Bowl
11. Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
12. Don’t Mess With Texas Bowl

Tim Warner
13. Bowl of Heart Healthy Cheerios Bowl
14. Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
15. I Can See Russia From My House Alaska Bowl
ANSWER KEY
1. Draft Kings Atlantic City Bowl - Fake
2. Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl - Real
3. Applebee’s Eatin’ Good in the Neighborhood Bowl - Fake
4. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Real
5. Cheez-It Bowl - Real
6. Chipotle Burrito Bowl - Fake
7. South Central Louisiana Bourbon Bowl - Fake
8. San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl - Real
9. Money Mutual Hanukkah Bowl - Fake
10. Servpro First Responder Bowl - Real
11. Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl - Real
12. Don’t Mess With Texas Bowl - Fake
13. Nintendo Super Smash Bros. Bowl - Fake
14. Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl - Real
15. Kodiak Chew Alaska Bowl - Fake