About Bowl.Guru
Welcome to Bowl.Guru — where bowl season isn’t the epilogue to college football… it’s the climax.
For many fans, Saturdays are sacred. Tailgates and Touchdowns, Hail Mary’s and Heartache, but for some, like our friends in the SEC or Big Ten, it’s about playoff brackets and national titles. But for me? Bowl season is the prize.
I’m Brian, your Bowl Guru. I was born and raised out West, Pac-10 born, raised, and proud. I came of football age watching “Pac-12 After Dark” with a cold drink in hand and the smell of BBQ drifting through the Desert Arboretum. I became a Pac-12 season ticket holder and counted down every season not to the CFP, but to six wins — the magic number that meant an extra game.
For my Sun Devils, bowl season was our championship. Holiday. Cactus. Vegas. Sun. I’ve road-tripped to all of them. My dad and I made bowl season our own tradition — Christmas breaks that turned into 24-hour blitzes or five-day football benders. We met legends like Coach Frank Kush. We downed vodka and OJ with Hostess doughnuts for breakfast, Tin Cup whiskey by noon, and closed the night with a Jon Pardi/Kip Moore concert on the Strip after the final snap at Sam Boyd.
That’s what Bowl.Guru is about.
This site exists to celebrate every bowl game — not just the playoff, but the full buffet. The ones with weird sponsors, half-empty stands, and wild finishes. The ones played on baseball diamonds or named after potatoes. The ones that matter most to the teams who aren’t given a shot otherwise.
We also do things right. Because if there’s one thing that drives us nuts — and I mean rage-screaming-at-the-TV nuts — it’s lazy bowl projections. My dad and I both lose it when someone lists Arizona instead of Arizona State (seriously?), puts a 5-7 team in over a 6-6 one like it’s no big deal, or screws up basic tie-ins and rotation rules. You want to write about bowls? Learn how the damn system works. We obsess over every clause in the selection process so you don’t have to.
Here, you’ll find:
- Nerdy rankings and bowl projections
- Deep dives into matchups and storylines
- Nostalgic nods to bowl games of the past
- Road trip ideas and tailgating tips
- And plenty of irreverent commentary, because this is college football, not church (but don’t tell some SECs fans, pretty sure it’s the same thing over there
Whether you’re a fan of a blueblood program or a 6-6 underdog squeaking into the Quick Lane Bowl, this is your bowl season home.
Because every bowl game is someone’s championship.
Welcome to the Guru’s domain.
Grab a drink. Embrace the chaos. Let the bowls begin.