Hawai'i Bowl
Back to it's rightful place on Christmas Eve, it's a trip to the islands for the only sporting event of the day.
BYU vs. Hawai'i
Prior to the game, we had our Christmas Eve dinner. I cooked the standing rib roast while watching a bunch of 1960s Christmas specials on Youtube. Youngest son and wife took care of everything else, a fine meal for all.
The first half was non-stop scoring by both teams, 55 points total. Adjustments made in the second half and little scoring until Hawai'i put the game away late, real late. This game took over four hours to play. BYU inexplicably threw incomplete on 3rd and short with two minutes to go, stopping the clock and giving the ball back to the Rainbow Warriors who hit a couple big chunk plays for the final score.
Hawai'i 38 BYU 34
My pick: Hawai'l, the record improves to 7-4.
My bet: The over on 65.5, which took until the last score to hit. After 55 first half points, I thought the over would be a done deal early in the 3rd.
Game Notes
This was Hawai'i's 15th game as they played in week 0 in August and in their first WAC championship game against Boise State. They traveled over 35,000 miles which makes playing football in Hawai'i seem inconvenient.
Santa gave BYU some coal in this game with the officials taking 10 points off the board and some questionable decisions on the clock
What Did I Eat: A couple Christmas cookies toward midnight.
Bowl Swag: Kahala aloha shirt, Oakley backpack and sunglasses, performance t-shirt, beach towel, surf trunks.
There were a number of Hawai'i tourism ads that involved island cuisine. My son said he thought Hawai'ian cuisine was Spam and Loco Moco.
We both wondered why Loco Moco wasn't on menus everywhere, it looks delicious.
No games on Christmas Day, two tomorrow.
BYU vs. Hawai'i
Prior to the game, we had our Christmas Eve dinner. I cooked the standing rib roast while watching a bunch of 1960s Christmas specials on Youtube. Youngest son and wife took care of everything else, a fine meal for all.
The first half was non-stop scoring by both teams, 55 points total. Adjustments made in the second half and little scoring until Hawai'i put the game away late, real late. This game took over four hours to play. BYU inexplicably threw incomplete on 3rd and short with two minutes to go, stopping the clock and giving the ball back to the Rainbow Warriors who hit a couple big chunk plays for the final score.
Hawai'i 38 BYU 34
My pick: Hawai'l, the record improves to 7-4.
My bet: The over on 65.5, which took until the last score to hit. After 55 first half points, I thought the over would be a done deal early in the 3rd.
Game Notes
This was Hawai'i's 15th game as they played in week 0 in August and in their first WAC championship game against Boise State. They traveled over 35,000 miles which makes playing football in Hawai'i seem inconvenient.
Santa gave BYU some coal in this game with the officials taking 10 points off the board and some questionable decisions on the clock
What Did I Eat: A couple Christmas cookies toward midnight.
Bowl Swag: Kahala aloha shirt, Oakley backpack and sunglasses, performance t-shirt, beach towel, surf trunks.
There were a number of Hawai'i tourism ads that involved island cuisine. My son said he thought Hawai'ian cuisine was Spam and Loco Moco.
We both wondered why Loco Moco wasn't on menus everywhere, it looks delicious.
No games on Christmas Day, two tomorrow.
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