Another bowl celebrating the military-industrial complex. Why is it so hard for some people to imagine a World Peace Bowl or an Arts United for Freedom Bowl? As if . . .
Hey, we've got lots of games today and finally some good, even nationally ranked, teams. This game, however, had two unranked teams, both 8-5, although they're from better conferences than yesterday - the ACC (Pittsburgh Panthers) and the AAC (East Carolina Pirates). At various times, I had some sort of baseball flashbacks and kept wanting to call the first team the "Pittsburgh Pirates."
I had the Panthers as 6-point favorites, even though the spread went up to 12½ by kickoff. Thought I had it made in the shade with my discount favorite. I lived in Pittsburgh for one year and found it quite enjoyable so that influenced who I wanted to cheer for. Also, I felt the Panthers' had the greater strength of schedule in the ACC.
But no, Pitt was just awful, fumbling the ball away three times. two turnovers on downs, and an interception. East Carolina didn't play much better, with a missed field goal, a turnover on downs, and a fumble resulting in a Pitt pick-six. But the bar was low, and the Pirates performances was enough to beat the Pirates Panthers, 23-17.
It's gonna be a long day and it doesn't help that I started it off with a loss. 0-of-8 on the day so far, and 7-12 on the season. Things have got to get better.
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