Texas Bowl and Alamo Bowl

After the disaster that was the Military Bowl, didn't put that much effort into the Texas Bowl. 

Illinois against Baylor down in Houston.  It was the first bowl game for the Bears since 1992 or 1994 or 96, I really didn't care enough to pay attention.  The clash of uniform colors was hard on the eyes with the Illini in their orange and white and Baylor in green and gold.  The play of Baylor was harder on the eyes.  I took in the full first quarter, watched a bit of the 2nd in bed and decided lights out was a better option.  Final score, 38-14 Illinois.  So far the Big 10 is 2-and-0 in the bowl season, hope that level of play can hold up.  


While I was watching the game I was also keeping track of the Pittsburgh Penguins game on my Blackberry.  Thought it would be a walk over against the Islanders but nope, they lost 2-1 in an overtime shoot out and Sidney Crosby's scoring streak ended at 25 games.  Rest up for the Winter Classic boys. 

The Alamo Bowl from San Antonio was the third and final game of the night and another one for the boy to catch a quarter of as my week of mornings on WGRR continues. 

Oklahoma State big over Arizona 36-10.  The boy is assembling furniture for his sister as I type this so if he has further comment it will be provided.

Boy's update:  Watched first and second quarters.  Oklahoma State's wide receiver Justin Blackmon was taunting Arizona doing some ridiculous dance after scoring following his running the length of the end zone before he scored.  He also adds that Arizona isn't very good.  At one point an Arizona fan wearing a license plate around his neck appeared to be sad.  Hey, he watched the game so mission accomplished.

ESPN Bowl Mania update, I got all three games picked correctly so my record is now 7-7.  Yeah me.