St. Petersburg Bowl Cheerleader Preview - Southern Miss v. Louisville

The full name of this bowl is The Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg. Apparently Beef 'O' Brady's is some sort of sports-themed bar and grill. I've never heard of this place. In fact, there are only 3 locations within 250 miles of me, and that is certainly stretching the 250 mile parameter.

Regardless, this bowl does feature Louisville and, more importantly, the Louisville cheerleaders and dance squad. As our friend Cheree proved to us a while back, there is always reason to watch when Louisville is on the TV.

SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES

LOUISVILLE CARDINALS

Awfully Cute Southern Miss Cheerleaders

I don't really ever think about Southern Miss. I mean, what's the point, right? They aren't really relevant in anything. Although their football team is usually pretty solid. These cheerleaders, however, might just change my opinion of the Golden Eagles.

New Orleans Bowl -- Southern Mississippi v. Middle Tennessee State

I think we're seeing a trend with these early bowl games: all of them are named after a place. Seriously, you can't come up with a better name than the city hosting the bowl? That's just lazy.

OK, rant over. Let's move to the actual game. I really don't know a damn thing about either of these teams. There is a possibility for a good bit of offense, but who really knows. The New Orleans Bowl is a perfect example of an extraneous game that no one other than the fans of the schools involved care about. That being said, I'll still probably watch at least half of this game.

By the way, pay close attention to the second MTSU pic!

Southern Miss Golden Eagles

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE BLUE RAIDERS