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We’ve talked about ridiculous college football bowl game names previously, but as the college football bowl season will kick off Saturday with a triple-header, we’re going to give you the guide to the 2010-11 bowl season with the first annual “DBD Bowl Mania”.

Saturday, Dec. 18

New Mexico Bowl (12 p.m. ESPN) — UTEP vs. BYU

BYU. Steve Young’s alma mater.

UDrove Humanitarian Bowl (3:30 p.m. ESPN) — Fresno State vs. Northern Illinois

Fresno State. Never bet against a Bulldog.

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (8 p.m. ESPN) — Troy vs. Ohio

Troy. When a team loses to Kent and Temple in the same season, they don’t get a vote of confidence.

Tuesday, Dec. 21

Beef ‘O’Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl (8 p.m. ESPN)  — Louisville vs. Southern Miss

Louisville. We took a vote. They won.

Wednesday, Dec. 22

MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Bowl (5 p.m. ESPN) —  Boise State vs. Utah

Boise State. Any team that spends 90% of the season ranked number 3 or 4 can’t be disrespected. BTW This is the best matchup outside of the New Year’s Day/BCS bowls.

Thursday, Dec. 23

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (5 p.m. ESPN) — San Diego State vs. Navy

I’m going Navy. Donnie was in the Navy, so we kind of have to go with the midshipmen.

Friday, Dec. 24

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (3 p.m. ESPN) — Tulsa vs. Hawaii

Hawaii. They never lose at home in a bowl game.

Sunday, Dec. 26

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (8:30 p.m. ESPN) — Toledo vs. FIU

In the pillow fight of the bowl season, Toledo. The only game I saw them play in they put up 60 points.

Monday, Dec. 27

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl (4 p.m. ESPN2) — Georgia Tech vs. Air Force

Air Force. A crowd from Barksdale Air Force Base will show up in Shreveport to cheer on the cadets.

Tuesday, Dec. 28

Champs Sports Bowl (6:30 p.m. ESPN) — North Carolina State vs. West Virginia

West Virginia. The Mountaineers got hot at the end of the season.

Insight Bowl (8 p.m. ESPN) — Iowa vs. Missouri

Missouri. Missouri should wear their Pro Combat unis from last year. Just throwing that out there.

Wednesday, Dec. 29

Military Bowl (2:30 p.m. ESPN) — Maryland vs. East Carolina

Maryland. Better uniforms.

Texas Bowl (5 p.m. ESPN) — Baylor vs. Illinois

Baylor. They need a bowl win to warm everyone’s heart this holiday season.

Valero Alamo Bowl (8:15 p.m. ESPN) — Arizona vs. Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State. Did you see THIS play?

Thursday, Dec. 30

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (11 a.m. ESPN) — SMU vs. Army

SMU. I saw ESPN’s 30 for 30 film Pony Exce$$. It was a great documentary.

New Era Pinstripe Bowl (3:30 p.m. ESPN) — Syracuse vs. Kansas State

Syracuse. Because they’re The Orange now, not the Orangmen anymore.

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (5:40 p.m. ESPN) — Tennessee vs. North Carolina

Tennessee. One word: Dooley.

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl (7 p.m. ESPN) — Washington vs. Nebraska

Nebraska (easily). Didn’t we already play that game this year?

Friday, Dec. 31

Meineke Car Care Bowl (12 p.m. ESPN) — Clemson vs. South Florida

Push.

Hyundai Sun Bowl (12 p.m. CBS) — Miami vs. Notre Dame

Notre Dame. We’re ready to be wrong about this one. In fact, we expect it.

AutoZone Liberty Bowl (2:30 p.m. ESPN) — Georgia vs. UCF

UCF. Upset special.

Chick-fil-A Bowl (7:30 p.m. ESPN) — Florida State vs. South Carolina

South Carolina. Marcus Lattimore is a beast.

