San Jose State: 2015 Cure Bowl Champions

The Cure Bowl, not even the No. 2 bowl on Orlando's depth chart, is a first-year endeavor that pitted 6-6 Georgia State against 5-7 San Jose State, which was only bowling because of good academic progress by previous SJSU teams.

There are probably too many bowls, in part because players are not paid money for these things. They instead get minor bowl gifts in addition to their other non-monetary compensation. That means all revenue rushes freely throughout the system, uninhibited by the kinds of natural market things* that tend to limit artificial sprawl in all other forms of labor-dependent entertainment.

If we were to start slashing bowls, this would be one of the very first to go. If we required winning records to make bowl games, this would've certainly been the easiest one to slash this year. If I were capable of feeling shame about enjoying a sporting event, it would've been while watching this game.

As Josh Oliver scored with 2:40 left in the fourth quarter to put the Spartans up by two scores, SJSU's players looked pretty happy. They were miming jump shots on the sideline when an Andre Chachere interception clinched a 27-16 win and 6-7 record. They surrounded retiring defensive coordinator Greg Robinson, who joined them in dancing.

Those players looked pretty happy before the game, too. We know GSU's players were happy to be in Orlando, considering this was the first postseason football game in school history.

I don't know how much longer this market can bear expanding until things change. But as long as players still feel good about participating in these things, we might as well keep adding them.

San Jose State: 2012 Military Bowl Champions

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- San Jose State quarterback David Fales set a Military Bowl record with 395 yards passing and the Spartans earned their first 11-win season since 1940 with a 29-20 victory over Bowling Green on Thursday at RFK Stadium.

Freshman Austin Lopez kicked a go-ahead field goal with 4:43 remaining. Senior defensive end Travis Johnson sealed the victory by capping his brilliant San Jose State career with a sack that forced a fumble recovered by teammate Keith Smith.

That turnover gave the Spartans the ball with 4:22 left and SJSU punched in a 1-yard touchdown by De'Leon Eskridge with 2:34 left.

Travis Raciti knocked down a fourth-down pass by Bowling Green's Matt Schilz on the Falcons' final

Fales finished the game 33 of 43 and finished the season with a school-record shattering 4,193 yards.

Fales gave the Spartans a 19-13 lead with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Chandler Jones in the third quarter.

San Jose State was trailing 13-10 after Bowling Green returned a Fales fumble to the 8-yard line and scored a play later.

But the Spartans got a big spark from their special teams, with clutch performer Bene Benwikere blocking a punt the Falcons' Brian Schmiedebusch. The ball sailed toward the end zone where SJSU tried to recover for a touchdown. It instead went for a safety that made it 13-12 and helped turn the game in the Spartans' favor.

The 11 wins for San Jose State are the most in its history as a major college program, which dates back to 1950. The Spartans improved to 6-3 all-time in bowls and close the season with a seven-game winning streak.