WMU Broncos going to the International Bowl
I remember the old days when the Mid Atlantic Conference didn't get to go to bowl games. And then some time in the early 90s, they started going to the California Raisin Bowl - in mid December, it was one of the ONLY bowl games before Christmas.
Well, in this day and age, just about everyone with a decent record in a Division I-A conference can go to a bowl game because there are something like 33 bowl games. There are only 118 Division I-A football programs, so with 66 of them going to bowl games at the end of the season, that's just about everyone with a winning record.
Well, my alma mater, the Western Michigan University Broncos, had a pretty good season, and although they didn't win their conference or even play in the conference title game, they're still going bowling! The Broncos were invited to the inaugural International Bowl in Toronto on Saturday, January 6.
Personally, if that were not the day I was leaving for points south (Disney World) I might've considered a weekend trip to Toronto. I've never really been there before (only once on business, and only then for about 4 hours.)
I'm a lifelong Michigan Wolverines football fan, having grown up in Ann Arbor, but I will always have a soft place in my heart for the Broncos.
Plus, they crushed the #6 Wolverines last night in hockey. GO BRONCOS!