Another GMAC Bowl Shootout?

no, I'm not interested even a little bit, and won't watch. This isn't meant to be critical, but I'm amazed that anyone outside an alum or a gambler would even be interested. More power to you. Good luck to CMU though, I hope they win.

I'm interested in the game because there are only two games of college football left and I need to savor every minute of it. It's nice that there's a team that I can actually support this year.

I enjoyed watching my fair share of bowl games but I am sort of getting too "bowled out" to watch these schools.

The bowls and the networks have decided to string bowl season out as long as possible to make more money. They were rewarded by a dog like MSU/TT supposedly being the "most watched college football game in history." I find it hard to believe that more people watched it than any of the MNC games, but that is what the hype article in mlive said. If it is true, the bowls have been rewarded for screwing up the system further by better ratings. This, of course, opens the door for more crappy games after the NYD games. It is very close to a point where playing a bowl game on NYD doesn't mean anything anymore. I know that evolution is part of life, but this particular aspect of "evolution" threatens to ruin the bowl season. Bowls used to start out crappy and climax with the best games at the end. Now, there is no pattern; under the current "system," the best games are juxtaposed with bullshit matchups that only the teams' local fans should be watching. And the only way it will stop is if people don't watch.

As a current Central student and one who made the painstaking 14+ hour trip to see the game in person, I am pretty excited to see Dan in his swan song. I can understand why others aren't interested due to bowl saturation and the time of the bowl game is such that it isn't top priority, but it should be an exciting game and I think people should give it a second thought as to watching it. Plus for me, it's perhaps the last game that CMU will probably be relevant in football for a long time. After Dan and with a new head coach, next season looks to be quiet and rebuilding perhaps. My heart bleeds blue and It has pained me to see Michigan out of a bowl game these past two years, so central has supplemented me with a team to watch these last two years and for that I am thankful. Here's to hoping that Michigan makes a bowl game next year so I will have a reason to watch bowl games with true meaning once more.

My girlfriend is an alum and I am from MP so we have a rooting interest and are looking forward to the game tonight. Props to those that made the trip. Anyone know how many fans are expected?

For CMU the entire game rests on Dan Lefevour. As he goes, so does the Chippewas.