Orange Bowl

It figures. Miami was beautiful when I got there (late). It was great Tuesday morning. It was just as nice as I was getting ready to leave Wednesday (that God for a late flight out). Yet, it started raining about lunchtime on Tuesday and didn’t stop until gametime. Granted, I was happy that it stopped by the time the game started, because watching football in a poncho sucks and your nachos get wet. Still, I left Lexington and it was raining, but on the plus side, it was still 70 degrees in Miami which is a huge advantage over the 39 degree rain I left.

I think my biggest beef was the rain caused chicks to overdress. I wasn’t in Miami long enough to go thong hunting on the beaches, so I was left hoping for hot college babes (or hot post college babes or even hot pre-college babes as long as they fit applicable laws) in various layers of undress at the game. Unfortunately, ponchos are America’s burqa and leave a lot to the imagination. Sure, there were some girls in clear ponchos, but a lot of them were oddly bundled up. Let me remind you, IT WAS 70 DEGREES EVEN IN THE RAIN. So, I was left with a handful of hearty ladies who damned the weather in order to show off their assets, and I salute their perseverance.

The halftime show was a bit of a disappointment. Actually, it sucked. It started with a battle of the bands between UL and Wake’s bands. I don’t like marching band music. Then that guy who can’t sing but won American Idol came out and sang one song. Then Gladys Knight came out and sang one song, but at least it was sung well. Still, it was a pretty damn big production to get two songs out of your main events. Then came the worst idea ever (yet one I’ve seen at most bowl games I’ve been to. A bunch (looked like 500) of high school bands came out and played poorly as they walked in an amorphous mass across the field. Little Richard at the Liberty Bowl a few years ago was much better.

Oh, and there was a football game. As I said, the rain stopped at gametime, so the evening was very pleasant. To be honest, I didn’t want the game to be crazy like the insane Boise State/Oklahoma game, because when you let a lower ranked team stay in the game, you give them the chance to win. Well, the game wasn’t as close as the Boise State one, but it was closer than I liked until UL pulled away in the fourth quarter. The Cards just didn’t look sharp. I think for the next bowl game, they need to forego the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort and stay at a Best Western. Maybe then they’ll be a bit more focused. However, they got their crap together and pulled out the win. Therefore, I can leave happy. Next year, I’m hoping for the Sugar Bowl.

I’m back at Chicago waiting for the final leg of my return to get me to Lexington. I had to connect through Tampa which was irritating because the nicest plane I’ve been on so far was that little jump from Miami to Tampa. It certainly helped to be on the emergency exit row. If you’re flying and it’s available, ask for it. A lot more leg room. Once again showing what a small world it is, the guy sitting next to me from Tampa to Chicago had also been at the Orange Bowl. Even smaller, he was a Wake Forest student who was originally from Louisville. He said he had to root for Wake because he had been there for four years. I called him a traitor and threw his peanuts in his face. Just kidding, they don’t give you peanuts anymore.