Here we go again! More bowl games and the return of the Sprawl Bowl to Newnan (COLUMN)

Today is Friday December 28 which is Day 14 of the 2012 college football bowl season with three on today’s docket.

From Albuquerque to Boise to Charlotte, we have had a bevy of bowls with sponsorships for t-shirts, potatoes, a flower, a restaurant, a truck carrier and a southern based department store chain.
Today we will have sponsors of athletic apparel, auto repair and health wellness for the bowls but there will be other bowls with other sponsors.
The count of bowls for this season is 34 and we didn’t count the BCS title game which is considered a bowl until it’s extinction after next year’s bowl season.
Of the bowls that will appear on television, ESPN/ABC will broadcast all but two of these games as FOX will handle the Cotton Bowl and CBS will delve into the Sun Bowl on Monday between Southern Cal and Georgia Tech.
Years ago I wrote about having a bowl in Newnan called the Sprawl Bowl as the City of Homes was growing a lot and a number of shopping centers and business were putting down roots.
I had this well-coordinated with a parade and all sorts of ceremonies and yes I was having way too much fun with this and eventually the Sprawl Bowl went into hiding.
Until now.
I am having to bring this back just to show how crazy bowl season is to the masses.
I am going right to the parade which will begin at Jackson Street and travel to Newnan High School.
Danny “Boomer” Bishop has been shown a lot of love lately and that should continue as he is the grand marshall for the parade.
Boomer will ride in a car that will have his favorite teams’ logos as Braves, Newnan Cougars and Georgia Tech stuff will adorn the ride.
I guess the bands from East Coweta, Newnan and Northgate as well as their competitive cheerleading squads can appear as well as bands and cheerleaders from the respective middle schools.
We will have to remember one important detail and that is to not have these groups behind the horses.
We will try to schedule the parade around sporting events.
We need a big luncheon like the other bowl game so I am thinking of Sprayberry’s on Jackson or the Redneck.
At the luncheon, Newnan mayor Keith Brady will present the coaches with keys to the city and the teams will have some things to say about the game.
There will be other activities involved with the bowl such as a trip to Senoia to visit the set of “Walking Dead” and a special edition of the Turin Tractor Pull.
I don’t want to disrespect the pull because it is enjoyed by all who attend but my idea of a pull is some of the players from team can pull the tractors.
There will be other activities but I am not that creative and this would take too long to list in this column.
We still need a stadium to play this in and to assign a network to broadcast said game with the most important aspect is to invite a pair of teams.
I think we play one quarter each at Drake Stadium (Newnan), Shoemake (East Coweta) and Seldon (Northgate) with the final stanza to be played at the Temple Avenue recreation facility.
The game will be sponsored by the Cancer Treatment Centers of America who has their new facility in Newnan.
The combatants will be Louisiana Tech who was spurned by the bowls and Marshall University since the “We Are Marshall” movie was filmed here.
The final touch is to select a network and since ESPN has a huge plate, we need to go elsewhere like FOX, CBS or NBC.
I did think of TBS but they are very funny and this bowl is very ridiculous so I think we will go with NuLink cable channel 10 to handle the broadcast.
There we go. I have presented the ridiculous and sublime of a bowl and I have shown it can be played anywhere, sponsored by anybody and broadcast by any station.
Enjoy the games as there are more to come.