College Football - Bowl Games

[Andy]

New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, NM – 12/17, 2 pm (ESPN)

Temple vs Wyoming

 

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, ID – 12/17, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Utah State vs Ohio

 

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 12/17, 9 pm (ESPN)

UL Lafayette vs San Diego State

 

Beef O’Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL- 12/20, 8 pm (ESPN)

Marshall vs Florida International

 

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/21, 8 pm (ESPN)

Louisiana Tech vs (18) TCU

 

MAACO Bowl Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV – 12/22, 8 pm (ESPN)

Arizona State vs (7) Boise State

 

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, HI – 12/24, 8 pm (ESPN)

Nevada vs (21) Southern Miss

 

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA – 12/26, 5 pm (ESPN)

Missouri vs North Carolina

 

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit, MI – 12/.27, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Western Michigan vs Purdue

 

Belk Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 12/27, 8 pm (ESPN)

Louisville vs NC State

 

Military Bowl in Washington, DC – 12/28, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Air Force vs Toledo

 

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/28, 9 pm (ESPN)

California vs (24) Texas

 

Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/29, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Notre Dame vs Florida State

 

Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 12/29, 9 pm (ESPN)

(12) Baylor vs Washington

 

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas, TX – 12/30, 12 pm (ESPN)

BYU vs Tulsa

 

New Era Pinstripe Bowl in New York, NY – 12/30, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

Rutgers vs Iowa State

 

Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN – 12/30, 6:45 pm (ESPN)

Mississippi State vs Wake Forest

 

Insight Bowl in Tempe, AZ – 12/30, 10 pm (ESPN)

(14) Oklahoma vs Iowa

 

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas in Houston, TX – 12/31, 12 pm (ESPN)

Texas A&M vs Northwestern

 

Hyundai Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX – 12/31, 2 pm (CBS)

Georgia Tech vs Utah

 

AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 12/31, 3:30 pm (ABC)

Cincinnati vs Vanderbilt

 

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco, CA – 12/31, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

UCLA vs Illinois

 

Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta, GA – 12/31, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

Virginia vs (25) Auburn

 

TicketCity Bowl in Dallas, TX – 1/2, 12 pm (ESPNU)

(22) Penn State vs (19) Houston

 

Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL – 1/2, 1 pm (ABC)

(16) Georgia vs (17) Michigan State

 

Capital One Bowl in Orlando, FL – 1/2, 1 pm (ESPN)

(20) Nebraska vs (9) South Carolina

 

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 1/2, 1 pm (ESPN2)

Ohio State vs Florida

 

AT&T Cotton Bowl in Arlington, TX – 1/6, 8 pm (FOX)

(6) Arkansas vs (8) Kansas State

 

BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, AL – 1/7, 1 pm (ESPN)

SMU vs Pittsburgh

 

GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, AL – 1/8, 9 pm (ESPN)

Arkansas State vs Northern Illinois

 

BCS Games:

 

Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA – 1/2, 5 pm (ESPN)

(5) Oregon vs (10) Wisconsin

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ - 1/2, 8:30 pm (ESPN)

(3) Oklahoma State vs (4) Stanford

 

Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 1/3, 8 pm (ESPN)

(13) Michigan vs (11) Virginia Tech

 

Discover Orange Bowl in Miami, FL – 1/4, 8 pm (ESPN)

(23) West Virginia vs (15) Clemson

 

Tostitos BCS National Championship Game in Glendale, AZ – 1/9, 9 pm (ESPN)

(2) Alabama vs (1) LSU

[Flames24Rulz]

Exhibition games!

[ConstableRabbit]

I was hoping that Northwestern would end up jumping Purdue and end up in Dallas, but this Houston match-up is a real treat.

 

Didn't think PSU would actually drop this far...

[bukie]

Illinois-UCLA in the Take Our Coaches...Please Bowl.

[UMFan83]

Exhibition games!

 

Not exactly exhibition games, but meaningless nonetheless.

[chuckywang]

Man, I know there's conference tie-ins and everything but TCU and Boise State deserve better bowl games.

[imb]

none of the bcs games are compelling in the least

[SpongeWorthy]

Worst bowl season ever.

 

Thank god for the NBA.

[UMFan83]

none of the bcs games are compelling in the least

 

If can get past the stupidity of 2 SEC teams playing for the title, I don't see how Oklahoma State - Stanford isn't exciting. Oregon - Wisky should be decent too. The Orange Bowl sucks every year because it's the crappy Big East champion playing the slightly less crapy ACC champion.

