Oh, Detroit! Once you were the proud host of the Motor City Bowl (1997-2008) until corporate sponsors acquired the naming rights (Jablonski Auto Body LLC, anyone?) and it became the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl (2009-2013). That, in turn became the Quick Lane Bowl (2014-2023) and since last year, it's been known as the GameAbove Sports Bowl. GameAbove is a shadowy cabal of enterprises that include GameAbove Sports, GameAbove Capital, GameAbove Entertainment, and GameAbove Giving. To me, "game above sports" sounds like a creed for cheating and gamesmanship over sportsmanship, which might very well be appropriate for the current state of collegiate football.
This years game had the Northwestern Wildcats (6-6) of the Big 10 as whopping 11½-point favorites over the Central Michigan Chippewas (7-5) of the MAC. Despite the large number of points, I picked the Big10 team as the favorite because of strength of schedule and it worked - the Wildcats covered the spread and then some. The Chippewas' only TD came late in the fourth when Northwestern was already starting to take it easy down the stretch.
One down, two more games to go today, and the next one's already started.
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