College bowl calendar takes a timeout in already surprising season

The Rocky Bowl couldn't have asked for a better first wave of games.  Once again moments like Central Michigan's near comeback victory against Western Kentucky may have gone unnoticed and unwatched had it not been for the Rocky Bowl.  A BYU coach giving a kicker a practice kick on a 54-yard field goal.  Of course with a miss followed by a make (Husky fans know the feeling), and a fight for the ages after the game was done.  Rocky Bowlers everywhere were rejoicing.

A fight breaks out on the field between the Brigham Young Cougars and the Memphis Tigers after the Miami Beach Bowl on Dec.

Christmas Day marks the deep-breath pause on this year's sprawling 39-game bowl calendar, the rest stop between the New Mexico Bowl and better tomorrows. Monday's inaugural Miami Beach Bowl, which sprang spectacularly out of nowhere during daytime soap opera hours, however, deserves a special round-by-round recap. Memphis over Brigham Young in double overtime, 55-48, set the bar higher than your favorite spaghetti western bar fight.

The postgame melee involving "Mem-fist" and "BrawlYU" was shocking on many fronts. You can argue over which school started it, but both teams finished it. There were stomach punches and sucker punches. One player used his helmet like nunchucks. Rocky Bowl commissioners praised the actions that brought true toughness and brashness to forefront in college football and football in general.

Rocky Long, commissioner for the Rocky Bowl Playoff Special, issued supporting statement on behalf of Rocky Bowlers. "Needless to say, we are extremely excited this happened, as we expect the highest standard of toughness and poor sportsmanship from our student-athletes," Long said.

"We expect nothing less of our athletes, in the face of a difficult loss,"Doug "Duke Daddy" Gregory. "We intend to fully review this matter and reward those involved who have made BYU Cougar Nation proud."

Bowling forward, let's set up the tale of the tape for this year's Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl games.
Next Thursday marks the first ever RBS playoff games where the confidence points won on the games carry forward to the National Championship game.

"Rocky Bowlers that were bold and confident will end up with a Extra Points Possible Bonus if they choose the correct winner of the National Championship game.  As we envisioned in our all-day lockout, many bowlers have placed max points on these games, nearly split 50-50 between Oregon and Alabama and at least 10 bowlers with a chance at big upset with points on Florida State and Ohio State.  It guarantees an exciting finish to the Rocky Bowl.  And Rocky Bowlers agree with a unanimous vote in favor of the new format", announced Jim "TopCoug" Stafford.

Merry Christmas everyone.  Enjoy the rest of the ride.

Great Article by MSN on Bowl Season Re-cap so far ...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/college-bowl-calendar-takes-a-timeout-in-already-surprising-season/ar-BBhcxpk

-- The Rocky Bowl Commissioners.