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TL;DR: Donate Here - Deadline Nov 18.
/r/CFB’s sponsoring a bowl game… again! 🏴☠️
/r/CFB is the “Official Fan Voice of the Game” of the 2025 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl… this time with a lot more stuff!
Like last year, the Gasparilla Bowl is the lead-in to the first game of the first round of the 12-team playoff.
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
December 19, 2025 on ESPN
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
What’s going to happen?
After last season, we wanted to make things bigger and better, and this year we can bring you more — powered by Reddit Community Funds:
- Some of the best comments from the Game Thread will be featured on the stadium videoboard in the 4th quarter (curated): we’re going to have more of them this year. Here’s what it looked like last season!
- Every time one of the teams is in the Red Zone, the PA and video board will mention it’s the "/r/CFB Red Zone"
- The stadium video board will feature the /r/CFB logo, mentions, etc., along with a QR code to the website.
- Charitable check presentation on the field. Here’s last year’s.
- /r/CFB media will cover the game, along with social media takeover.
- [🚨NEW!] “/r/CFB Fan Invasion”: /r/CFB will also be sponsoring the free fanfest outside Raymond James Stadium starting 3 hours before the game where they have events, food, concerts, a bunch of people dressed as pirates, etc.
- [🚨NEW!] “/r/CFB Booth in Fan Invasion”: One of the booths in the /r/CFB Fan Invasion will have a subreddit theme; the bowl marketing team is working with us on some fun ideas, TBA!
- [🚨NEW!] /r/CFB Member Zone: 50x Club Level tickets to be given to /r/CFB users. These ticket-holders will also get the pre-game On-Field experience. Details of this will be provided at a later date.
- [🚨NEW!] /r/CFB Member Zone recognition on video board, as well as recognition on video board for the /r/CFB Fan Invasion.
- [🚨NEW!] Discount ticket code for /r/CFB members
All of the above is already taken care of and completely independent of any fundraising done through our 501©(3) non-profit, OurCFB.
Let’s support Gasparilla Bowl Gives Back:
Want to be part of it? We’re going right back to our roots with a charitable fund drive.
OurCFB will collect donations to give to the “Gasparilla Bowl Gives Back” program, to be dispersed to important non-profits in the local community, including Bullard Family Foundation, Chi Chi Rodriguez Foundation, Feeding Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Vincent Jackson Family Foundation, and Tampa Bay Waterkeeper.
Every dollar received will be donated.
Donate Here - Deadline Nov 18
As a 501©(3), we have optimized donation options: PayPal (Preferred) has no fee; we get 100% of what you donate. Venmo gives a lower transaction fee to federally-recognized non-profits.
All donations will be recognized below!
- We have a new, hopefully easier system for attributing your donation to your username and/or chosen school.
- Anonymous donations are allowed, we will assume donations are anonymous unless informed otherwise (preferably using the recognition form on OurCFB).
- We have team logos for over 2000 schools worldwide, so attribution can be to any program on earth! (full list)
- There is no recommended minimum for this charitable drive; though points for flair (see below) are awarded in $10 increments
This drive is not a replacement for the annual Holiday Drive.
Donor Recognition:
- All individuals who donate will receive the prestigious /r/CFB Donor Award flair, with donations also accruing points towards /r/CFB Patron and /r/CFB Booster Awards. (see awards.redditcfb.com)
- The team that has the most donors will receive an extra alternate flair option. (see upcoming explanation in comments by /u/bakonydraco)
Donor List
We will keep a running tally of individual donations and optional attribution (reddit usernames and chosen team) in chronological order. NOTE: We do try to keep this list updated at least a few times a day, often more. Items are manually transcribed, so if there’s an error, just PM me!
| # | Team | User | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USC | /u/Honestly_ | $50.00 |
| 2* | UCF | /u/DampFrijoles | $35.00 |
| 2* | FIU | /u/DampFrijoles | $15.00 |
| 3 | TLSA | /u/CptCheese | $50.00 |
| 4 | ALA | /u/crimsonarm | $25.00 |
[remember: in old view you can see all the school flairs in the list — Check it out!]
* split donation attributed to more than one school.
TOTAL: $175.00 [there will be an extended delay on updates today, 11/11, as I teach until evening]
DEADLINE: November 18th @ Midnight ET
TL;DR:/r/CFB is sponsoring the Gasparilla Bowl again! This time with many more features. We’re using this announcement as an opportunity to do a fund drive to support charitable causes in the Tampa area, with donations made to OurCFB that will be passed on (DONATE HERE). Donors will receive special flair; the team that has the most donors will receive an extra alternate flair option.