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I thought the Sun Bowl was the older and more prestigious game than the Cheez-It Bowl.

 Sorry I am late to this party.  But JohnR is correct.  There is no way we should be making a comparison.  Let Calfan enjoy his or her time in Phoenix.  Do you think we're going to see "Cheez-it Bowl" sweatshirts and hats at next year's Big Game?  (I suppose that's an improvement over the previous name, the "Motel 6 Cactus Bowl".  What were the players given in their swag bags then, a can of Lysol?)

Not only is the name crappy, their venue is also.  It used to be played at the original Sun Devil Stadium, not a bad location.  But it's now in Chase Field.  The aesthetics of a football game in a baseball-only stadium are horrible - see Seattle Bowl 2001, that Bowl Game in Wrigley, and the Harvard-Yale game in Fenway.  Both teams are squeezed along one sideline, separated by the 50 yard line. 

The Cheez-It bowl is on ESPN.  The Sun Bowl puts us on CBS.  The Sun Bowl has been around since 1935

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I thought the Sun Bowl was the older and more prestigious game than the Cheez-It Bowl.

 Sorry I am late to this party.  But JohnR is correct.  There is no way we should be making a comparison.  Let Calfan enjoy his or her time in Phoenix.  Do you think we're going to see "Cheez-it Bowl" sweatshirts and hats at next year's Big Game?  (I suppose that's an improvement over the previous name, the "Motel 6 Cactus Bowl".  What were the players given in their swag bags then, a can of Lysol?)

Not only is the name crappy, their venue is also.  It used to be played at the original Sun Devil Stadium, not a bad location.  But it's now in Chase Field.  The aesthetics of a football game in a baseball-only stadium are horrible - see Seattle Bowl 2001, that Bowl Game in Wrigley, and the Harvard-Yale game in Fenway.  Both teams are squeezed along one sideline, separated by the 50 yard line. 

The Cheez-It bowl is on ESPN.  The Sun Bowl puts us on CBS.  The Sun Bowl has been around since 1935