Okay, so I don't think most people will care, but given it's loooong history being dismal at football, the beloved Northwestern Wildcats are actually playing in a bowl game that starts at 11 AM today, Los Angeles time. It's not a particularly big bowl -- the Pinstripe Bowl played at Yankee Staidum -- though it's certainly a high-profile one.
And alas, they are not expected to win. They had a medicocre season at 6-6 -- looking great in some games, and pathetic in others. And Pittsburgh is actually pretty good. They're 8-4, ranked #24 in the country, and beat two Top 5 teams this year. But...hey, it's a bowl game, so that becomes a good selling point for recruiting. And a guy can hope... By the way, in a small historical note, the two teams have played once before in the '70s. Pittsburgh won 21-14 in Evanston, a game that I attended when a student. It might seen odd to remember a game after so long, but this was memorable. That's because Pittsburgh had a freshman who no one had ever heard of, in fact playing in only his second game. And that day he ran for what was then a school-record 265 yards. His name was Tony Dorsett, and he later went on to have a Hall fo Fame career in the NFL.
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