College Football - Bowl Games

[Andy]

Gildan New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, NM – 12/19, 2 pm (ESPN)

New Mexico vs Arizona

 

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, NV – 12/19, 3:30 pm (ABC)

(22) Utah vs BYU

 

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, AL – 12/19, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Ohio vs Appalachian State

 

AutoNation Cure Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/19, 7 pm (CBSSN)

San Jose State vs Georgia State

 

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 12/19, 9 pm (ESPN)

Louisiana Tech vs Arkansas State

 

Miami Beach Bowl in Miami, FL – 12/21, 2:30 pm (ESPN)

Western Kentucky vs South Florida

 

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, ID – 12/22, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

Utah State vs Akron

 

Marmot Boca Raton Bowl in Boca Raton, FL – 12/22, 7 pm (ESPN)

Toledo vs (24) Temple

 

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/23, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Boise State vs Northern Illinois

 

GoDaddy Bowl in Mobile, AL – 12/23, 8 pm (ESPN)

Georgia Southern vs Bowling Green

 

Popeye’s Bahamas Bowl in Nassau, BS – 12/24, 12 pm (ESPN)

Middle Tennessee vs Western Michigan

 

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

Cincinnati vs San Diego State

 

St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL – 12/26, 11 am (ESPN)

UConn vs Marshall

 

Hyundai Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX – 12/26, 2 pm (CBS)

Washington State vs Miami

 

Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl in Dallas, TX – 12/26, 2:20 pm (ESPN)

Southern Miss vs Washington

 

New Era Pinstripe Bowl in New York, NY – 12/26, 3:30 pm (ABC)

Duke vs Indiana

 

Camping World Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA – 12/26, 5:45 pm (ESPN)

Virginia Tech vs Tulsa

 

Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara, CA – 12/26, 9:15 pm (ESPN)

UCLA vs Nebraska

 

Military Bowl in Annapolis, MD – 12/28, 2:30 pm (ESPN)

Pittsburgh vs (21) Navy

 

Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, MI – 12/28, 5 pm (ESPN2)

Minnesota vs Central Michigan

 

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX – 12/29, 2 pm (ESPN)

California vs Air Force

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

(10) North Carolina vs (17) Baylor

 

Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl in Tucson, AZ – 12/29, 7:30 pm (CampusInsiders.com)

Nevada vs Colorado State

 

AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl in Houston, TX – 12/29, 9 pm (ESPN)

Texas Tech vs (20) LSU

 

Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham, AL – 12/30, 12 pm (ESPN)

Auburn vs Memphis

 

Belk Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 12/30, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

Mississippi State vs NC State

 

Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN – 12/30, 7 pm (ESPN)

Texas A&M vs Louisville

 

Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/30, 10:30 pm (ESPN)

(25) USC vs Wisconsin

 

Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL – 1/1, 12 pm (ESPN2)

(23) Tennessee vs (13) Northwestern

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (ABC)

(19) Florida vs (14) Michigan

 

TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 1/2, 12 pm (ESPN)

Penn State vs Georgia

 

AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 1/2, 3:20 pm (ESPN)

Arkansas vs Kansas State

 

Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 1/2, 6:45 pm (ESPN)

(15) Oregon vs (12) TCU

 

Motel 6 Cactus Bowl in Tempe, AZ – 1/2, 10:15 pm (ESPN)

Arizona State vs West Virginia

 

“New Year’s 6” Games:

 

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

(18) Houston vs (9) Florida State

 

BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ – 1/1, 1 pm (ESPN)

(8) Notre Dame vs (7) Ohio State

 

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

(6) Stanford vs (5) Iowa

 

Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 1/1, 8:30 pm (ESPN)

(16) Oklahoma State vs (12) Ole Miss

 

Playoff:

 

Capital One Orange Bowl Semifinal in Miami, FL – 12/31, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

(4) Oklahoma vs (1) Clemson

 

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Semifinal in Arlington, TX – 12/31, 8 pm (ESPN)

(3) Michigan State vs (2) Alabama

College Football Championship Game in Glendale, AZ – 1/11, 8:30 pm (ESPN)

Semifinal Winners

Edited December 7, 2015 by Andy

[OleMissCub]

It's a rule of the cosmos that every 6 years Ole Miss must play OK State in a bowl game. 2004 Cotton, 2010 Cotton, 2016 Sugar.

