Red, White and Blue? NC State Wants A Boise Vacation

For far too long, the Roady's Humanitarian(that's the new name)/MPC Computers Bowl has been seen as the college football equivalent of community service. I mean, it's a good thing and all, but more often than not, you have to take a big picture view to derive any pleasure and for the most part, it doubles as punishment. This was a rep that got cemented after the 2004-2005 stretch where Virginia and Boston College lugged their Top 25 rankings into no-win situations due to the mishegas of the ACC bowl selection process. In fact, thanks to Virginia, the ACC instituted a rule where bowl selection committees can no longer pass over a team for another one with two fewer conference wins.

But if you want to find a squad that would have no problem shuffling off to Boise (possibly to the chagrin of their fanbase), look no further than Raleigh, where 55th-year senior Darrell Blackman has given typically backhanded praise for their postseason home, should they triumph over Maryland.

"If the opportunity comes, yeah, I'd like to go," a smiling Blackman said Monday. "If it's for another football game, yeah."

So to make that clear- as long as NC State isn't there for a team-building ski trip or attempt to visit the boyhood home of Doug Martsch, Blackman's cool with it. As Dirk Diggler once said, feel my heat. Of course, there's also the matter of Tom O'Brien continuing his streak of bowl bids, but if you can remember anywhere near half of BC's postseason results under TOB, just know that everyone is sick of hearing about your Beantown pride. However, there stands a possibility that the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl (you should always call it by its proper name) could land a marquee name after all. After all, where is the loser of the Hawaii/Boise State game going to end up?