College Football - Bowl Games

[Andy]

Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl in Nassau, BS – 12/20, 2 pm (ESPN)

Charlotte vs Buffalo

 

Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl in Frisco, TX – 12/20, 7:30 pm (ESPN2)

Kent State vs Utah State

 

New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, NM – 12/21, 2 pm (ESPN)

San Diego State vs Central Michigan

 

FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/21, 2:30 pm (CBSSN)

Liberty vs Georgia Southern

 

Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl in Boca Raton, FL – 12/21, 3:30 pm (ABC)

SMU vs Florida Atlantic

 

Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, AL – 12/21, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Florida International vs Arkansas State

 

Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, NV – 12/21, 7:30 pm (ABC)

Washington vs (19) Boise State

 

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 12/21, 9 pm (ESPN)

UAB vs (20) Appalachian State

 

Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL – 12/23, 2:30 pm (ESPN)

UCF vs Marshall

 

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

BYU vs Hawaii

 

Walk On’s Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA – 12/26, 4 pm (ESPN)

Miami vs Louisiana Tech

 

Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, MI – 12/26, 8 pm (ESPN)

Eastern Michigan vs Pittsburgh

 

Military Bowl in Annapolis, MD – 12/27, 12 pm (ESPN)

North Carolina vs Temple

 

New Era Pinstripe Bowl in New York, NY – 12/27, 3:20 pm (ESPN)

Wake Forest vs Michigan State

 

Academy Sports & Outdoors Texas Bowl in Houston, TX – 12/27, 6:45 pm (ESPN)

(25) Oklahoma State vs Texas A&M

 

San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/27, 8 pm (FS1)

(22) USC vs (16) Iowa

 

Cheez-It Bowl in Phoenix, AZ – 12/27, 10:15 pm (ESPN)

Washington State vs Air Force

 

Camping World Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/28, 12 pm (ABC)

(15) Notre Dame vs Iowa State

 

ServPro First Responder Bowl in Dallas, TX – 12/30,12:30 pm (ESPN)

Western Kentucky vs Western Michigan

 

Redbox Bowl in Santa Clara, CA – 12/30, 4 pm (FOX)

California vs Illinois

 

Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN – 12/30, 4 pm (ESPN)

Mississippi State vs Louisville

 

Belk Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 12/31, 12 pm (ESPN)

Kentucky vs Virginia Tech

 

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

Arizona State vs Florida State

 

AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 12/31, 3:45 pm (ESPN)

(23) Navy vs Kansas State

 

Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl in Tucson, AZ – 12/31, 4:30 pm (CBSSN)

Georgia State vs Wyoming

 

Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 12/31, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

(11) Utah vs Texas

 

VRBO Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (ABC)

(13) Alabama vs (14) Michigan

 

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

(12) Auburn vs (18) Minnesota

 

TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham, AL – 1/2, 3 pm (ESPN)

Boston College vs (21) Cincinnati

 

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 1/2, 7 pm (ESPN)

Indiana vs Tennessee

 

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, ID – 1/3, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

Nevada vs Ohio

 

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX – 1/4, 11:30 am (ESPN)

Tulane vs Southern Miss

 

LendingTree Bowl in Mobile, AL – 1/6, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

Miami (OH) vs UL Lafayette

 

“New Year’s 6” Games:

 

Goodyear Cotton Bowl in Arlington, TX – 12/28, 12 pm (ESPN)

(17) Memphis vs (10) Penn State

 

Capital One Orange Bowl in Miami, FL – 12/30, 8 pm (ESPN)

(9) Florida vs (24) Virginia

 

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

(6) Oregon vs (8) Wisconsin

 

Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 1/1, 8:45 pm (ESPN)

(7) Baylor vs (5) Georgia

 

Playoff:

 

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Semifinal in Atlanta, GA – 12/28, 4 pm (ESPN)

(4) Oklahoma vs (1) LSU

 

PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Semifinal in Glendale, AZ – 12/28, 8 pm (ESPN)

(3) Clemson vs (2) Ohio State

 

College Football Championship Game in New Orleans, LA – 1/13, 8 pm

(ESPN)

Semifinal Winners

Edited December 10, 2019 by Andy

[Derwood]

New Year’s Six games not being on New Years is all sorts of false advertising

 

Also, oof to Michigan’s draw this year

[raw]

Love the Hoosiers' bowl selection. I wanted the Gator in particular, because it's played in January. Not that it means a whole lot anymore, but this is just the 3rd January bowl game for IU. And getting what is historically a football school was ideal for me, as it can't hurt with recruiting to beat a team from the South on a national stage.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Love the Hoosiers' bowl selection. I wanted the Gator in particular, because it's played in January. Not that it means a whole lot anymore, but this is just the 3rd January bowl game for IU. And getting what is historically a football school was ideal for me, as it can't hurt with recruiting to beat a team from the South on a national stage.

 

I feel the same, but beating Auburn would be far better for the Gophers then beating Tennessee would be for Indiana. Best of luck, would love a Big Ten sweep

[OleMissCub]

Mississippi State’s first string QB literally had his face broken after practice by their top LB when they got in a fight. Broken orbital bone. Having to play the backup now against Louisville.

