#33: 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl — Western Michigan @ Purdue in NCAA Football 12

To begin my entries for STAT BOX STORIES this week—the first of two weeks dedicated entirely to NCAA Football 12 and the BOWL BLITZ INVITATIONAL project—I was faced with the prospect of playing the 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, hosted annually at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.  This year’s game features a Michigan-based school—the Western Michigan Broncos—taking on the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference.

For me, this is something of a personal connection to the team’s in this Bowl Game match-up; my mother- and father-in-law are both alumni from Western Michigan.  With that background in mind—and the fact that the Broncos are at a ratings disadvantage in NCAA Football 12—I decided to lace up in the brown and gold to try and continue my unbeaten record so far in college football games played for STAT BOX STORIES.