So, some people find it hard to get excited about the pre-January 1 bowl games. Personally, I watched the Northern Illinois- Florida Atlantic match up in the Motor City Bowl like a film student views "No Country For Old Men": interested by the unique characters, mesmerized and enchanted by the grotesque violence, and ultimately confused by an ending that seemed to render the entire watching experience utterly meaningless.
Thankfully, now that the NFL season is over and fans in 20 of 32 cities have only the draft to look forward to, SI.com has given us these reasons to watch even the Papajohns.com bowl. Basically, it runs down all the draft prospects that each remaining bowl match up will feature. Personally, I'm intrigued by two players on the list.
Tonight, I can't wait to watch Jeremy Macklin play. Northwestern has a porous defense which should open up lanes for Macklin, but the game should also be a shootout which will keep the ball in the air for 60 minutes. Same thing with Zak Robinson and Oklahoma State. They have Oregon, which should be a high scoring game, but it's also my second chance to watch Robinson play. I saw him get smoked by Texas Tech but missed arguably his best game of the year against Texas, so I'm really interested to see how he performs in this spotlight.
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