College Football - Postseason

[Andy]

Bracket attached for simplicity's sake

 

College Football Playoff

 

First Round Games

(9) Indiana at (5) Notre Dame, 12/20, 8 pm (ABC)

(10) SMU at (4) Penn State, 12/21, 12 pm (TNT)

(16) Clemson at (3) Texas, 12/21, 4 pm (TNT)

(7) Tennessee at (6) Ohio State, 12/21, 8 pm (ABC)

 

Quarterfinals

 

VRBO Fiesta Bowl Quarterfinal in Glendale, AZ – 12/31, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

PSU/SMU Winner vs (9) Boise State

 

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Quarterfinal in Atlanta, GA – 1/1, 1 pm (ESPN)

Clemson/Texas Winner vs (12) Arizona State

 

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

Tennessee/OSU Winner vs (1) Oregon

 

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

IU/ND Winner vs (2) Georgia

 

Final Four

 

Capital One Orange Bowl Semifinal in Miami, FL – 1/9, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

PSU/SMU/Boise Winner vs IU/ND/UGA Winner

 

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Semifinal in Arlington, TX – 1/10, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

Clemson/Texas/ASU Winner vs Tennessee/OSU/Oregon Winner

College Football Championship Game in Atlanta, GA – 1/20, 7:30 pm
(ESPN)

Semifinal Winners

 

Bowl Games

 

IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl in Montgomery, AL – 12/14, 9 pm (ESPN)

South Alabama vs Western Michigan

 

Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl in Frisco, TX – 12/17, 9 pm (ESPN)

(25) Memphis vs West Virginia

 

Boca Raton Bowl in Boca Raton, FL – 12/18, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Western Kentucky vs James Madison

 

LA Bowl in Inglewood, CA – 12/18, 9 pm (ABC)

California vs (24) UNLV

 

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 12/19, 7 pm (ESPN2)

Georgia Southern vs Sam Houston

 

StaffDNA Cure Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/20, 12 pm (ESPN)

Jacksonville State vs Ohio

 

UnionHome Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL – 12/20, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

Florida vs Tulane

 

Myrtle Beach Bowl in Conway, SC – 12/23, 11 am (ESPN)

Coastal Carolina vs UTSA

 

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, ID – 12/23, 2:30 pm (ESPN)

Northern Illinois vs Fresno State

 

Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, HI – 12/24, 10 pm (ESPN)

San Jose State vs South Florida

 

GameAbove Sports Bowl in Detroit, MI – 12/26, 2 pm (ESPN)

Toledo vs Pittsburgh

 

Rate Bowl in Phoenix, AZ – 12/26, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

Kansas State vs Rutgers

 

68 Ventures Bowl in Mobile, AL – 12/26, 9 pm (ESPN)

Arkansas State vs Bowling Green

 

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX – 12/27, 12/3:30 pm (ESPN)

Navy vs Oklahoma

 

Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham, AL – 12/27, 12/3:30 pm (ESPN)

Vanderbilt vs Georgia Tech

 

AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 12/27, 7 pm (ESPN)

Texas Tech vs Arkansas

 

DirecTV Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA –  12/27, 8 pm (FOX)

Washington State vs (21) Syracuse

 

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, NV – 12/27, 10:30 pm (ESPN)

Texas A&M vs USC

 

Wasabi Fenway Bowl in Boston, MA – 12/28, 11 am (ESPN)

North Carolina vs UConn

 

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in New York, NY - 12/28, 12 pm (ABC)

Boston College vs Nebraska

 

Isleta New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, NM – 12/28, 2:15 pm (ESPN)

TCU vs UL Lafayette

 

Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/28, 3:30 pm (ABC)

(18) Iowa State vs (13) Miami

 

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl in Tucson, AZ – 12/28, 4:30 pm (CW)

Colorado State vs Miami (OH)

 

Go Bowling Military Bowl in Annapolis, MD – 12/28, 5:45pm (ESPN)

NC State vs East Carolina

 

Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 12/28, 7:30 pm (ABC)

(17) BYU vs (23) Colorado

 

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA – 12/28, 9:15 pm (ESPN)

(22) Army vs Louisiana Tech

 

TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN – 12/30, 2:30 pm (ESPN)

Iowa vs (19) Missouri

 

ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, FL – 12/31, 12 pm (ESPN)

Michigan vs (11) Alabama

 

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

Washington vs Louisville

 

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/31, 3 pm (ABC)

(20) Illinois vs (15) South Carolina

 

Texas Bowl in Houston, TX – 12/31, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

LSU vs Baylor

 

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 1/2, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

(14) Ole Miss vs Duke

 

ServPro First Responder Bowl in Dallas, TX – 1/3, 4 pm (ESPN)

North Texas vs Texas State

 

Duke's Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 1/3, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

Virginia Tech vs Minnesota

 

Bahamas Bowl in Nassau, BS – 1/4, 11 am (ESPN2)

Buffalo vs Liberty

Edited December 23, 2024 by Andy

[CubinNY]

It’s gonna be Georgia vs Oregon

[Derwood]

Man, the CFP really sucks the life out of the rest of the bowl games. Barely an interesting game to be found

[CubColtPacer]

Interesting to see that the initial lines for the first round are between -7.5 and -10.5.  No utter mismatches, but Vegas doesn't see any game as anywhere close to even either.

