Bowl Notes

If you haven't seen this lovely article on the Patriots' Mike Vrabel as the Robert Horry of the NFL, you really should give it a look. How is he not in the Pro Bowl?

I was in transit yesterday, but I just finished watching the crazy lateral play at the end of the Alamo Bowl. Herbstreit and Tirico spent a good bit of time trashing the officials for bad calls and forcing Lloyd Carr to burn time outs to kick-start the replay process. Interestingly, the announcers who covered the Champs Sports Bowl praised the officiating crew in that game for their handling of the replay process and difficult calls. The crews in both those bowls were from the Sun Belt conference, which doesn't have instant replay.

Herbstreit was very quiet during Michigan's last-minute attempt to pull out the win. Given that he's a Buckeye alum, I doubt he wanted to see Michigan win. I certainly didn't — but you do have to admire the attempt.

Good luck to Nebraska with that restoring the order thing. Oh, and try to keep your guys off the field until the game is actually over, okay?