Promoters of Mr. Irrelevant create Irrelevant Bowl for college football's worst teams

We know how great “Mr. Irrelevant” is when it comes to the final pick in every NFL Draft, so why not take it college football?

Well, that’s what Hall of Fame promoter Roy Englebrecht wants to do with the Irrelevant Bowl. So how does this work? College football won’t celebrate mediocrity exactly with this postseason game.

If your team struggled to win a game or lost every single game during the season, this game is for you and those fans for one last chance!

“No polls, no rankings, no controversy, just two winless or near winless teams looking for redemption and one elusive win,” Englebrecht, who hopes to launch the inaugural Irrelevant Bowl in 2024, said in a release. “Knowing that the NCAA has become more flexible with the number of team’s wins to qualify for a bowl, I will petition the NCAA asking them to grant a waiver in 2024 so that two teams would be eligible to play in the inaugural Irrelevant Bowl.”

Can you imagine two 0-12 teams or teams with one win play somewhere to determine that they are not the worst in college football?

“If there had been an Irrelevant Bowl played this past December, it would have ‘featured’ 2-10 Vanderbilt facing 1-11 Akron,” the release read. “The Irrelevant Bowl will provide six figure payouts to two teams, along with team travel, team loading lodging, and team meals in a host city to be determined. And should either of the last two teams picked pass on playing, the next lowest team would be invited.”

That’s the key right there. Look at the final part of the statement: should either of the last two teams picked pass on playing.

It’s not the best thing to be in this bowl game, should it happen. Not that we think it would encourage losing because well, losing can be embarrassing. Especially if it’s in abundance.

Should the goal be to lose out and play in this game? Absolutely not.

What does it really prove? That you can win one game? Or a second or third?

It’ll be a feel good moment on a bigger stage, which has to feel nice for the winning team. The loser of the Irrelevant Bowl though won’t feel as nice.

At least they’ll get a trip to a game and have an experience. Where will be the Irrelevant Bowl be held?

“To be considered as a host city for this monumental event, a city would place a bid in the first quarter of 2024 covering lodging and meals for the two teams, all stadium expenses, and a $1,000,000 site fee,” the release said. “The host city would retain all event revenue including ticket sales, concessions sales, and parking revenue.”

Thank god they won’t call it the Toilet Bowl.