A nagging cold and the next step in a foolish SC/NY/VT/MA/SC/FL/WA idiodessy means that neither the Military Bowl or the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl will get the full treatment it deserves. But then, does a DC-based bowl a few days after Christmas pitting another MAC team (I swear, they create new MAC teams in a lab just to populate these bowls) against a service academy. It's Toledo Vs. Air Force, and the Cod would like to suggest that we can honor the service of our lads in the Air Force without watching them play football. We will push real hard on the definition of "artisanal," and stump for a half smoke at Ben's Chili Bowl in lieu of shivering at Fed Ex Field.
The Bridgeoint Education Holiday Bowl makes for more complicated feelings. The Holiday Bowl has a tradition of hamtasticness, but it is now sponsored by an off-brand University of Phoenix for-profit education outfit that sounds like a non-denomenational church. But it is in San Diego. FOC Nastinchka, on a recent visit was left wondering if it was legal to marry the pig ear salad at the Linkery. You might want to find out for yourself.
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