Exciting Outback Bowl kicks off new year's day games...

Northwestern and Auburn started the new year off with a bang.

It may turn out to be the most exciting bowl game of the day. The Auburn Tigers edged Northwestern 38-35 in overtime at the 2010 Outback Bowl. What a start to today's bowl games. The Outback Bowl was not only the first bowl game of the day, but it was the first football game of the new year. Over 1,000 yards of offense between the two teams, you got to love it! Add to that eight turnovers between the two teams. It looked more like a pinball game on the field. But, boy was it exciting.

I think I'll make a quick run to the Circle K and pick up a few more snacks and beverages. It's going to be a long day. As for the ending to the Outback Bowl, Stefan Demos, who had missed a field goal earlier in the game, missed again in overtime. His kick would have tied the game and would have sent the contest into a second overtime. Northwestern did get a reprieve as Auburn was called for roughing the kicker. Demos was helped off the field and did not return. Northwestern decided that without its kicker they needed to go for a touchdown. They failed and the game ended at Auburn's 2-yard line. What a finish! I feel sorry for Demos, a 2006 graduate from Scottsdale Horizon. It's his junior season at Northwestern, so he'll be back.

Well, it is just a little over an hour before the start of the Rose Bowl. Go Ducks!