Hawaii Bowl: Nevada Wolfpack vs. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
Who complains about spending December in Hawaii? Southern Miss coaches, players, and fans, that’s who. Head coach Larry Fedora has stated publicly that they belong in a BCS game. That’s pretty hard to figure in a year in which we’ll be treated subjected to an LSU-Bama rematch for the National Championship and one-loss Boise gets shut out. Fedora’s explanation of why his Golden Eagles, with their losses to Marshall and UAB, deserve a BCS berth has to involve more convoluted logic than the system itself. But Fedora is mad, and the fans are mad that Southern Miss won’t be in the Liberty Bowl, because who doesn’t dream of Christmas in Memphis? (Note: initially that joke was about the much more deserving Shreveport, as I confused the locations of unfairly similar Liberty and Independence Bowls. Christmas in Memphis might be lovely. Though I doubt it.) The Golden Eagles have a solid defense and this isn’t last year’s Nevada that wrapped up its season with wins at Boise and against Boston College in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Still, all that open disappointment coupled with the fact that Fedora is headed for the greener pastures of Chapel Hill, and I’d say this game has the makings of a mini upset. Don’t bet the farm on it though. Pick: Nevada. Confidence: 12.
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