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A postseason trip to Birmingham, Ala., after a .500 finish in the SEC isn’t that bad after all.
According to SportsBusinessDaily, $5.4 million will be spent on gifts for players participating in bowl games this season. Individual bowl gifts can not exceed $550 per player.
Among the craziest gifts this season are hair-dryers and Fatheads. One of the coolest? An Xbox One gaming system from the folks at the Military Bowl.
Take a look at the rundown from SportsBusinessDaily:
| BOWL GAME |
|
GIFTS |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans | Fossil watch | |
| Gildan New Mexico | AudioSource Sound portable/mobile speaker; mobile phone charger; Oakley Works backpack; Oakley Enduro sunglasses/beanie; cap; Gildan blanket | |
| Royal Purple Las Vegas | Oakley Works backpack | |
| Famous Idaho Potato | Ohio backpack; winter coat; winter gloves; winter beanie; Big Game football | |
| Raycom Media Camellia | Fossil watch; cap; souvenir pylon; football | |
| Miami Beach | Under Armour sunglasses; Under Armour cap; Oakley Halifax backpack; electronics product |
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| Boca Raton | n/a | |
| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia |
$395 Best Buy gift card; Fossil watch; cap | |
| Popeyes Bahamas Bowl | Ogio Marshall Pack backpack; New Era 39Thirty cap | |
| Hawaii Bowl | Oakley Holbrook sunglasses; Oakley Works backpack; Tori Richard aloha shirt; Pro Athletics t-shirt/shorts/swim trunks; beach towel | |
| Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas | Ogio Marshall Pack backpack; beanie; Big Game football | |
| Quick Lane | $250 Best Buy gift card; Sony headphones; custom-made Fathead for each player with their likeness; various apparel; football | |
| Bitcoin St. Petersburg | Oakley Breadbox sunglasses; Oakley Works backpack | |
| Military | Microsoft Xbox One console; Under Armour backpack; Might Boom Ball speakers; beanie | |
| Hyundai Sun | Timely Watch Co. watch; Ogio Politan backpack; Helen of Troy hair dryer; Majestic fleece pullover; Top of the World cap |
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| Duck Commander Independence |
Timely Watch Co. watch; New Era ski cap; football | |
| New Era Pinstripe | Variety of New Era products | |
| National University Holiday |
$445 Best Buy gift card and shopping trip; Fossil watch; cap | |
| AutoZone Liberty | Sol Republic Deck Ultra wireless bluetooth speaker; Bulova watch; Nike athletic shoes/sport sandals/backpack; game ball | |
| Russell Athletic | $447 Best Buy gift card and shopping trip; watch; athletic performance shirt | |
| AdvoCare V100 Texas | adidas Team Speed duffel bag; cap; belt buckle | |
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City |
Fossil watch | |
| Belk | Shopping trip to Belk department store; Fossil watch | |
| Foster Farms | Fossil watch | |
| Chick-fil-A Peach | $300 Vanilla Visa gift card; Chick-fil-A gift card; Apple TV; Fossil watch; football | |
| Vizio Fiesta | Fossil watch; Ogio Rogue backpack | |
| Capital One Orange | Tourneau watch | |
| Outback | $150 Best Buy gift card; Outback Steakhouse gift card; Fossil watch; Jostens rings; cap | |
| Cotton | Information not available; bowl committee would not disclose | |
| Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus | $447 Best Buy gift card and shopping trip; watch; athletic performance shirt | |
| Rose | Fossil watch; Oakley Works backpack; New Era 59Fifty cap | |
| Allstate Sugar | Fossil watch; New Era cap | |
| Lockheed Martin Armed Forces |
Ogio Marshall Pack backpack; beanie; Big Game football | |
| TaxSlayer | Panasonic gift suite; Fossil watch | |
| Valero Alamo | GoPro Hero4 Silver camera and 32MB memory card; Fossil watch; Oakley Works backpack; Schutt mini helmet; panoramic photo | |
| TicketCity Cactus | Fossil watch; Ogio Rogue backpack | |
| Birmingham | Oakley sunglasses; beanie; hooded sweatshirt; Big Game football | |
| GoDaddy | Sol Republic Tracks Air wireless/bluetooth on-ear headphones; watch; Coleman chair; military style backpack; Wilson football | |
| CFP Championship | Information not available; bowl committee would not disclose |
