Our pals Biggirl and Man50D will get to enjoy their UConn Huskies in the Meineke Car Care Bowl against Wake Forest at 1 Eastern (on ESPN) Now, I'm up late pouring over all of the hype leading up to the Hawkeye Cauci but I did want to say that it has been an immense pleasure getting to know the football version of the Huskies this season. It might be a little rainy and wet for this one, but it will be 65 degrees for a high. Why can't it be 65 degrees today where I live, damn it?
UCF will take on Mississippi State in the Liberty Bowl (4:30 pm on ESPN) You may know that the Knights of Central Florida won their first C-USA Championship of the World a few weeks ago beating Tulsa, and that the Bulldogs beat Ole Miss as the t-shirts they printed clearly state. What you may not know is that UCF running back Kevin Smith has run for 2,448 yards this season (181 away from Barry Sanders' all time record)--and that Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom looks kind of like my old high school track coach but that's neither here nor there.
As a nightcap, Penn State will play Texas A&M in the Alamo Bowl (8 pm, ESPN) Rumors of Joe Paterno's demise have, as one might have guessed, been greatly exaggerated. But most importantly, Erin Andrews will be on the sidelines so set your TiVo's and make sure your wives and girlfriends don't find out. It'll be our little secret. ;)
Enjoy the games. Someone wake me up in time for the Meineke Bowl, please.