Falcons to Mobile to Play Arkansas State

So, it's onto Mobile for the 68 Ventures Fund Bowl.  (68 Ventures is an investment firm in the Mobile area that appears to me to be a serious collection of badasses).  Mobile has had a bowl for a while....GMAC, Go Daddy, others.  BG has played in it 4 times...two wins and the last two they were absolutely routed.  The loss to Tulsa was, for a long time, the worst bowl loss in history, but I believe it has now been eclipsed.

The game will be the day after Christmas.  We will have more on Arkansas State coming up...they play in the Sun Belt and were 7-5/5-3.  I saw somewhere that BG is a 6.5 point favorite.

The exciting news from today is that while BG players have been declaring for the portal, it appears that BG will have a full or almost full lineup for the bowl game.  At his presser this morning, Scot Loeffler said, to everyone's surprise, that Harold Fannin Jr., will play in the game, even while saying that Fannin has "to get into the NFL as fast as he can."

Fannin does have a shot at some records for TEs, so that's an incentive. 

Second-best is Terion Stewart, who is in the portal and will also play.  Add Joseph Sipp, Sr. to that list.  In fact, Coach says that BG will have its starters in the game, largely intact. 

Most of the players on our two-deep are out of eligibility, and that means this is their last chance to play football.  They seem to be settling into a pretty driven approach to cap off their careers by snapping BG's bowl losing streak and ending their career with a win.

Arkansas State has a number of players in the portal as well.  No idea if they play.  In general, I always thought they don't play, but last year Howell played for BG despite being in the portal.

Coach said he would build a culture and you have to admit that this is a good example that it exists, using actions not words. I can't wait to see them perform once more.