PPCS: New Orleans Bowl

Bowl: R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Has also been known as: Always the New Orleans Bowl it started in 2001
Location: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
Television: ESPN2
Time: 8:00pm
Would this Bowl pass the Pizza Parlor Derek Bowl Contraction: No, New Orleans already has a bowl, there is no need for one city to have more than one bowl, same goes for the Poinsettia Bowl.

Troy
Nickname: Trojans
Location: Troy, Alabama
Famous Alumni: Author James Byron Huggins (?)
NFL Alumni: Demarcus Ware
Record: 7-5
Head Coach: Larry Blakeney
Fun Fact: Troy University Television is unique in that it broadcasts two live entirely student produced newscasts at noon and five o'clock daily, one of the few universities to do so.

Rice
Nickname: Owls
Location: Houston, Texas
Famous Alumni: Lance Berkman, Howard Hughes
NFL Alumni: Larry Izzo, N.D. Kalu
Record: 7-5
Head Coach: Todd Graham
No Fun Fact: In a May 2005 Playboy magazine study, it was discovered that Rice students were among the least sexual of mid-to-high tier private universities in the nation.


Thoughts: Some guy named "Troy Rice" is going to really enjoy this one. The rest of us should too as two explosive offensive once again will face off. The player to watch is Rice WR Jarrett Dilliard, he has a touchdown in his last 14 games. No reason to think he won't get one in this game. No reason to think the Sun Belt team should ever win this bowl. The Sun Belt is in Division 1-A so SEC teams can schedule them non-conference to prepare for their conference schedule. I like Rice in a shootout.

Prediction: Rice 42, Troy 28