Almost four weeks ago, in an apparent fit of optimism, the NCAA approved the creation of a 42nd bowl game so that every eligible football team with an even record or better would have a postseason game.
Never mind that the calendar already overflowed with the Tailgreeter Cure Bowl, the Cheez-It Bowl, the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl and the Duke¡¯s Mayo Bowl, among dozens of others. The late birth of the one-time Frisco Football Classic ¡ª not to be confused with the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl, played in the same stadium near Dallas ¡ª set up the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks to play North Texas.
It was fortunate the game was scheduled and contested when it was: By the time the RedHawks won, 27-14, two days before Christmas, the bowl season had fallen into chaos.
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