Austin, Texas – The Texas vs. Texas Tech game ticket prices fall way out of our budget this Friday, but a game at Troy next week will compensate. In retrospect on Saturday morning, great call. $150 plus fee proved to be a waste of money and time to see Texas destroy Texas Tech, 57-7. Even if Arch Manning got to play.
Troy lies in wait
Still have South Alabama (6-5, 4-3) at Texas State (6-5, 3-4) for Saturday night in a battle for better bowl games. Already for Saturday, December 2, we’re looking good for the Sun Belt Championship when the Troy Trojans (9-2,6-1), winners of the SBC West, will host the winner of the SBC East. That will be determined this Saturday. Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina will provide the competition. With 5-2 SBC records, if both win, CCU gets the edge based on their 27-24 win over Appy earlier this season. ASU has the easier task today though Georgia Southern is no SBC light weight. On the other hand, CCU hosts James Madison, fuming after their first loss of the year to Appalachian State. Troy played neither in the regular season.
Is James Franklin reading this website?
Penn State (10-2) destroyed Michigan State, 42-0, last night. Maybe his promotion of two coaches as co-offensive coordinators paid off, or else he read our comments regarding the Michigan loss we attended. Granted, he fired former OC Mike Yurcich after the loss. On the other hand, right from the start against the Spartans, we noted Drew Allar looking off his receivers and finding his receiving corps open. Early on, even the broadcasting team of Brian Griese and Noah Eagle called out “play action” on several occasions throughout the game. The two deficiencies pointed out here after both the Illinois and Michigan PSU games we attended, showed well in the big win last night. Too bad, the same weren’t display against the Buckeyes or the Wolverines this season. We believe the results would have been different.
Bucket List!
In addition, plans are being considered to attend this year’s FCS title game in Frisco Texas on January 6. FCS playoffs get underway this weekend. The Top Four seeds entering play include South Dakota State, Montana, South Dakota and Idaho. The FCS championship game is on our Bucket List which we share in our book Fifty Years of Tailgate Tales: The Good, the Fun and the Ugly. Click on the title to get your copy today!
Bowl bids
A couple of other options we’ll consider in the post season. If Liberty finishes undefeated and Toledo finishes with their one-loss record, if they meet in the Camellia Bowl, that might become a priority. If Penn State meets Alabama in the Orange Bowl or Peach Bowl, we may have to re-think our attendance at the FCS and at the Music City this upcoming bowl season.
