The 2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational presented by STAT BOX STORIES continues with the Music City Bowl, which matches up the NC State Wolfpack (7-5, 4-4 ACC) and Vanderbilt Commodores (8-4, 5-3 SEC). Owen Good, NC State alum and sports columnist for Kotaku.com, takes control of his alma mater for the second Bowl Blitz Invitational in a row as his school seeks another bowl victory.
It is our privilege here at STAT BOX STORIES today to feature a contribution to the BOWL BLITZ INVITATIONAL project from Owen Good, author of the “Stick Jockey” columns for Kotaku.com. One of Owen’s previous sports video game features at Kotaku–a series known as “Box Scores”–actually served as a major inspiration for the idea that spawned STAT BOX STORIES. Since he is a big fan of the North Carolina State Wolfpack, it seemed only right to see if he would play their Belk Bowl match-up against the Louisville Cardinals in NCAA Football 12. Here’s his BOWL BLITZ INVITATIONAL experience:
I’ll be honest, N.C. State’s bowl game this year, for me anyway, was North Carolina. I had zero expectations of the Wolfpack after QB #16’s defection to Wisconsin, and a dispiriting spate of injuries further made this appear to be a lost season. Then UNC’s inconsequential seatwarmer of a head coach chose to run his mouth about the subject that pisses us off the most: Academics.
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