WAG - Can you say Mele Kalikimaka?
For most of the MU football season, I put off projecting possible bowl destinations. Though I briefly daydreamed of spending time in San Diego or New Orleans, I told myself at the start of the season it was too early to be counting eggs. When the team started what is currently a 4-game losing streak, I told myself I need to postpone adding it up some more until I had more data (i.e., more wins to put on the right side of the equation).
Today, I realize this might be the last chance I have to dream about those chickens before - worst case scenario - things get scrambled and I'm stuck holding egg nog.
Note: I'm not saying that's not bad, but it certainly would keep one away from the ocean.
MU has to win its next (and final) two games to be bowl eligible. Currently, with our Big 12 2-4 record (4-5 overall), we could still somehow end up at the top of the North Division Standings if those ahead of us lose two more games to our theoretical victories - but that's a serious pipe dream.
Today, I decided to look at the USA Today Bowl projections for the first time this year and was surprised by what I saw.
Missouri is currently marked down as playing Memphis at the Hawaii Bowl. Granted, this is a long shot - and the asterisk by the entry shows it is counting on the Western Athletic Conference being unable to fill all its berths, but it does make for an interesting dream.
Putting the brakes on, I know MU is not guaranteed to have two wins, nor is it a given we will be extended an invitation ANYWHERE. And if we do, there is no promise the whole band will be able to go (especially when filling a vacated at-large spot, where the university would have less details worked out before hand than usual) and I may not be asked to be one of the special ones.
Last, I'm not sure if I want to spend Christmas Eve in Hawaii. Sure, I know Elvis swore by the island, but after missing most of the family get togethers this year, I'm not so hot on traveling to the land of the volcanoes.
There are lots of what ifs that would have to occur first, so I'm not going to worry about it just yet. I'm just going to get ready for the games, as I usually do, and try not to think about the coulda, shoulda, wouldas.
Though the daydreams, that will probably drift by, may now concentrate more on black beaches than deltas.
Either way, egg nog still applies.
'or_maybe_just_fried_eggs'
