What a Stinker!

Last night's MAACO Bowl Las Vegas was just a mess.  This was the game I thought would be fun to attend.  Thank heaven that that was just wishful thinking!

Watching these two teams last night was like watching the guy who plays left field for the Chicago Cub battle a pop fly.  There were more mistakes than you could count: dropped passes, fumbles, plays negated by penalties, blocked kicks, missed kicks, you name it.  Brent Musberger stopped using the big dramatic voice after the third or fourth time that he was left flat, building to screaming announcer-guy crescendo, only to have a big-play pass dropped or called back...and those were the passes that were within hailing distance of their intended target.  There were more errant missiles in this comedy than a Dick Cheney hunting trip.  The referees weren't immune from whatever malaise overtook this contest, as replays showed a number of their calls to be, shall we say "worthy of debate". Brent and Herbie went off in Q4, discussing every subject imaginable, as they had had enough.

This thing got so screwy that in the fourth quarter, on an end around option pass deep in Utah territory, the Boise player threw and then caught his own pass...for no gain.  Amazing, and inept, just like the whole game. The final was 26-3.

As for us, we initially bet the over, then later picked Boise State -17 to go with it.  The late bet gives us a push, and we will bury this and move on.

Flooded Quaalcom.  Anchors aweigh, go Navy!

Tonight, if they can dry out the field in San Diego, we have picked the Navy +4 1/2. 

By the way, the torrential rains that hit the Las Vegas area and caused some very big damage (in Arizona, homes adjoining drainage channels were washed away as the culverts turned into raging rivers)  raised the water level in beleaguered Lake Meade...by 2/10ths of an inch.

The lake is still 130 below optimal pool level.