 

Seems like a boring matchup. I was wanting the chance to play Baylor but then after watching their "QB" throwing balls like a 12 year old in the backyard, I don't think that would have even been anything resembling a game.

 

Seems like Ole Miss is becoming "that" team that somehow comes across obscene ways to lose. Might have made the playoff last year if Treadwell doesn't snap his leg in half literally inches from the goal line and then this year to be the most flukish 4th and 25 in all of football history away from likely being SEC Champs.

 

Oh, and the playoff games need to be New Years Day, not Eve.

 

I'll forever be of the opinion, and I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority here, that an 8 team playoff with all 4 preliminary games being played on New Years Day would be the most epic thing ever. Start out at like noon Eastern with something like the Orange Bowl, then go to Central and play Cotton, then to Mountain and play Fiesta, then end the day with a Rose bowl playoff game. The amount of advertising revenue they would get from boner pill ads would be astonishing.

[SouthSideRyan]

You would've been really annoyed when Ole Miss won the SEC and got left out of the playoff for Alabama.

[OleMissCub]

You would've been really annoyed when Ole Miss won the SEC and got left out of the playoff for Alabama.

 

Nah, I would have been fine with it considering they lost to Memphis. They wouldn't have deserved to be in it with 2 losses anyways and especially with one of those to stupid Memphis.

[sneakypower]

[shnsajax]

I know Kevin Sumlin is a major drunk, but if he manages to get both Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray to transfer away from A&M before the bowl game I will be verfy impressed.

[OleMissCub]

Murray needs to stick with baseball.

[shnsajax]

Murray needs to stick with baseball.

 

No idea why he passed up the draft to begin with.

[Old Style]

Murray needs to stick with baseball.

 

No idea why he passed up the draft to begin with.

Part of it is arrogance. Part of it is that his dad, A&M great Kevin Murray, had an awful minor league baseball experience before enrolling at A&M.

[shnsajax]

Murray needs to stick with baseball.

 

No idea why he passed up the draft to begin with.

Part of it is arrogance. Part of it is that his dad, A&M great Kevin Murray, had an awful minor league baseball experience before enrolling at A&M.

 

Kevin's brother Calvin didn't though, not to mention working for Scott Boras now. Still take the signing bonus espeically if he goes 1st round and keep football as a fallback option. I can also understand not signing and going to play football, but withdrawing from the draft entirely doesn't make a lot of sense.

[Andy]

Sumlin is now saying Murray will be at practice tomorrow. Very strange times in College Station.

[Old Style]

Rumblings this morning are back to Kyler being gone. Who knows what the Murrays are thinking right now. At this point I don't even care. Just make up your [expletive] mind and let's move forward.

[shnsajax]

I always thought one of Allen/Murray would transfer, but not both. God knows what Sumlin tells kids just to get them to commit, but based on Allen's tweet its whatever it takes to get him to sign. I know he had to tell Kyler whatever to keep him away from Texas and avoid having his class fall apart.

 

Here's Sumlin's QB history at A&M:

2012.....Matt Davis......4*........one RS year................Transferred

2013.....Kenny Hill.......4*........played RS Fr year Transferred

2013.....Kohl Stewart 4*.......went pro baseball

2014.....Kyle Allen.......5*........played 2 yrs.................Transferred

2015.....Kyler Murray 5*.........played 1 yr..................Transfering

2015.....Jake Hubenak ............................................?

[Old Style]

I always thought one of Allen/Murray would transfer, but not both. God knows what Sumlin tells kids just to get them to commit, but based on Allen's tweet its whatever it takes to get him to sign. I know he had to tell Kyler whatever to keep him away from Texas and avoid having his class fall apart.

 

Here's Sumlin's QB history at A&M:

2012.....Matt Davis......4*........one RS year................Transferred

2013.....Kenny Hill.......4*........played RS Fr year Transferred

2013.....Kohl Stewart 4*.......went pro baseball

2014.....Kyle Allen.......5*........played 2 yrs.................Transferred

2015.....Kyler Murray 5*.........played 1 yr..................Transfering

2015.....Jake Hubenak ............................................?

