Two-fer Tuesday

Sid, the roving Air Force falcon.

Yesterday, the Air Force beat Georgia Tech 14-7, but the Independence Bowl was up for grabs, literally, until an Air Force defensive back swooped in and grabbed a pass right out of the GT receiver's hands at the 1 yard line in the final seconds of the game.  Winner for us, and one of the most entertaining announcer pairings of the bowl season.  Not a big crowd in Shreveport, and a great side story when the Air Force falcon flipped the bird's bird at everyone in the pregame and flew away.  Bye.  No show.  They found him in downtown Shreveport early in the second half.  Partying with some guy named Dub, I think.  Logo watch : the Advocare logo that adorned the field last night is the new title holder for absolute width, as it stretched to the 39 yard lines, but it was rather svelte, no match for Little Caesar's bulky hugeness.

This evening in Orlando, the North Carolina State Wolfpack squares off with the West Virginia Mercury Mountaineers in the Champs Sports Bowl.  WV opened at -4 and has moved to -2 1/2.  I studied up a bit on this one and I'm leaning toward NC State and the points, but the WV defense looks pretty stout.  So let's compromise and go UNDER 48 1/2.

Then comes game #2, the Insight Bowl in Tempe, featuring Missouri and Iowa. Missouri opened at -1 1/2, now as high as -3.   We got on this one at a point and a half when Iowa lost a bunch of players when they conducted their annual character evaluations.  Iowa consistently brings in mutts and gets as much as possible out of them before their problems (sex, drugs, armed robbery...quite a variety, really) become public and  the miscreants are sent off as Kirk Ferentz tilts and then slowly shakes his head, conveying the heartfelt (blech!) heartbreak of another young life gone wrong.  They oughta give him an Oscar.  Missouri broke our hearts last time we played them, so here's to hoping they get right, right now. Both teams are on consecutives of 3: Missouri wons its last 3, Iowa lost its last 3.