If it’s usually considered good advice to follow your dreams, never give up, and stay in school, today’s St. Petersburg Bowl between the Miami RedHawks and the Mississippi State Bulldogs is a slap in the face to every teacher and counselor you’ve ever had and every “well, son” talk your father ever gave you.
You went to class, you did your homework? You started 0-6 with bowl eligibility seemingly a pipe dream, only to storm back and win your final six games to become bowl eligible? Those are quite the accomplishments, and they deserve to be rewarded! How about an 11 AM kickoff on a Monday morning in a baseball tomb?