THE EDSBS BOWL: LET’S RIDE
St. Petersburg has a new bowl game, and we have one number for you, people: $350,000. Yes, all it takes to turn the as-yet-unnamed St. Pete Bowl into the EDSBS Bowl is a measly $350,000 in any currency. Imagine the splendor:
Flyby done by: A low-flying dirigible. Extra spice will be added when hundreds of turkeys are pushed from the blimp onto the stands.
Alternative flyby: Fat bikers in hang gliders holding sparklers. Did we mention they were naked and drunk, too?
Sponsors would include: Zybrowka Vodka, RoboTussin PM (for nightlife!), Cocaine Cowboys, the official bloodcokeumentary of EDSBS, Mercenaries 2, Burning Angel, and Chik-Fil-A. Goddamn, Chik-Fil-A is good. (Get it? Get it?)
Game announcers: Play-by-play: Ron Franklin, but only if we get to shoot him up with ketamine first. Color commentary: CNN commentator Richard Quest, fresh out of rehab with the volume turned up. Sideline reporter: Stephen Hawking.
Halftime entertainment: Tampa Bay’s own Morbid Angel.
For children, an alternate show will be provided outside with the Veggie Tales and special guest Deicide.
Goodie bag will include: one can of Busch Light, one tube bronzer, one pair old man blast goggle sunglasses, a scoop of ropa vieja ladled on top of everything.
All for just $350K, reader. If wishes were horses, people, we’d be running our own glue factory at this point. Let’s make this horse a winner. If everyone who reads this blog just sends in one dollar, we’ll have enough to make me only ask for a dollar TEN TIMES EACH. If Paultards can raise eight zillion dollars and get their own blimp, we can make this dream a horrifying, weeping reality.
(Actually, the Ron Paul Bowl would be uproariously funny, especially because the field wouldn’t have lines.)












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So here’s my suggestion: The Wiki-Bowl…apparently Wikimedia, the group that runs all the wiki sights, is run out of St. Petersburg. On top of this, naming the bowl this would allow for some really great opportunities as far as the game goes…Just think, any fan could contribute to the bowl’s parameters, as long as they had 2 or 3 legitimate-”Seeming” sources to back them up..think of the possibilities: players getting kicked out of the game for committing penalties because some hippie old guy referenced a french “soccer” manual
Comment by Garrett — May 1, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
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350K? Ryan Perrilioux can knock that out over the weekend.
Let him be a Grand Marshal or something.
O, think outside the box here!
Comment by hunglikehussain — May 1, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
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We could always just purchase a short commercial at the BCS national championship game for just a few 100,000 more!
Comment by TideDruid — May 1, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
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The Nick Saban doesn’t have Time for this Shit Bowl.
Comment by NewAZTiger — May 1, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
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If you set up a legit fund (verified by the legion of group fivers around here), I’m good for at least $20. If the Firefox community can raise enough money to take out ads in the NY Times, than why not this?
Heck, call it the Blog Bowl and get more sites and communities on board. Have a different site plugged each before an after commercial break.
Just imagine how awkward it’d be for the ESPN crew, especially since you know that, it being held in Florida and all, Lee Corso will be on the crew for that game.
Comment by Dave — May 1, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
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Sign Hey Jenny Slater GmbH up for a scoreboard logo and a skybox.
Comment by Doug — May 1, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
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The Levis Jorts Bowl?
Will the center logo be Mayra Veronica?
#13, found the winner of the firearms competition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvv-PI9dwjY
Comment by MCab — May 1, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
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Ok, I’ll kick in 1k if Leningrad Cowboys are the halftime show…and the good seats, of course. Also, Keith Jackson on the PA
Comment by Pick6Bamr — May 1, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
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So will the next edition of EDSBS Live! be like PBS during pledge season? And which would you prefer as sponsors: Early Times or Kentucky Tavern (both so good, you only dare speak their initials)? Because I can make some calls.
Comment by jakldawg — May 1, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
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I’m thinking a 10% discount to those fans dressed in Roman garb. Those dressed in Hebrew attire will get a “special” halftime show field pass.
Don’t forget about having a Queen. Gotta have a Queen.
I’m thinking along the lines of a “Texas Death Match” ring, with the last one standing, gets the crown
Comment by hunglikehussain — May 1, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
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Why not set up EDSBS Bowl LLC?
Then people can purchase however many $10 interests they want - distribute the sponsorship perks (seats in the boxes, etc) based on ownership percentages.
I’m sure you could get one of the lawyers on here to set that up….
Comment by Crazy Joe — May 1, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
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yes. i realize i spelled hatred wrong. my bad. Orson needs to include some sort of spell check feature here.
Comment by socalbryan — May 1, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
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The EDSBS Bowl featuring the North and South Fulmer Cup All-Star teams (North and South, instead of East v West, because we should revive civil war era hatered whenever possible).
Instead of normal college skills competitions, you could have the following: snorting blow competition; ho slapping competition; firearms competition; bong clearing competition, etc.
It very well could be the greatest Bowl Game evaaa.
Comment by socalbryan — May 1, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
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#8 @ blon57
-It’s one more bowl game than the Washington Post, New York Times, and the LA Times have sponsored.
Orson, imagine if the St. Pete Times got in on the bowl. Talk about classy.
Comment by That 5.0 Guy — May 1, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
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The flybys will be televised. You know, since this is in a dome and all. They could put it at Al Lang, but sporting events there disturb the old people who moved to St. Pete to look at art and die.
Comment by mlmintampa — May 1, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
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Yes, we can.
Comment by Holly — May 1, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
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Good. This should uphold the sanctity of bowl games.
Comment by Sad State of Affairs — May 1, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
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If we all kick in $20? How many EDSBS readers, Orson? Would that do it?
‘Talk about pissing off the guy on the Costas show…the blogsphere has credibility. One of the biggest college football blogs just sponsored a bowl game! One of, what, 200 bowl games now?
Comment by blon57 — May 1, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
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Think you could get tOSU band to play a rousing rendition of “Dixie”? Script SEC?
They will more than likely be one of the participants!
Comment by hunglikehussain — May 1, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
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I think this should be the official fly over for the bowl game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9g4axEXZdI&feature=related
Comment by haybeav — May 1, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
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Absolutely brilliant. Can we get Six Feet Under and Iced Earth on the pregame bill?
Comment by SAWB — May 1, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
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Couldn’t we name it the Buzz Bissinger Blog Bowl?
Comment by DC Trojan — May 1, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
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where do I send my 10 dollars? If it gets me a sweet sponsor seat, I will be there.
Comment by meg — May 1, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
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YAY! We TOTALLY are going. Home sweet home, baby!
Comment by The Conscience of a Nation — May 1, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
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Man, all I got is 349,999.
Comment by NewAZTiger — May 1, 2008 @ 3:55 pm