2011-12 Bowls: Belk Bowl open thread (Louisville v. North Carolina St.)

Football is almost gone. That makes me sad. What makes me happy? That there's football on tonight! Whoopee!

Info and stuff about tonight's bowl game after the jump.

(NOTE: This could be the shortest intro ever. I will beat this record soon.)

Check out these references from around SB Nation for the game:

- the absolutely unfairly short preview and the absolutely fairly comprehensive watchlist

- Mocking the Draft notes

- the SBN StoryStream

- the EDSBS 35 for 35 show (with SB Nation's own Bomani Jones)

- Bill C's stat-heavy preview and prediction

- Backing the Pack, the SBN community for fans of North Carolina St.

- Card Chronicle, the SBN community for Louisville fans

Should be a solid game. And yes, NC St. OLB Terrell Manning alone is worth your time, though Louisville C Mario Benavides could be in play as well. It's one of those games that could easily yield no Rams or 3 or 4. With as many holes as we have, you could probably say that about a dozen bowl games.