The Most Wonderful Week of The Year?
Thursday, December 20, 2007
The Florida Atlantic Owls make Bowl Week a can't miss.I don't know if ESPN is still running its, "Bowl Week, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" commercials, but if they are they're practicing false advertisement. Tonight kicks off said bowl week with the San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. The what what in the what now? It pits 8-4 and unranked Utah versus 8-4 and unranked Navy who will be breaking in a new coach since their old one jumped ship for Georgia Tech. I would never watch this game in the regular season, why would it help ESPN Bowl Week be "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?" Did I mention that Navy never throws the ball?
Tomorrow night things really get exciting in the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Who are the R&L Carriers and what do they carry? Memphis versus Florida Atlantic. Yes, they play football at Memphis and yes Florida Atlantic is a real school. Actually, I think DeAngelo Williams went to Memphis, and even better, Howard Schnellenberger is the coach at Florida Atlantic. Schnellenberger, it's fun to say. If those two games haven't left you overstimulated, then you're in for a treat on Saturday. They crazy schedulers are laying three blockbusters on us, making for quite possibly the most magical day of the year. It will be a triple header consisting of the Papajohns.com Bowl (why even add the .com in there? Just to piss me off? Why not just the Papa John's Bowl?), the New Mexico Bowl (yes, a simple name with no corporate logos!), and the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl. There will be two top 25 teams playing in this triple header! They won't be playing each other, of course, but who would want to see that anyway? We probably couldn't handle it.
Thank God they scheduled Sunday's Sheraton Hawaii Bowl for 8 pm. If I had to choose between the Browns playoff push and the Boise State/East Carolina dream match-up, I just don't know what I'd do. Thankfully, the Bowl Week schedulers were wise enough to give us Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off this year to let us catch our breaths. Trust me, it looks like a hole in the schedule now, but you'll need it after Saturday's triple header and Sunday's barnburner. They bring the noise one more time on Wednesday, though, with the Motor City Bowl. Can Central Michigan avenge it's 45-22 regular season loss to Purdue? And I thought TNT knew drama.
On Thursday finally, for the bravehearted sports fans who've made it through the week, we're rewarded with an interesting game. We get #12 Arizona State versus # 17 Texas in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. Good times! Legend faithful, enjoy your Bowl Week, "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," but enjoy it in moderation. Watching this many exciting games night after night could be hazardous to your health.
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