May 21, 2013
 




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Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl:
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl:  Today is an exciting, historic day for the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

It's mid-November. Crunch time in the bowl business.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl:    November is normally a time of high anxiety in the bowl business.

Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

On Saturday afternoon, we officially invited the Naval Academy to play in the 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.

Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

It was another wild week in college football, as five unbeatens went down to defeat. No. 2 Florida, No 7 Oregon State, No. 11 Mississippi State, No. 15 Rutgers and No. 24 Ohio all lost for the first time.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

Last weekend marked the halfway point of the college football season. Seven weeks down, seven weeks to go.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

Parity is alive and well in college football.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

We took our first scouting trip of the year last weekend and caught the Navy-San Jose State game in Annapolis. It was a good chance to see two teams that could end up in our Bowl on Dec. 29 opposite the Pac-12.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

We're one-third of the way through the 2012 college football season, and things are beginning to sort themselves out a bit. Last week provided a little more perspective on pretenders and contenders, who's for real and who's not, and potential surprise teams and disappointments.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

Another week, another big upset in the Pac-12. The top story in college football last Saturday played out in Palo Alto, where No. 21 Stanford upended No. 2 USC, 21-14.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

So much for the lack of surprises in Week 1. 

Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

The opening weekend of the 2012 college football season was fairly quiet, with fewer upsets and last-second heroics than usual.
Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, For those of us involved in college football, this is one of the most exciting weeks of the year. The 2012 season opens tomorrow night, and it couldn't come soon enough.

Dear Friends of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl,

The last few months have been a period of rapid and fundamental change in college football. Many of these changes have involved post-season play, the BCS structure, and the NCAA's involvement in the bowl industry.

Playoffs: The BCS Presidential Oversight Council on June 26 approved a four-team post-season playoff to determine the national college football champion commencing in 2014. The new format, recommended by the 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame's Athletic Director, will feature semi-final games rotated at bowl sites and a championship game rotated among neutral sites.