Holt:

There will be plenty of college football games worth watching this bowl season. There will also be plenty of ridiculous bowl sponsorships, creating awkwardly long titles for ESPN’s announcers to have to say a few dozen times. Try saying “The Anheuser-Busch/Sony Playstation 3 Festive Bonanza Bowl,” three times fast, or “Military Bowl Presented by Northrup Grumman.” Then try to figure out which of those two I made up.

The BCS National Championship Game stands out, as it might be a triple-double-overtime-to-the-max 154-149 affair that should be wildly entertaining. Obviously the Rose Bowl will have lots of eyes tuning in to Pasadena.

But here’s a bowl nobody will watch, one I declare the worst bowl of bowl season: the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl.

The bowl doesn’t have the name-power of say, the New Orleans Bowl, which features giants Miami of Ohio and Troy. Instead, it has exponentially greater name-power, featuring historical football powers Nebraska and Washington.

We can complain about Washington sneaking in at 6-6, needing a one-touchdown win over 2-10 Washington State in the Apple Cup to become bowl-eligible. Even with touted quarterback Jake Locker, the Huskies average just 200 passing yards a game and 22 points per game.

The No. 18 Huskers should roll over the Huskies behind Taylor Martinez and Roy Helu, Jr.

But the worst part of this is the fact the Huskers already rolled over the Huskies, a 56-21 demolishing back in September.

Locker went 4-for-20 in that game. Nebraska’s defense was impenetrable against a Washington team that really just wasn’t that good – and still isn’t.

The Holiday Bowl was required to take the Huskies because the Huskies were the only available Pac-10 team. One thing bowls try very mightily to do when selecting teams is to avoid rematches from years past, let alone ones from the same season.

If there are any Washington fans still out there, they might want to avoid this Oklahoma-Connecticut caliber mismatch. Nebraska’s fans might be better off watching the Big Ten bowls to scout next year’s competition, rather than the laugher (part two) that’s bound to occur in San Diego Dec. 30.

Fiammetta:

So, let’s say Saturday afternoon rolls around, and you’ve got something to do. Shovel the sidewalk or your front lawn. Take the kids to a friend’s house. Entertain your roommates. Drink away finals-induced sorrow. Finally get your holiday shopping done. Whatever.

But wait! Saturday afternoon means college football’s on! And it’s December! Bowl season! S*!

Well, if you happen to find yourself in this scenario, you better hope it’s Dec. 18. That’s the opening day of the bowl season, where you get such gems as the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl (N. Illinois vs. Fresno State) and the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (Ohio vs. Troy). Forget that neither of those companies means anything to you, and forget that those four teams suck – though Wisconsin does play N. Illinois next year, at Solider Field, no less.

But, without further ado, let me introduce you to the New Mexico Bowl: the worst bowl game of 2010. In this matchup – aptly named after probably the worst team in the nation, the 1-11 New Mexico Lobos, you get two 6-6 squads from the Conference USA and Mountain West: UTEP and BYU. The UTEP Miners failed to strike gold (pun totally intended) this season, finishing 3-5 and tied for fourth in the C-USA West. The BYU Cougars, meanwhile, finished in a three-way tie for third in the MWC at 5-3.

Add to the fact that the Cougars will probably crush the Miners, and you’ve got a great day to actually get out of the house. Heck, go buy Mom that iPod she thinks she wants but you know she’ll never use.

BYU’s leading rusher and receiver is named JJ Di Luigi, so that’s kind of a cool name. He’s got 819 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on the year, as well as 42 catches for 422 yards and a touchdown. UTEP doesn’t really have any cool names among their top performers. That’s a shame.

To make matters worse, there probably won’t even be a lot of points scored in this game. BYU has given up only 21.4 points per game, good for 32nd (32nd!) in the nation. UTEP, meanwhile, only surrenders 25.4 points per game. But, hey, if you’re looking for a 17-10 thriller between the most mediocre two of the nation’s weakest conferences have to offer, then this is your game. Sorry Mom, no iPod!