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The light at the end of the tunnel - the end of the Bowl Quest is near after getting game No. 31 out of the way with Miami University taking on Middle Tennessee State - whooooo!

Nice story for Miami with the greatest turnaround in a single season for a bowl series team.  Going 1-11 in 2009 to 10-4 with a 31-25 win in this game in Mobile, Alabama.

I was out with some people from work so I didn't get home until halftime.  I caught the third quarter and it was eventful.  Not well played, eventful.  Three turnovers in less than five minutes including Miami taking an interception in for a score, a long touchdown run for MTSU and a punt that went one yard.  Think about how hard that is to do.  Kicking a ball one yard takes some real talent.  That's like swinging your driver at full speed and getting your golf ball to go one yard.  

The Redhawks withstood the one yard punt plus the other miscues and went ahead 28-21 at the end of the quarter and I was done.  Miami put one more on the board and ended a really nice season and gave new head coach Don Treadwell a good idea of what kind of team he was inheriting.  Got to work on that one yard punt thing, Don.

I picked Miami to win this game, a MAC team, I know.  My ESPN Bowl Mania record creeps back over .500 to 16-15. Tonight, what should be a good game - The Cotton Bowl between LSU and Texas A&M.  This game was normally played on New Years Day but since the NCAA has now stretched the games into early May, we get it tonight.