The sugar, orange, Rose and cotton bowls - what is it exactly and is there a meaning for these specific names?

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The sugar, orange, Rose and cotton bowls - what is it exactly and is there a meaning for these specific names?
It's all regional - sugar from Louisiana, orange from Florida, Rose is from Pacadena and Cotton is from Texas. Basically it was named from regional cash crops.
Reply:Yess and no


theyre just Bowls, important games, the top 5 college bowls


and the names have diferent meanings


Sugar: dont really know that one but i think they play it where somebody makes sugar


Orange: Is played in florida where they produce a lot of oranges


Rose: is played in Pasadena and after the rose parade


Cotton: is played in Texas, lot of cotton and slaves before
Reply:The Rose Bowl is the oldest of the bowls, and is held in Pasadena, California. Originally, in the 1890s, Pasadena called itself the City of Roses, and the local merchants created the Tournament of Roses, as the parade is officially known. They then invited leading college football teams to play. Sometime in the 1930s, the rule was adopted that the players had to be one of the Pacific Coast colleges against a Midwestern team. Florida is known for its oranges, so when they created a bowl, that was the name they picked. Similarly with sugar and cotton for local products. The number of bowl games has gotten quite out of hand, and soon we may be seeing a Music Bowl in Branson, Missouri, or a Ford Bowl in Detroit, or an Alien Bowl in Area 51.
Reply:From Wikipedia:





In 1890, Pasadena, California held its first Tournament of Roses Parade to showcase the city's mild weather compared to the harsh winters in northern cities. As one of the organizers said: "In New York, people are buried in snow. Here, our flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear. Let's hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise." In 1902, the annual festival was enhanced by adding a football game.





In 1926, leaders in Miami, Florida decided to do the same with a "Fiesta of the American Tropics" that was centered around a New Year's Day football game. Although a second "Fiesta" was never held, Miami leaders later revived the idea with the "Palm Festival" (with the slogan "Have a Green Christmas in Miami"). The football game and associated festivities of the Palm Festival were soon named the "Orange Bowl."





In New Orleans, the idea of a New Year's Day football game was first presented in 1927 by Colonel James M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, and Sports Editor Fred Digby. Every year thereafter, Digby repeated called for action, and even came up with the name "Sugar Bowl" for his proposed football game.





By 1935, enough support had been garnered for the first Sugar Bowl. The game was played in Tulane Stadium, which had been built in 1926 on Tulane University's campus (before 1871, Tulane's campus was Paul Foucher's Plantation, where Foucher's father-in-law, Etienne de Bore, had first granulated sugar from cane syrup).





The Cotton Bowl was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1937 at the Texas State Fair Grounds, when Texas oil executive J. Curtis Sanford financed the first one out of his own pocket. Texas Christian University took on Marquette, winning, 16-6, but the game lost money even though some 17,000 attended. Nonetheless, Sanford persevered, and in 1938 the game made a profit as Rice defeated Colorado, 28-14, in front of a gate of 37,000.

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