BREAKFAST AT BOWLNANZA

Howdy, Bowlnanzans, from HIGH atop Amon T. Carter Field in Fort Worth, Texas. I'm looking toward the northwest from my press box perch, and I think I just witnessed a mugging in Amarillo. Altitude? I had to look down during the pre-game military flyover (fly-under?). The captain has advised us not to use any of our "portable electrical devices" until this press box climbs to a safer altitude, but I'm going ahead and blogging anyway.

So it's just after noon local time, on yet another Sunshine Studly Bowlnanza day. Seriously, every dang day of this 'nanza has been beautiful. I'm sorry if it's not that way where you are. Come along for the ride with me next time.

Anyway, Air Force leads 14-0 early in the second quarter. If you figured that a service academy team would come in properly disciplined and eager to be off post, while a 6-6 Pac-10 team that has lost six of its last seven games and was briefly (for about three hours) considerered the No. 1 team in the country in October might be a little emotionally flat, well, you guessed right.

And as I was typing that cumbersome sentence, the Golden Bears just fumbled away the kickoff. It may be 21-0, Air Force, very soon.