My goal this year is to pay attention to all bowls featuring a match-up of teams with winning records. In other words skip the contests featuring 6-6 clubs as they have no reason to be rewarded with post-season play. So New Mexico Bowl, showcasing 6-6 BYU and 6-6 UTEP on 12/18? Sorry, but I will be watching college hoops or making eggnog or buying presents. Beef O' Brady's Bowl on 12/21? Not only do I have no idea what that means, but 6-6 Louisville does not merit December watching (until next year as the program is turning around). Little Ceasar's Bowl featuring 6-6 Florida International? Nope (and how has this game survived?). The next one is the toughest one as Air Force and 6-6 Georgia Tech square off in what could be an interesting Independence Bowl game on 12/27. So I may cheat there. But the double header on 12/29 of the Military Bowl and Texas Bowl with 6-6 ECU and 6-6 Illinois respectively? They are easy to pass on. Another potential dilemma occurs the following day wen Army takes on SMU in the Armed Forces Bowl. Right now the Cadets are 6-5 but Navy still looms on the schedule. Later that day I will skip the Holiday Bowl, annually one of the better bowl games, as it features 6-6 Washington getting crushed by Nebraska for the 2nd time this season. On New Year's Eve I will focus in on the Sun Bowl at the expense of the Meineke Car Care (with 6-6 Clemson) and Liberty (6-6 Georgia) Bowls. January 1 is thankfully free of .500 teams, but it is sad that 5 teams sporting 7-5 records get to play on that day including one (Michigan) whose coach may get canned. And later in January a 6-6 Middle Tennessee team is somehow playing in a bowl game that I will skip as too a 6-6 Kentucky squad. Sorry, but by then I will be burned out on games. Although if I am still alive in my bowl pool...
