Just checked out the bowl schedule and I'm not sure what's more depressing: the fact that the Texas Bowl (which is in Houston the night before I leave to go to Ohio for NYE) did not get Notre Dame to play against hometown favorite Rice, or the scene the nation will be witnessing when it tunes into ESPN to watch the Motor City Bowl on December 26.

1) It's Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan. A hundred bucks goes to the first person who can name those two schools' mascots without Googling it. Another hundred goes to the first person able to name a player on each school's team.
2) It's in Detroit.
3) It's going to be played at Ford Field.
4) It's the day after Christmas during the worst recession since World War II, in Detroit, at Ford Field.