Happy #TBT. To celebrate, we’re sharing an oldie-but-goodie post from Jim. Since the Oregon Ducks play the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for the NCAA College Football Championship Game on January 12, we thought we’d bring back Jim’s thoughts about the term “bowl game.” Word Stock Market: Bowl Game The Word Stock Market is an occasional feature on SellingOut.com, where I will tell you whether to buy, sell or hold a certain word based on whether …

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I wrote about this a couple years ago, and it’s only gotten worse. Short-term dollars (maybe); long-term value destruction. As soon as there’s a mild downturn in interest in college football, these bad bowls are going to be a financial albatross that could bankrupt smaller schools and conferences. By the way, most of these games are practically unsellable as tickets, however much the lesser bowl games’ proprietors try to pretend the contrary. It’s also a perfectly mockable emblem of the …

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