Talk about a sordid history - this bowl has been through more name changes than J.D. Vance and George Santos combined. It's been the Blockbuster Bowl, the Carquest Bowl, MicronPC Bowl and the MicronPC.com Bowl, the Visit Florida Tangerine Bowl, the Mazda Tangerine Bowl, the Champs Sports Bowl, the Russell Athletic Bowl, the Camping World Bowl, and since 2020, the Cheez-It Bowl. It's almost like it's trying to hide something.
Anyhow, this year's game is probably the best of the day, pitting the No. 12 BYU Cougars (11-2) of the Big12 against the No. 22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-3) of the ACC. BYU was the 3-point favorite.
As a Georgia Bulldogs fan, I instinctively hate the Yellow Jackets and am constitutionally forbidden from cheering for them, even though their campus is just down the road and within easy walking distance. But it's not like I'm going to pick BYU, though - after all, the Jackets gave the Bulldogs a helluva fight this season, and them beating a No. 12 program will make Georgia look good by extension. So don't tell anyone in Athens this, but I picked Tech as the underdog in this game.
So imagine my excitement when Georgia Tech ran out to a 21-10 halftime lead. Then, imagine my disappointment when BYU stormed back with 15 unanswered points in the fourth and took a four-point lead, covering the spread. Then imagine my excitement when Tech completed a 66-yard passing play to the BYU 18 with seconds remaining. Then imagine my disappointment when, four plays later, Tech threw the ball for an interception as the clock expired and BYU got the win.
I probably deserve it for picking my team's archrival. But now I'm 0-4 on the day, and even this closest game to a win yet turned up empty for me.
More games - some ongoing, some yet to start. The torture never ends.
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