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Semi-Live Blog For Saturday Three-Play Sponsored by Hot 'n Ready

12:42 p.m.

A little too early for Pizza

but just in time

for the Little Caesars Hot n Ready Pizza Bowl that will kickoff at noon Detroit time

Second best bowl sponsor of the year, behind only Beef O'Brady's

Free Crazy Bread for everyone if the opening kickoff is brought back for a touchdown

Too bad the Stillers arent playing

Also on tap is a lone basketball game, very odd indeed, on CBS, nationally televised a

t 3:30 pm ET when No. 6 West Virginia puts its perfect record on the line against Seton Hall, on the road as only three-point favorites

At 4 p.m. it is sPitt and North Carolina playing for all the mufflers in the Meineke Car Care Bowl

Pitt has not scored a point in a bowl game since January 1, 2005 when Greg Lee caught a Tyler Palko touchdown pass in a blowout loss against Utah

Good seats still available

and then the Kwanzaa day one celebration caps off with a Christmas Carroll, USC and Pete

C
arroll playing a day after Christmas on a baseball field against Boston College

Good television indeed

Watching this ESPN College Football Live and Dari Nookah is quickly climbing up my LoPWDIWLtP (List of People Whose Demise I would Love to Plot)

1:06 p.m.

I see why Marshall wears the green highlighters for uniforms now, in case they ever reached a bowl game where they would be paired up with another green and white team

Detroit, the day after Christmas and the first day of Kwanzaa, that is what you get for going 6-6 in the MAC

This is why you need more bowl games, teams need to be punished for having bad seasons

It used to be, you went 6-6 and you got the rest of the semester off, now they ship you off to Detroit and force you to play a game that generates almost as much local uninterest a

s a Detroit Lions game

I feel for Chuck McGill right now, bowl games are supposed to be a reward for sport beat writers, i do not see how all the crazy bread you can eat in press row, could be a reward

1:15 p.m.

List of People Whose Demise I Would Love to Plot

(List subject to change)

1. Greg Brown

2. Delonte West

3. John Wehner

4. Dari Nowkhah

5. Kurt Delia

6. Vince Young

7. Cashier at South Side Beer

8. Bob Walk

9. Luke Wilson

10. Steve Blass

11. Ron Jaworski

12. Verizon Guy

13. Rachel Nichols

1:45 p.m.

Watching this game with Juice

He has 14 confidence points on, the

most out of anybody in the poll

He obviously picked Ohio

They are losing 14-0

You would think he has 2gs on the game

This is highly entertaining

He also must have thought this was the Red Baron Pizza Bowl because he just came back from Giant Eagles with a frozen pizza (and a green pepper and onion) not sure what those are for but i assume the green pepper is honor of the Ohio Bobcats who are now down 21-0 by the way

2:01 p.m.

Pam Ward (Mr. Ward) who is often mistaken for a guy in her own right just said this little nugget:

"That is a she, not a he"

She was talking about the one line judge on the field who in fact is a female

But I wonder how many times the same quote has been on her

2:09 p.m.

Best. Bowl. Moment. Ever.

My favorite tradition ever in bowl history is a fan bringing in a whistle and using it to disrupt the game while the referee hopelessly gets on his mic and tries to find the culpirt, this involves alot of guessing, pointing, delays, etc.

It is why I love bowl games

Anyways 21-7, Marshall, we might have a game

4:37 p.m.

Marshall holds on

Juice is homicidial right now, he just loaded up 33 confidence points on Pitt after losing his 14 on Ohio

Literally I am laughing out loud while typing this

Meineke Muffler Bowl Coverage

The Upper Deck of the Stadium is basically empty and that with North Carolina sending a boat load of fans

The Pitt traveling fan reputation continues to grow

The 2009 WHAT IS FUCK SO FUNNY AWARD

Goes to....

Hubert Davis