That is certainly how I feel this January 1, 2010. In the "good old days" this would have been an exciting time when Sugar, Cotton, Rose, Orange, and Gator bowls made for some interesting confrontations by some really good teams. This year there are THIRTY-FOUR (count them) games called BOWL GAMES. Sixty-eight teams are in a bowl game, or have been. Some of them won only half their regular season games! Such exciting match-ups as South Florida and Northern Illinois await. Too much of a good thing? You decide.
In the meantime some of the teams are in disarray as coaches have been fired; hired away; resigned; retired, etc.. Imagine the mental preparation of those teams. The bottom line is that Bowl Games are big business. They are, or hope to be, money makers for the schools and sponsors. The best game I have seen was played on a BLUE field in Idaho. Idaho beat Bowling Green 43-42. The Idaho coach nixed an extra point tie with four seconds left and went for two. He got it and was a hero. Had he missed he might have joined Mike Leach in the soup line.
What is really important in this New Year? Certainly not who wins a bowl game, or gets hired or fired. What is most important is our relationship with the Father and how that affects the ones with our fellow persons. I was reminded of that when I saw Tim Tebow, the all-everything
quarterback from Florida, with a Bible verse painted under his eyes. While some are painting dollar marks, this missionary-kid has a different perspective that is refreshing.
It could be an interesting day of football.
