Saturday, December 27, 2025
America's only bowl game in Detroit!
One of our family traditions here in Detroit is that we all head downtown on the day after Christmas, have lunch at Zeff's, then walk over to Ford Field for the Game Above Sports Bowl Game Bowl (or something like that), which is the only bowl game played in the Midwest.
This year it matched the 5th-place team in the MAC (Central Michigan) with the 11th-place team in the Big 10 (Northwestern). Given this matchup, it was a little surprising to hear the slogan "Where Champions are Born!" in relation to this game on the PA, but I guess that it is true that at least a champion of the Game Above Sports Bowl Game Bowl was born. And, if you are wondering, said Champion was Northwestern in a blowout.
Here are some of the reasons we keep coming back:
-- Value! I got $6 tickets this year, up from $3 last year.
-- Excitement! Last year's game went to 6 overtimes, and this year
there was a bizarre touchdown/penalty/missed extra point
sequence that I still haven't figured out.
-- Hot dogs! Every year they come up with special hot dogs for
each team and then announce who wins for the most dogs
purchased (Central Michigan).
-- You get to see where the Lions play! Of course not on that day,
of course, but still....
