In exciting gridiron action on New Year’s Eve in Atlanta, the orange & blue Tigers defeated the orange & blue Tigers:

At the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, Auburn upended Clemson 23-20 in OT on a 7-yard run by Tigers QB Kodi Burns, breaking the hearts of Tigers fans. But even though the Tigers won, Tigers fans can take solace that their orange & blue-clad warriors did their best.

Unfortunately, the Chick-Fil-A Bowl is just another reminder of how corporate sponsorship has creeped & seeped into the collegiate non-playoff post-season. It’s one thing to attach your name to a game, like the Tositos Fiesta Bowl, but to swallow it hole, like a delicious chicken sandwich available every day except Sunday?

For almost 40 years, this game was known simply as the Peach Bowl. Even up until last year, the event was still called the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl. But a new $22 million sponsorship soon pitted out the Peach.

How many other corporate-named bowls can you match up with their original titles?

1. Capital One

2. Outback

3. Insight

4. Champs Sports

5. Meineke Car Care

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A. Tangerine

B. Copper

C. Hall of Fame

D. Citrus

E. Continental Tire

(Answers on next page)

Answers: 1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A, 5-E.

How could we as a nation have sit idly by and watched the tradition & spectacle of the Continental Tire Bowl disappear under the enormous wealth & greed of the Meineke company?

Well, we’re not gonna play a lot for this muffler.