Legion Field bowl trip given the kibosh

We’ve already conceded Carolina to the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, where the Gamecocks will take a six-win record to the Magic City in which to play a bad Big East team for the chance to finish the season with a winning record. We thought it would be ironic fun to make a family run down to Birmingham to watch the game.

I just saw a bowl projection that has Carolina in the Papajohns.com Bowl, which is on Jan. 2 at Legion Field. Sounds like a road trip to me! Y’all can swing down, pick me up, and we can enjoy being in the freezing cold in a half-empty, ancient stadium and see USC lose to a low-level Big East team. Fun for the whole family.

Our family, however, was not impressed.

I have forwarded your request for consideration.

Quickly followed by:

Unfortunately, the response to your suggestion is fast and downright negative. [Name redacted]’s comment was “Gamecocks, Woo Hoo!” However, I know he was being facetious. We are attempting to plan a New Year’s with [couple redacted] (with [gentlemen redacted] wearing their kilts). The guys were OK with the football, but those metal benches are just way too cold.

And, yet another thinly-veiled attempt to go to the UAB-area Dreamland is shot down.