Matt Davis committed to Mike Sherman and wasn't a fit for Sumlin's offense. Kenny Hill had a drinking problem. But it does appear that Sumlin foolishly made promises to Kevin & Kyler Murray that apparently he couldn't live up to.

[OleMissCub]

The University of Texas really needs to fix this. ONE player committed in the top 20 in the state. Wow. Strong needs to be fired immediately.

 

http://i.imgur.com/geNA6FK.png

[Andy]

Lots of SEC in that list. The league's move to get into Texas looks more shrewd all the time.

[OleMissCub]

Lots of SEC in that list. The league's move to get into Texas looks more shrewd all the time.

 

Absolutely. This is 2011, the last class before TAMU joined the SEC.

 

http://i.imgur.com/rlpt5aI.png

[shnsajax]

It's bad at Texas. Strong has one more year to fix it otherwise it could be a battle with A&M for Tom Herman. Unless A&M can find cause and fire Sumlin now which Old Style might have more info on.

 

Looks like Murray is officially gone too.

[shnsajax]

Also what was the final offer Ole Miss made Greg Little?

[OleMissCub]

Also what was the final offer Ole Miss made Greg Little?

 

Avoid dumpster fires at Texas and Texas A&M. Go to Ole Miss and just like Tunsil, you can start day one at LT, play for three years, then be in the top 5 in the NFL draft. Oh, and....

 

 

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2946125/freeze_here_ya_go__2_.gif

 

Kinda crazy that with all their oil money, Texas and A&M can't outbid lowly Ole Miss for prime talent.

 

[UMFan83]

[apete6]

I always thought one of Allen/Murray would transfer, but not both. God knows what Sumlin tells kids just to get them to commit, but based on Allen's tweet its whatever it takes to get him to sign. I know he had to tell Kyler whatever to keep him away from Texas and avoid having his class fall apart.

 

Here's Sumlin's QB history at A&M:

2012.....Matt Davis......4*........one RS year................Transferred

2013.....Kenny Hill.......4*........played RS Fr year Transferred

2013.....Kohl Stewart 4*.......went pro baseball

2014.....Kyle Allen.......5*........played 2 yrs.................Transferred

2015.....Kyler Murray 5*.........played 1 yr..................Transfering

2015.....Jake Hubenak ............................................?

Matt Davis committed to Mike Sherman and wasn't a fit for Sumlin's offense. Kenny Hill had a drinking problem. But it does appear that Sumlin foolishly made promises to Kevin & Kyler Murray that apparently he couldn't live up to.

 

Sumlin owes JFF about 75% of his contract extension money. He's a fraud.

[Old Style]

It's bad at Texas. Strong has one more year to fix it otherwise it could be a battle with A&M for Tom Herman. Unless A&M can find cause and fire Sumlin now which Old Style might have more info on.

 

Looks like Murray is officially gone too.

Heard some rumors that John Sharp is trying to make Sumlin disappear but I don't think he'll be fired at this time. His seat will be blazing hot next season, though.

[Old Style]

I always thought one of Allen/Murray would transfer, but not both. God knows what Sumlin tells kids just to get them to commit, but based on Allen's tweet its whatever it takes to get him to sign. I know he had to tell Kyler whatever to keep him away from Texas and avoid having his class fall apart.

 

Here's Sumlin's QB history at A&M:

2012.....Matt Davis......4*........one RS year................Transferred

2013.....Kenny Hill.......4*........played RS Fr year Transferred

2013.....Kohl Stewart 4*.......went pro baseball

2014.....Kyle Allen.......5*........played 2 yrs.................Transferred

2015.....Kyler Murray 5*.........played 1 yr..................Transfering

2015.....Jake Hubenak ............................................?

Matt Davis committed to Mike Sherman and wasn't a fit for Sumlin's offense. Kenny Hill had a drinking problem. But it does appear that Sumlin foolishly made promises to Kevin & Kyler Murray that apparently he couldn't live up to.

 

Sumlin owes JFF about 75% of his contract extension money. He's a fraud.

The other 25% should probably go to Kliff Kingsbury.

[UMFan83]

I saw Ball State's HC is resigning to be an assistant at Maryland. Does this happen a lot? I find it a little odd that a head coach would resign to be an assistant for a rookie head coach at a bottom tier Big Ten school.