That's a lot of time so I cooked a nice breakfast, watched some shows I had stored on my DVR (did you know Storage Wars was still on?), and then before the games began, I realized we didn't have Christmas cards to mail out so I made a run to Ollie's Bargain Outlet to get some. While I was there I picked up a pile of snacks for bowl game watching.
What did I buy? Ollie's has an odd assortment of non-regional snack foods and the best prices on beef jerky on planet Earth.
Why yes, that is a bag of Peppered Bacon potato chips. The chips look like they were left out in a wild fire. And two bags of jerky. Ollie's is the THE place to go for jerky, one of the most overpriced foods.
On to the games!
Troy vs. North Texas
This game is usually the domain of Louisiana-Lafayette, the Ragin' Cajuns, but they finished 5-7 and were maybe the one Sun Belt team that didn't make a bowl. The Cajuns had played in five of the past six New Orleans bowl games.
Troy jumped out to an early 15-0 lead before North Texas made it tight at the half, down 22-20
I took a pass on the second half to get to the next game, the Autonation Cure Bowl.
Troy hammered the Mean Green in the second half, winning 50-30.
My pick: Troy. They did beat LSU.
What did I eat: Some of the peppery beef jerky and a few of the bacon chips.
Bowl Swag: Players get a trip through the gift suite and a Fossil watch.
Fun fact: North Texas University has a bounty of famous alums including Don Henley, Dr. Phil, Pat Boone and Mean Joe Greene, the greatest Steelers players.
Great cause for this game, supporting women with breast cancer. Second straight game with the Sun Belt facing a Conference USA opponent. Proof there are too many bowl games, the first two games have the same conferences playing each other.
I only watched the required one quarter of this game. Not much to remember except the WKU quarterback getting sacked a few times.
Georgia State, which has played in this game twice and the game has only been around three years, beat the Hill Toppers 27-17
My pick: Western Kentucky, record falls to 1-1.
What did I eat: The rest of that peppery beef jerky. All the pepper was at the bottom of the bag. The last few pieces packed a punch.
Bowl swag: A whole lot of stuff. Watch, backpack, warm-up pants and jacket, Dri-Fit long-sleeved shirt, hat. Someone on the bowl committee must not have contacted Fossil watches.
Fun fact: Western Kentucky has a player named Lucky Jackson. That's also the name of the Elvis' character in "Viva Las Vegas."
The emcee before Elvis sings is comedian Jack Carter, who I caddied for at Franklin Hills Country Club when I was kid living in Michigan. I don't remember why Jack was in the Detroit area but I thought it was going to be a pay day carrying the bag for a guy that was on the Love Boat and Fantasy Island. Those were my only reference points on his career. After 15 holes of his hilarious borscht belt jokes, he had to leave the course. He and I left the rest of the golfers and reaching the caddie pay area, he pulls out a roll of bills to tip me. Jackpot. Or not. Jack gave me five dollars.
I've told this story at least one hundred times. Seriously, five bucks Jack? You were on the damn Love Boat in an episode where you were the client of a prostitute.
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