First Arizona, then Texas, tomorrow the world! I'm on a winning streak, baby, and there's no stopping me now.
But first, the New Mexico Bowl. Here we have the No. 25 North Texas Mean Green (11-2) of the AAC against the unranked San Diego State Aztecs (9-3) of the Mountain West. The Mean Green were 3½-point favorites, but I wasn't picking no Texas teams. Sure, UTSA won their game last night, but that was the exception that proved the rule. Texas teams suck and picking them is a loser's bet. Plus, I've picked the SDS Aztecs many times before over the years and they've always been good to me, so I took the underdog here.
And good god, did it ever pay off! Down, 42-20, at the end of the third, the Aztecs ran off two unanswered TDs before North Texas scored their own TD and seemingly put the game out of reach, 49-34, with four-and-a-half minutes left. However, down but not out, the Aztecs forced a turnover on downs, and when they couldn't score after that, intercepted the Mean Green on its next drive. When that possession didn't result in a score either, they forced a punt and with less than two minutes left, drove the ball 88 yards down the field in 14 plays and scored a touchdown in literally the last seconds. It didn't win them the game - they lost - but it made the score 49-47 and beat the spread, so I got a second straight win, my first back-to-back victory since December 20.
See? I told you it was all W's from here on in. And now I've got my luck riding on two SEC teams for the last two games of this long-ass day.
Go, Aztecs!
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