Tis the season: Two La. Tech players donate bowl gifts to charity

Earlier this month, the Doc profiled all of the different gifts players receive for participating in a bowl game. Some of the gifts are humble like the New Mexico Bowl's "pen with box" and some of them are absurd like the 32-inch Toshiba flat screens the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas is dishing out. While most players salivate over their lavish gift bags, some, like a couple from Louisiana Tech, decided their bowl gifts would benefit someone other than themselves. That's why linebacker Adrien Cole and receiver Quinton Patton decided to donate their bowl gifts to a few kids from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Cole donated his $350 Best Buy card and a $97 watch to a pair of Make-A-Wish kids. Patton gave his Best Buy card to a child as well. "Material things come and go," Cole said. "But the smiles those kids had on their faces when I gave them those little things, those will stay with me forever." Louisiana Tech starters Stephen Warner, Ryan Allen,...