The 2024-2025 college football bowl season continues to push forward, taking a break today for the NFL to take center-stage. With that pause in the action it gives us here at Football-Bowl.com a moment to reflect on some notable pieces to the puzzle that has been this year’s bowl season.

Most Impressive Bowl Win

The Most impressive win of the bowl season so far has been #8 seed Ohio State crushing #9 seed Tennessee in the opening round of the College Football Playoff. Seeing TCU dominate their bowl game and Syracuse’s offense with Kyle McCord has been quite impressive as well, but the Buckeyes win in the CFP to get things started is easily the most impressive win.

Most Surprising Loss

Watching Colorado play last night was tough. They were totally outmanned even with Travis Hunter and company playing. It was 20-0 BYU at the half, and when Sander to Hunter got the Buffs on the board, the defense could not get off the field to keep the momentum. BYU took the 34-14 win and made Deion Sanders’ team look silly.

Most Impressive Band

Watching the Ohio State vs. Tennessee game was one that impressed with the bands as both sounded good over the TV airwaves, but what was even more impressive were the two bands in the Ohio Bobcats vs. Jacksonville State game. The TV cameras must have had their microphones well-placed as both marching bands sounded amazing during the game, and the Ohio University Marching 110 already has a (well-deserved) reputation as one of the most impressive bands on the planet.

What the heck did I just see?

The Snoop Dog Bowl is a cool idea. Truly unique all-around. But my eyes are still trying to figure out what I saw with the start of the halftime as Snoop Dog “led” the Miami (OH) and Colorado State bands as they played his hit song Who Am I? I understand there may have been time constraints with receiving music, etc., but how the heck are you on TV playing with a flip folder? All of the good marching bands in high school and above memorize their music. Here is your big moment bands, but no matter the reason it looked tacky and amateur…