Let's go bowlin'!

 Today is December 16, and you know what that means, Blobophiles. It's Avocados From Mexico Cure Bowl Day!

Which officially kicks off the holiday bowl season, one of the Blob's favorite times of the year. This is because there are an estimated 9,000 bowl games now, almost all of which are totally irrelevant. And who doesn't need a bit more irrelevancy in his or her life?

So, yes, today is the Avocados From Mexico Cure Bowl, and also the Cricket Celebration Bowl, the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the Starco Brands L.A. Bowl, the Myrtle Beach Bowl, the Isleta New Mexico Bowl and of course the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.

Which is annually one of the Blob's favorites,  just for the contradiction it presents. I mean, if the Independence Bowl were truly Independent, why would it need a corporate sponsor?

Anyway, this year Radiance Technologies, which I'm assuming has something to do with really bright lights and a lot of robots and microchips and such, gives us Cal and Texas Tech. This promises to be an intriguing matchup between two powerhouse .500 teams. Who will finish the season 7-6, and who 6-7? I can't wait to find out.

"But Mr. Blob," you're saying. "What about the avocado whatchamicallit?

Well, the Avocados From Mexico Cure Bowl ("Because Avocados From Mexico will Cure what ails ya!" is the Blob's suggested motto) features the Mid-American Conference champions, the Miami (O.)  Redhawks, against Appalachian State. Miami is 11-2 and just made a paper wad out of favored Toledo in the MAC title game; App State is 8-5 but favored because App State is always really good.

I'm picking Miami because I went to a MAC school (Ball State), and we MACsters have to stick togethee.

Elsewhere, meanwhile, it's UCLA and Boise State in the Starco Brands L.A. Bowl; New Mexico State and Fresno State in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl; Jacksonville State and Louisiana Not-LSU-The-Other-Louisiana in the R&L Carriers Bowl; Georgia Southern and Ohio Not-Ohio-State-The-Other-Ohio in the Myrtle Beach Bowl; and Howard and Florida A&M in the Cricket Celebration Bowl.

I really don't care about any of those games, except perhaps the latter one. Mainly that's because Howard's in it, and Howard was founded by a Civil War General (Oliver Otis Howard), and as a card-carrying Civil War nerd I'm required to root for the Civil War guy.

Anyway, here we go with bowl season. Enjoy.

And may the Radiance be with you.