Bill's Bowl Blog

Big Bowl Blowout Blastoff

What’s up, football fanatics? Are you ready for a day of mud, blood and nonstop, bone-crunching hits? Well, it would be advisable to prepare yourself accordingly, because today is a colorful buffet of college bowl appearances: You got the New Mexico Bowl today at 2:30, pitting 7-5 Fresno State against 6-6 Colorado State; You got 6-6 Memphis takin’ on the South Florida squad at 4:30; and you can’t forget about the august December classic known as the Las Vegas Bowl startin’ at 8, where 10-2 Brigham Young wants to continue its rampage all over 7-5 Arizona’s head. And, oh by the way — as we say in the Pentagon — even as I write this the Naval Academy Midshipmen are getting set for a rematch against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons today at 11. We’ll have total, wall-to-wall coverage here on the blog, skippered by Military Times Senior Sportswriter Mike Hoffman and ably supported by ace shooter Amy McCullough and your humble correspondent. Let’s get to it!