 

[Derwood]

Mississippi State’s first string QB literally had his face broken after practice by their top LB when they got in a fight. Broken orbital bone. Having to play the backup now against Louisville.

 

 

Hopefully they’re playing their backup LB too

[Derwood]

You shouldn’t be bowl eligible if losing your bowl gives you a losing record for the year

[SouthSideRyan]

You shouldn’t be bowl eligible if losing your bowl gives you a losing record for the year

Yes we heard you say that the last 3 years

[Derwood]

You shouldn’t be bowl eligible if losing your bowl gives you a losing record for the year

Yes we heard you say that the last 3 years

 

Stay tuned for my take in 2020

[soccer10k]

Happened to have ESPN on and they're interviewing Dabo and boy is he going all in on this whole "Clemson is being disrespected" BS that he's been going on about for a few weeks now.

 

The interviewer says they haven't lost a football game since New Years Day 2018 but they're ranked 3rd in the playoff and asks Dabo what it tells him. He says that it's the first time it's happened in a long time, since like maybe 1966.

 

Uh, Dabo, you only have to go back 5 years. Florida State won the title and went undefeated in 2013, then went undefeated in 2014 but were ranked 3rd in the playoff. And not only were they ranked third, they were behind two one-loss teams as well.

[SouthSideRyan]

And then FSU got their horsefeathers kicked in by Oregon

[soccer10k]

I know the main difference is that Florida State team had a bunch of close calls all year and wasn't anywhere close to what they were the year before while Clemson only had one close win. But OSU and LSU just have better resume's than Clemson.

[Andy]

Happened to have ESPN on and they're interviewing Dabo and boy is he going all in on this whole "Clemson is being disrespected" BS that he's been going on about for a few weeks now.

 

The interviewer says they haven't lost a football game since New Years Day 2018 but they're ranked 3rd in the playoff and asks Dabo what it tells him. He says that it's the first time it's happened in a long time, since like maybe 1966.

 

Uh, Dabo, you only have to go back 5 years. Florida State won the title and went undefeated in 2013, then went undefeated in 2014 but were ranked 3rd in the playoff. And not only were they ranked third, they were behind two one-loss teams as well.

He is technically correct if only because Florida State only dropped to 2 in the AP poll in '14. There was, of course, no selection committee in '66 when it happened to (oddly enough) Alabama.

 

It's transparently a motivational tactic for his team, but yeah, it's pretty lame. At least no one on his team got suspended for PEDs this year.

[Derwood]

Dabo sounds like he'd be a good fit to coach UCF

 

Hey Dabo, how about you shut up until you beat an actual football team?

[weis21]

I mean Dabo and his “aww shucks we’re just lil Ole Clemson” schtick is super annoying but they’re the defending national champs and on paper are as good or better than they were last year. It’s not really his fault the ACC is so horrible this year.

 

He’s annoying but I understand why it’s prob frustrating. Plus I’m sure he’s doing this “us against the world”/disrespect act in part to motivate his team. It’s probably smart and surely doesn’t hurt.

 

But again I want to emphasize he’s annoying as hell.

[weis21]

I think they’ll beat OSU, too, fwiw

[UMFan83]

I think they’ll beat OSU, too, fwiw

 

I'm picking OSU (not that I want to), but I think Fields' knee injury is a legitimate concern. If he's slow and cant be as mobile, a lot of what makes their offense great will be affected imo.

[OleMissCub]

Clemson's best win this year is what? A mediocre Texas A&M team? Their schedule was Charmin soft.

 

That said, they're still bad to the bone and the OSU game is going to be awesome.

[Derwood]

I think they’ll beat OSU, too, fwiw

 

I'm picking OSU (not that I want to), but I think Fields' knee injury is a legitimate concern. If he's slow and cant be as mobile, a lot of what makes their offense great will be affected imo.

 

Clemson hasn’t faced a defense anywhere close to what OSU is rolling out there. I don’t get why all the “experts” are picking Clemson

[Derwood]

There’s maybe 5000 people in Yankee Stadium for this Pinstripe Bowl

[UMFan83]

Clemson's best win this year is what? A mediocre Texas A&M team? Their schedule was Charmin soft.

 

That said, they're still bad to the bone and the OSU game is going to be awesome.

 

Yeah I posted this a few weeks ago but based on sagarin ratings, Michigan played 5 opponents that were tougher than Clemson's best opponent.

 

Doesnt mean they arent a great team just that they were pretty much predestined to be in the playoffs based on their schedule.

[NOLA]

Mississippi State’s first string QB literally had his face broken after practice by their top LB when they got in a fight. Broken orbital bone. Having to play the backup now against Louisville.

 

I've had my orbital bone broken in a similar situation. I don't know how serious it is but that could keep him out of football for awhile.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

horsefeathers USC.

[OleMissCub]

The daughter in law of LSU’s OC was killed in a plane crash on the way to the game today

[Derwood]

The daughter in law of LSU’s OC was killed in a plane crash on the way to the game today

 

Saw that. Awful