 

From an outsiders perspective I could totally see Michigan vs. Virginia Tech being completely unappealing. Overall I feel like its below average but not horrible.

[JonJayCutler]

Wait, what? No New Years Day bowl games?

 

That's a misprint, right?

[Guest]

Wait, what? No New Years Day bowl games?

 

That's a misprint, right?

 

New Years is on a Sunday so the NFL gets that day, which is also Week 17. The same thing happened in the 05 season, which was the last time New Years Day was on a Sunday.

[UMFan83]

Wait, what? No New Years Day bowl games?

 

That's a misprint, right?

 

Nope. The NFL has new years day this year, as usually happens when the day falls on a Sunday. It wouldn't make sense for the NCAA to compete with the NFL and I believe they have a general understanding for situations like this. That's why the NFL only plays Saturday games in December after the college season and why there are rarely any college games on Sundays.

[Old Style]

Wait, what? No New Years Day bowl games?

 

That's a misprint, right?

That sucks. Oh well, I guess I can watch some NFL that day.

[Formerly Snayke]

Oregon-Wisconsin/OKST-Stanford should be promising; the rest should be blech.

 

It will be interesting to see the ratings for LSU-Alabama. Oregon-Auburn drew the largest overnight rating on cable, but was still the fifth-lowest BCS championship. I can't imagine a game that features very little star power, has already been played and was played poorly will draw well. I think it breaks Nebraska-Miami for lowest-rated championship.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I can't wait to see Oklahoma win by 30.

[javy knows my name]

I can't wait to see Oklahoma win by 30.

 

We're the most lopsided bowl matchup that doesn't have Boise St in it.

[Tracer Bullet]

Who did Iowa piss off to get that draw?

[kujay]

Way too many bowls. Mediocre teams playing in said bowls.

 

And KU still can't even get close to making the cut.

[jersey cubs fan]

Way too many bowls. Mediocre teams playing in said bowls.

 

I don't really buy into the notion that there is too much football.

[kujay]

Way too many bowls. Mediocre teams playing in said bowls.

 

I don't really buy into the notion that there is too much football.

 

When it's UL-Lafayette vs. San Diego State, I do.

 

Not that I care. I know I don't have to watch it, and it's just a money grab. But it sort of illustrates how stupid college football really is.

[jersey cubs fan]

Way too many bowls. Mediocre teams playing in said bowls.

 

I don't really buy into the notion that there is too much football.

 

When it's UL-Lafayette vs. San Diego State, I do.

 

Not that I care. I know I don't have to watch it, and it's just a money grab. But it sort of illustrates how stupid college football really is.

 

I don't really see how it illustrates that college football is stupid if they can find a financially viable way to have a couple mediocre teams play late in the year.

[kujay]

Way too many bowls. Mediocre teams playing in said bowls.

 

I don't really buy into the notion that there is too much football.

 

When it's UL-Lafayette vs. San Diego State, I do.

 

Not that I care. I know I don't have to watch it, and it's just a money grab. But it sort of illustrates how stupid college football really is.

 

I don't really see how it illustrates that college football is stupid if they can find a financially viable way to have a couple mediocre teams play late in the year.

 

Okay. Only a handful of teams actually have a shot at winning it all when the season starts. But finish .500 and you get to play in an exhibition game that ESPN rams down everyone's throat and tries to assign meaning to them and...

 

You know what. Nevermind. I'm being that guy that goes into a hockey thread and says "Hockey Sucks!" Sorry.

[Tracer Bullet]

Some of those teams will struggle to break even. But not going would be almost fatal for any of those such schools.

 

There's cfb on tv all the damn time if you just want more. I can't believe there are more than a handful of people that actively want to watch ULL and SDSU.

[jersey cubs fan]

Okay. Only a handful of teams actually have a shot at winning it all when the season starts. But finish .500 and you get to play in an exhibition game that ESPN rams down everyone's throat and tries to assign meaning to them and...

 

ESPN doesn't come close to ramming bottom tier bowls down our throat. They air them, that's all.

[bcl412]

Okay. Only a handful of teams actually have a shot at winning it all when the season starts. But finish .500 and you get to play in an exhibition game that ESPN rams down everyone's throat and tries to assign meaning to them and...

 

ESPN doesn't come close to ramming bottom tier bowls down our throat. They air them, that's all.

 

If anything I think they lean towards ramming how meaningless they are down you throat.