The Final Week.

Tonight, Boise State vs TCU Mean Looking Guys. 
Tomorrow it's Iowa vs Georgia Tech. 
Wednesday, Troy vs. Central Michigan.
Thursday night, Texas vs Alabama.
Then it's over for 7 1/2 months.
Withdrawal symptoms start Friday.

as previously posted
Boise State (13-0) vs TCU (12-0) -7 O/U 55

The Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, that's by Phoenix, and I think I played golf there once and had a great time   Monday 7:00 p.m.
This is going to be a fabulous football game. TCU hit our radar waaay back at the beginning of the season with the promise of great things to come, and they have delivered. Boise State has been a favorite for a few years now, and while their blue turf has become tiresome, their performances have remained outstanding. I'm going TCU, but I think 7 points is stretching it. I think this game will be an UNDER play.
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I took the family to the Tampa beach for the week, culminating with our attending the Outback Bowl.  Some observations, in no particular order:

• Raymond James Stadium is superior to anything Chicago currently has, has previously had, and will likely every have.  Superior in every respect.
• While standing in the rain waiting for the gates to open, we met a very nice young couple from Auburn. 
• While watching the US Marine Corps band (before getting in line in the rain to wait for the gates to open) we met two incredibly nasty, granny-aged bitches from Auburn. The war ended in 1865, hags.
• Northwestern travels verrrry well, and the student section was loud and strong in its support right to the end.
• One drawback at Raymond James: the floors on the concourse have a sealer on them that makes them dangerously slick when they're wet. 
• It rained a lot, before and during the game.
• Mrs. PFOS got knocked down by another woman on the concourse who was in the process of falling on the slick floors.
• The halftime show performance with all the high school bands was pretty good.
• The pregame flyover was canceled.  We assume it was because of the weather.
• There were a lot of empty seats at the game. 
• Concession prices were pretty obscene.

We were amazed at the number of Confederate flags that we saw flying as we traveled.