Clanga! Clanga! Clanga!

All those damn cowbells, must be Mississippi State's bowl game.

The third of the big six bowl games, now sponsored by Capital One.  I'm not sure of the theme of Capital One's current advertising - I miss the Vikings.

#7 Mississippi State (clanga clanga clanga) vs. #12 Georgia Tech

The mighty SEC West hasn't had much of a run so far, with LSU and Ole Miss losing.  Arkansas did win, but Texas wasn't a great opponent.

Oof,  Not much of a crowd despite the announced attendance (tickets sold) of 58,000.  Not that you would know the stadium was half empty because of the incessant cowbell clanging of the Mississippi State fans.

And evidently bowl organizers were worried there wouldn't be enough noise so they handed these out.

Great, now Jethro has two things to shake all game.

New Years Eve, the night cap and a completely "defense optional" game.  1,182 yards of total offense - that's ridiculous. 

Georgia Tech opened with two touchdowns and we're on blow out alert again.  The Bulldogs rallied with three straight scores and then ended the half with a successful Hail Mary.  This has been the season of the Hail Mary.  Teams should really learn how to defend it.

Mississippi State may have gotten into the New Years Eve bubbly at half time, they let Georgia Tech score three TD's in the 3rd quarter and that pretty much wrapped it up.  At least it did for me.  I couldn't take the constant din of the cowbells and it was time for my New Years Eve tradition of watching a Grateful Dead video.

This year's choice, The Grateful Dead Movie.  Looks pretty good in HD. 

Georgia Tech 49  Miss. State 34 (sad clanga)

Notes

-After reaching No. 1 during the season, Mississippi State stumbled home losing their last three.  A really sorry day for the state of Mississippi with the blow out loss for Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl earlier in the day.

-At about 11:30 we decided to ring in the new year with Pitbull on Fox.  Just a ridiculous show, but Pit has a lot of energy and I can't stand Ryan Seacrest.

 We even got access to the men's room with Pitbull. Fresh.

Bowl swag:  Tourneau watch, that's it.  Attention bowl organizers, young people don't wear watches, they use their cell phones.  Stop giving watches as gifts.

What did I eat:  Some chicken wings from the Chinese take out that Mrs. Keith and boy #1 had for dinner.  Boy #2 was at a friend's house otherwise he probably would have scarfed the wings down.

My pick:  Mississippi State (clanga, clonga, loser).  Bowl record now stands at 19-7, 2nd place in the bowl picks pool.

This showing so far by the SEC West has to give Ohio State fans some extra confidence in their team against Alabama.

Today's the day - three early games including Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl, then the bowl playoff games in the Rose and Sugar. Savor it, like Lou Holtz does with his pipe.