Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Military / Holiday Bowl GameThread, 1.30p / 5p

First up on this bowl Wednesday doubleheader is the Northrop-Grumman-sponsored Military Bowl, starring Air Force (which makes sense) and...Toledo (which I suppose makes sense because they're Rockets). I should warn you that rooting for Toledo means you are anti-American.

Next up is the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, featuring Cal and Texas, two schools associated with prominent athletes who leave school early (like Vince Young and geometry whiz Jason Kidd). A commitment to education, indeed. Perhaps in "Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl," "Education" is modifying "Holiday"? Yeah, that would make more sense.

22 comments:

Dusty Baker said...

If Toledo wins, the terrorists win!

Dusty Baker said...

Go Military-Industrial Complex!

Dusty Baker said...

Aaaaaand The san part is that I'll be watching these all afternoon.

Steve Sax said...

That is San, indeed.

Steve Sax said...

I'm driving right now....

Dusty Baker said...

I'm typing on my iPhone without my reading glasses while my Internet is down.

Dusty Baker said...

Are you drivin' and cryin', Sax?

Dusty Baker said...

Jesus christ, this is a bunch of overly-patriotic, jingoistic tripe. Not only do I have to watch this pathetic game but I have to sit through a bunch of thank our troops during every commercial kind of shit.

Because of course I can't change the channel.

Dusty Baker said...

Holy Toledo! Toledo up 21-7.

Steve Sax said...

Bob Toledo!

Steve Sax said...

Made it to our destination. Sadly, there is no snow here.

Dusty Baker said...

Was snow expected? Or was it just going to be a pretty freak snowstorm to hit Palm Springs?

Steve Sax said...

Typically, this place would have snow this time of year. Glad I didn't drop major coin for new ski gear.

Dusty Baker said...

They have this newfangled science called "weather prediction" that can often alleviate unexpected winter weather patterns.

Meanwhile, we're tied at 28. Neither team is winning but at the same time, neither team is losing. Whoooooa....

Dusty Baker said...

42-35 with a little over 4 minutes remaining. Toledo with the led.

Dusty Baker said...

^ Get it? Toledo....led...

(cries)

Dusty Baker said...

42-41 with less than a minute to go. Air Force instead of kicking the PAT, they tried a fake and failed miserably. Stick with shock and awe in the Middle East!

Dusty Baker said...

Toledo recovers onside kick and wraps up the game.

Bad gamble for fly boys to have gone for the fake. Hope the Pentagon isn't watching.

Dusty Baker said...

I've held the b'o'wl fort down so far today. Now I have to get cleaned up and go with Mrs Dusty and MDIL to a musical tonight (White Christmas). I asked why we couldn't go to Black Christmas and she just scowled at me. Oh yeah, this is going to be a fun night.

Steve Sax said...

I'm dreaming of a black Christmas! So is Irving Berlin!

Sitting in a room with a ton of Cal fans watching this holiday bowl. As Rorschach would say, "Hurm."

Steve Sax said...

21-10 Texas at the start of the fourth quarter.

Dusty Baker said...

Speaking of the military-industrial complex, per BBC:

"US White House announces $30bn sale of Boeing F-15 fighter jets to #Saudi Arabia in a deal "supporting 50,000 US jobs" bbc.in/t4Zpp6"

Clearly the outcome of this bowl determined foreign policy.