[Derwood]

The rarely seen "two schools from the same conference in a non-playoff bowl game" happened this year (BYU vs. Colorado), but those two teams never played in the regular season.

Welcome to the era of mega-conferences

[Andy]

8 minutes ago, Derwood said:

The rarely seen "two schools from the same conference in a non-playoff bowl game" happened this year (BYU vs. Colorado), but those two teams never played in the regular season.

Welcome to the era of mega-conferences

Yeah, this year and next a couple of these bowls might get stuck because former Pac-12 schools have agreed to retain their Pac-12 ties through the end of their contracts in 2025.

BYU/Colorado were never in the same league before this season, so if it had to happen that's a good way to do it. Last week it was reported that Arizona State/Colorado and Iowa State/BYU were also in play depending on how things worked out.

[Andy]

Some Internet rumblings that Carson Beck has a UCL injury and will be out for the Sugar Bowl.

[Tryptamine]

How the hell did Michigan get a bowl game against Alabama? 

[CubinNY]

11 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

How the hell did Michigan get a bowl game against Alabama? 

Alumni base. Michigan travels well.

[mul21]

58 minutes ago, Andy said:

Some Internet rumblings that Carson Beck has a UCL injury and will be out for the Sugar Bowl.

I thought it was either that or a labrum when I saw it happen and based on how he was carrying the arm when he came in for the injury play, UCL is a good bet.

[Brian707]

All these first round matchups appear to be mismatches. All are at least 7.5 point favorites 

[Andy]

53 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Alumni base. Michigan travels well.

This, and Alabama was passed up for the top SEC bowl, the Citrus, for South Carolina because the Citrus figured the Gamecock fans would be more excited to go.

[soccer10k]

Texas over Clemson, OSU over Tennesseee, Penn St over SMU, Notre Dame over Indiana

Texas over ASU, Oregon over OSU, Penn St over Boise, Georgia over Notre Dame

Oregon over Texas, Georgia over PSU

Georgia over Oregon

[UMFan83]

30 minutes ago, Andy said:

This, and Alabama was passed up for the top SEC bowl, the Citrus, for South Carolina because the Citrus figured the Gamecock fans would be more excited to go.

Somehow Michigan is going to play (and probably lose to) all 3 of the other participants of last year's CFP.  Already got blown out by Texas and lost a close game to Washington.

[Andy]

What a weird-ass coaching carousel. Scott Frost going back to UCF. Rich Rodriguez going back to West Virginia (his last tenure there ended with lawsuits!). Bill Belichick (?!?) going to North Carolina. Dan Mullen reportedly on the verge of signing with UNLV. Glad I'm not invested in any of those choices.

[Brian707]

Is Bill Belichick going to UNC because his girlfriend goes there? Lol

[CubinNY]

3 hours ago, Brian707 said:

Is Bill Belichick going to UNC because his girlfriend goes there? Lol

[Andy]

And you thought we were done with Mustache Man after COVID

5-7 Louisiana Tech will play in the game instead.

Edited December 14, 2024 by Andy

[Nolansomebody]

31 minutes ago, Andy said:

 

The whole story with Marshall this past week has been so stupid.

[Rex Buckingham]

On 12/14/2024 at 2:55 PM, Nolansomebody said:

The whole story with Marshall this past week has been so stupid.

How so?

Because I totally get them opting not to play the bowl game... they lost their HC and a ton of dudes to the portal... I put it much more on the school choosing to part ways with Huff

[Derwood]

The problem is that the portal window, the post season schedule, and the semester schedules don't sync, so it's chaos in bowl season

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I don't care enough to start a different thread for this, but is it time for USC to panic a little? They had a shitload enter the portal.

[The_Achiever]

I love that it's kicking off Friday night with the IU/ND game.  Starts my two weeks of very little work and a lot of drinking nicely.  

[Derwood]

Wild that two of the four first round games are airing on......TNT?

[Brian707]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

Wild that two of the four first round games are airing on......TNT?

Going up against the NFL too