Good thing I’m not a gambler
I want to go ahead and extend my apologies to the following football programs. I’m participating in the ESPN College Bowl Mania picke’em game. I have picked you to win your respective games. That is, in essence, the kiss of death. My apologies to these schools:
NC STate
Fresno State
TCU
Alabama
Iowa
Virginia Tech
Auburn
Notre Dame
West Virginia (I didn’t realize they were playing Georgia in the Sugar Bowl – in Atlanta!)
Penn State
Texas
I’m 8-9 right now, having chosen only 2 of the last 7 correctly. Methinks this could be a record breaking year – in futility!
A few more thoughts about this year’s bowl season:
* Did anyone else think it was a little cruel to make Louisiana State play the Hurricanes, considering the devastation of Katrina and Rita? Of course, the Tigers ran all over Miami, and that’s how it should be.
* I think there should be a minimum distance a team should have to travel. I mean, come on – Boise State and Arizona State playing on their home fields? Doesn’t really seem like a bowl atmosphere as much as it does a key regular season matchup. That didn’t really help Boise State though. They still lost.
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And you call your self a sports fan?
Dearest Matt:
I read your latest entry and must correct you. I considered not responding at all considering you are 8-9 but I figured what the heck when a mans down kick ’em! Maybe I should first say that I was 12-5 in my bowl pick…stinking Oregon messed up the perfect(at the time) bowl games for the mighty PAC-10 but I digress. In any case, I must say that Arizona State did not play on home field, home state yes, but not home feild. Home field is at Sun Devil Staduim in Tempe,AZ (the greatest stadium in college football). They were playing in downtown Phoenix, AZ. Why I have no idea….like ASU needed home ‘court’ anyways! I hope you don’t sense ANY bias here at all. I was raised to be un-biased in all things except ‘Star Wars Monoploy’. Just thought a retraction and correction is needed in your journal….after all any major news network might read this and not call you for any interview due to this error.
Un-biased Arizona State Alumni
Kevin R. Miller
aka Sara’s BETTER half
Re: And you call your self a sports fan?
Stupid Oregon! I say that with all sincerity.
I stand corrected about the Sun Devils playing on a “neutral” field. But, you’ve gotta admit – 10.35 miles is not exactly traveling across the country! They could have slept in their own beds before the game. It was a good game, though. Hardly neutral. Regardless, I think the game would have had the same result. At lest the coach didn’t complain about the pregame banquet. Apparently, the BC staff thought the dinner turned into a Boise State pep rally.
I think West Virginia got a raw deal in this mess, too. I know the Sugar Bowl wasn’t originally supposed to be in Atlanta, but I’m sure playing the Bulldogs in the Georgia Dome is not exactly a friendly environment.
Don’t worry – I couldn’t smell any bias at all! ;{)} By the way, I’m up to 10-10. I’m not feeling too good about the rest, though.
You guys aren’t on fire, are you?