Saturday, Jan. 1

TicketCity Bowl (11 a.m. ESPU) — Texas Tech vs. Northwestern

Texas Tech. Southern Arkansas University’s own Tommy Tuberville is the head coach for the Red Raiders. Nuff said.

Capital One Bowl (1 p.m. ESPN) — Michigan State vs. Alabama

Alabama. We don’t like settling on the Tide, but I look for last year’s Heisman winner Mark Ingram to run all over Sparty.

Outback Bowl (1 p.m. ABC) — Penn State vs. Florida

Penn State. The perennial head coach vs. the two-time retiree.

Gator Bowl (1:30 p.m. ESPN2) — Michigan vs. Mississippi State

Mississippi State. Look for the Bulldogs to corral Denard Dog.

Rose Bowl (2 p.m. ESPN) — TCU vs. Wisconsin

TCU. Because we love red-headed QBs.

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (6:30 p.m. ESPN) — Oklahoma vs. Connecticut

Everyone in unison: Oklahoma. If we have to explain this, you shouldn’t be reading our blog.

Monday, Jan. 3

Discover Orange Bowl (8:30 p.m. ESPN) — Virginia Tech vs. Stanford

Stanford. The Cardinal will defeat them with their brains.

Tuesday, Jan. 4

Allstate Sugar Bowl (7:30 p.m. ESPN) — Arkansas vs. Ohio State

Arkansas. Ohio State is like, what, 0-27 against the SEC?

Thursday, Jan. 6

GoDaddy.Com Bowl (7 p.m. ESPN) — Miami (OH) vs. Middle Tennessee

Miami (OH). The only thing I know about either of these teams in Miami won their conference championship. That’s good enough for me.

Friday, Jan. 7

AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic (7 p.m. FOX) — Texas A&M vs. LSU

LSU. What is the difference between the Aggies and Rice Crispies? Rice Crispies know what to do in a bowl.

Saturday, Jan. 8

BBVA Compass Bowl (11 a.m. ESPN) — Kentucky vs. Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh. Because their players don’t get arrested for assault.

Sunday, Jan. 9

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (6 p.m. ESPN) — Boston College vs. Nevada

Nevada. Go wolfpack. Too…Sweeeeeet!

Monday, Jan. 10

Tostitos BCS Championship Game (6:30 p.m. ESPN) —   Auburn vs. Oregon

Oregon, but hear us out. Does Oregon have Cam Newton? Didn’t think so. And the SEC is 6-0 in BCS national championship games. But, after the NCAA finds out in two years that Newton did commit some wrong in the money scandal involving his dad, the Ducks will be retroactively awarded the championship because Auburn is stripped of its wins.

We talk frequently about branding and logos and we talk about sports, so it only makes sense that these two worlds should collide as they have this week.

Most recently, there are rumors the New Jersey Nets are eyeing a rebrand when they move to Brooklyn, NY in two years. It appears, at least right now, that the Nets would change their name to the “Brooklyn New Yorkers”. Two Philadelphia lawyers filed for trademark protection for the name along with three logos.

Paint me far from impressed with the name and the logos. Not the worst I’ve ever seen, but they’re far from inspired, aren’t they?

In other branding news, the Big Ten Conference, America’s oldest and largest division 1 college athletics association, unveiled a new logo earlier this week that will be used at the beginning of the 2011-12 academic year.

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The Big Ten made its move to rebrand since they are changing from a 11-team league to a 12-team league following the addition of the University of Nebraska. A name change was out of the question since there’s already a Big 12 conference, although they only have 10 members (it’s all very complicated).

Now, the logo isn’t bad — I like the font — it’s the incorporation of the number 10 into the logo and the color that bothers me. It lacks the impact that imparts the toughness that the Big 10 is known for. The part of this rebrand that bothers me the most is the names of the divisions: “Legends” — Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern — and “Leaders” — Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin.

I get it, but it gives off a certain level of arrogance and is just kind of weird. I will give them props for trying to be different, though.

We’ll keep you updated as things change.