PPCS: Motor City Bowl

Bowl: Motor City Bowl
Has also been known as: Just the Motor City Bowl
Location: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Television: ESPN
Time: 8:00pm EST
Would this Bowl survive Pizza Parlor Derek's Bowl Contraction?: Detroit in December? I'll pass.

Central Michigan
Nickname: Chippewas
Location: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Famous Alumni: Dick Enberg, Jeff Daniels, Dan Majerle
NFL Alumni: Three players, none well known
Record: 8-4
Head Coach: Brian Kelly
Fun Fact: While the NCAA found the Chippewa nickname "hostile and abusive", Central Michigan's use of the name is supported by the Saginaw Chippewa tribe.

Middle Tennessee
Nickname: Blue Raiders
Location: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Famous Alumni: Al Gore Sr., Amy Lee from the rock group Evanescense
NFL Alumni: Tyrone Calico, Kelly Holcomb
Record: 7-5
Head Coach: Rick Stockstill
No Fun Fact: Middle Tennessee State University is a "dry campus", meaning alcoholic beverages are prohibited at all times. If a student is discovered to have alcohol on campus, he/she is put on academic probation, suspended, or expelled.

Thoughts: This is a battle of two teams who are well tested out of conference. Every one of each team's out of conference opponents (MTSU-Louisville, Oklahoma, Maryland; CMU-Michigan, Boston College, and Kentucky) are playing in bowls. Matchup wise this is a contrast of styles. While the Blue Raiders like to run the ball and control the clock, the Chippewas have a big play offense led by Freshman QB Dan Lefevour. On defense Middle Tennessee likes to blitz and in Lefevour's first bowl game he may crack under the pressure and intense blitz schemes. If so, the Raiders can pull the upset. I'm not underestimating the Sun Belt again.

Prediction: Middle Tennessee 21, Central Michigan 17