Posted by Dr Fro 8:26 PM

Here are the 10 greatest bowl games of all-time, according to FOX. This is obviously inspired by last night's game which thrilled me until midnight and made me quite tired at work this morning. But, damn that was a good game!

I noticed that:

a) Of the 20 teams (10 games x 2 teams/game), many teams are listed multiple times:

3 - Miami

2 - Nebraska

2 - Notre Dame

2 - Ohio State

2 - Penn State

2 - Texas

b) Boise State/OU is one of 2 non-National Championship games, the other being the Joe Montana Cotton Bowl.

c) The Fiesta Bowl is the Johnny-Come-Lately of major bowl games, yet they make 3 appearances on this list. Compare that to the self-proclaimed Grandaddy of Them All, which shows up twice.

d) I was thinking on the way to work today of the 10 best bowl games. I came up with 9, and all 9 are on this list.

e) For all the criticism the BCS takes, in its less than a decade of existence, it managed to get 30% of this list, including 3 of the top 4. That is not to say that there is not a better alternative to the BCS, just that it has given us better football than the previous systems(s).

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