From the AP:

“I have given my heart and soul to coaching college football and mentoring young men for the last 24-plus years and I have dedicated most of my waking moments the last five years to the Gator football program,” Meyer said in a statement. “I have ignored my health for years, but recent developments have forced me to re-evaluate my priorities of faith and family.”

I’m just fucking stunned.

Just when they’re sheltered under paper
The rockets come at us sideways.

STRATEGY! [Former NFL Coach With Mediocre Record] versus [Former NFL Coach With Mediocre Record] will face off in a stunning display of cutting-edge NFL-style strategy. 4th and 1s will be punted, offensive plays will be run to ensure only the most daring and advantageous of designed three-yard gains, and fistpumps will be had when forty-five yard field goals broach the uprights.

EXCITEMENT! Will Dion Lewis have 40 carries, or 45 carries, or 50 carries? Will North Carolina’s offensive coordinator John Shoop, armed with a three point lead, call the victory formation starting in the third quarter? Will Pitt fans travel to Charlotte along with Bill Stull’s parents so that, if/when he throws an ill-advised interception on 3rd and 1, they can boo him on the road as pitilessly as they’ve booed him at home? QUIEN ES MAS MILQUETOAST?

MUFFLERS! What better sponsor for two teams who assemble horsepower and then make sure it works as quietly and with as little noise as possible?

PREDICTION! North Carolina in the completion of the curse of the worst bowl game ever played in the history of Bowl Gamedom, the 2009 Sun Bowl. Oregon State died in the Las Vegas Bowl, and try to escape it as they might, Pitt will fall in agonizing fashion as two coaches sit across the table from each other and check until someone wins on two pairs.

In a shocking turn of events, someone actually did write a Little Caesar’s Bowl preview for you today. Doug, a native of Birmingham, home of the Papa John’s.com Bowl, offers his extremely unbiased viewpoint on the day’s most unusual bowl.

THE LITTLE CAESAR’S PIZZA BOWL PREVIEW: A FORMER BIRMINGHAMIAN GIVES HIS UNBIASED JUDGMENT

Wow. The Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl? Seriously? That’s real fucking original, Detroit. I mean, my former hometown of Birmingham has had the Papajohns.com Bowl for going on four years now, but hey, I’m sure yours is good too. Different strokes for different folks, right? Some people like delicious garlic-butter dipping sauce or a growing Sun Belt metropolis rich in Southern heritage, other people prefer the sixth-highest violent-crime rate in the country. They like the excitement, I guess. Well, let’s give this bowl a look.

Getting there

Detroit is served by three major interstates (75, 94, and 96) running right through the central part of the metro area. Hey, that’s great, the same number as Birmingham. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is also a major hub for Northwest Airlines — excuse me, was, as Northwest has been swallowed up by Delta, so it might be kind of dicey buying tickets with them. I mean, you never know. (more…)