Guess I was overwhelmed by Pete's comments that I forgot correct "two." My bad Steveland. appreciate you keeping OCF and me on our toes.

We "make" no money on a bowl game. The post season opportunity fund - student fees - subsidizes our bowl appearances.

Unfortunately the date and time of this game sucks and nobody is going. Will be plenty watching on tv though.

My mental perception of our football program and its future potential is my own personal delusion of grandeur. I spend quite a bit of time fantasizing over our future in a better place in the collegiate football world.

No offense Troy, Mobile or Dollar General but it is like awakening from that dream where you are always in your underwear.

Must I accept this reality?

Put me in the ok with this bowl berth category.

Sure, I hate the name of the bowl. Sounds chintzy. Mobile is a fun town for our fans that attend. Warm weather, near the Gulf. A Margaritaville or two within driving distance. What's not to love?

I'm proud to have been selected to play there. I think a few of us are over rating our attractiveness to bowls. (Note: replay recent 9-3 game vs akron)

Wish I could make it but I'm at office until 2pm 12/24 this year.

Go Bobcats!

+ 10,000

My wife and I would be there if it was on the original January date. A few years ago we even went there in January to see Toledo play. It's a long story, but that was the year that Marshall looked like they were headed for the NY6 bowl, until they got beaten by WKU. My wife had promised to take me to the game as my birthday present that year, and when Marshall didn't make it to a New Year's bowl, we shifted gears and went to Mobile, because we had liked it so much when OHIO played in the old GMAC Bowl there against USM. It's a great place for a bowl game IN JANUARY! BTW, BTC, my wife likes Mobile even without shuttle buses!

This made me laugh, well done.

I know you've already been called out a bunch for this, but I feel the need to do so as well.

You do realize Mobile is less than an hour from the Alabama beaches, right? I mean, I know it's not South Beach--but there is plenty of sand and an ocean.

Sand and an ocean do not beach weather make. Average temperature at that time of year in Mobile is 10-15 degrees colder than Miami. Big difference if beach time is your goal.

I reserved hotels for Mobile on the 23rd and Shreveport on the 26th to maybe pull off a two bowls in one trip with some New Orleans or Biloxi in between but all the negative I'm seeing online from the usually positive Ohio and Vandy fans about these bowls is making me unsure about doing it.

We played golf the day before and the day of the game - not one drop of rain. It was a fun time. The military induction ceremony was a bit odd and the display of Gone With the Wind style dresses was certainly a cultural experience. All in all a very good time in early January.

Alex, I'll take "Douchebag Fanbases" for $2,000.

The clue: This recently added Douchebag Fanbase attended its first modern era bowl game in 2007, and in ten short years and despite still only having a budget in the middle of the pack in the MAC, they quickly felt entitled and superior to most if not all of its G5 brethren and the bowl games in which they participate.

What is OHIO Bobcats fans?

We have become them which I despise.

I don't think it's entitlement as much as it is frustration with the system. In 2006, I pulled my kids out of school for the MAC Championship game, as well as a week in January to attend the GMAC Bowl in Mobile. We did everything Mobile had to offer and had a great time even though Southern Miss won easily. I've gone to all the other MACC games and some of the bowls since then, but I didn't go to Detroit last week and I'm not going to Mobile this year.

My reason is that I've hit a wall and I'm just not excited about the program receiving a Dollar General Bowl bid like I was in 2007. The bowl games take anyone with a pulse, few of the matchups are exciting, the games are not held in interesting places worthy of a 3-4 day vacation, the dates are inconvenient, and the participants are not announced until 2-3 weeks before the game, which makes travel a lot more expensive. Attendance and ticket sales would say I'm in the majority with this opinion.

I'm jealous of the other teams that got bids to games in Florida. I'm jealous of the flash in a pan success that WMU and NIU have enjoyed recently that landed them in huge games. It is possible to hit it big occasionally in the MAC, but while Ohio remains out of the basement of the conference, we're not invited to any of the big parties. I have little reason to believe we can go 13-0 or stay ranked all season with the current staff.

It's not a knock on Mobile. It's a knock on the MAC. The Dollar General name justifies to the rest of the nation viewing us as part of a lower quality, convenient, cheap alternative to college football. And if we are arrogant enough to think Troy is a dull opponent, imagine what Troy thinks about having to play Ohio.