Someone is trying to make the Irrelevant Bowl happen.
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As it stands now in college football, to reach one of the 40-plus bowl games, a team must finish the year with a record of at least 6-6 to qualify. However, there appears to be one potential bowl brewing in which the goal is the opposite — having the two worst teams battle it out.
Promoter Roy Englebrecht wants to institute the "Irrelevant Bowl," which would feature the two worst teams in college football.
The guys who celebrate “Mr. Irrelevant,” the last pick in the NFL Draft, have announced the Irrelevant Bowl, featuring the worst 2 teams in college football next year.
Bowl is looking for a venue.
This year, it would have been 2-10 Vanderbilt facing 1-11 Akron. pic.twitter.com/xNk2T0y4Ls
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 10, 2024
As sports business analyst Darren Rovell points out, the two worst teams from this past season would've been Vanderbilt at 2-10 and Akron at 1-11.
"No polls, no rankings, no controversy, just two winless or near winless teams looking for redemption and one elusive win," Englebrecht said. "Knowing that the NCAA has become more flexible with the number of team's wins to qualify for a bowl, I will petition the NCAA asking them to grant a waiver in 2024 so that two teams would be eligible to play in the inaugural Irrelevant Bowl."
Englebrecht is best known for his boxing and MMA promotions, and he was part of the group that founded the Laker Girls.
While it's not certain how coaches and players would feel about playing in such a game, fans on X are loving the concept.
https://twitter.com/morganjonfox/status/1745122042146382002
"Hold up. I would watch the s—- out of this," one user wrote.
Okay I’m not sure if this is real or not, but this would be real sickos behavior, and therefore the sorta carrying on I can get behind 😆 https://t.co/RsviRYed9X pic.twitter.com/fDPxJHK2v2
— Flex Luthor (@SirRantAndRave) January 10, 2024
"Okay I'm not sure if this is real or not, but this would be real sickos behavior, and therefore the sorta carrying on I can get behind," another user wrote.
Others aren't such big fans of the idea, though.
There’s zero chance this actually ends up happening. Why would any team want to play in this game 💀 https://t.co/Q9n7ZdqVXx
— PSC Highlights (@psc_highlights) January 10, 2024
"There's zero chance this actually ends up happening," one user wrote. "Why would any team want to play in this game."
Imagine trying to recruit the year after you play in the Irrelevant Bowl 🤦♂️
There's bad ideas, and then there is this. Just terrible! https://t.co/IVJBDbdxmJ
— T'N'T College Football Podcast (@TNTCollegeFoot1) January 10, 2024
"Imagine trying to recruit the year after you play in the Irrelevant Bowl," someone else said. "There's bad ideas, and then there is this. Just terrible!"
This is dumb and patronizing, will not happen, and those aren't the two worst teams. https://t.co/5g3Phw70xW
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) January 10, 2024
"This is dumb and patronizing, will not happen, and those aren't the two worst teams," a user said.
The requirements to become the game's host city include: "a bid in the first quarter of 2024 covering lodging and meals for the two teams, all stadium expenses, and a $1,000,000 site fee. The host city would retain all event revenue including ticket sales, concessions sales, and parking revenue."
