Andy

A bunch of bowls got canceled, a bunch of teams opted out, and eligibility requirements were removed, so here we go. Myrtle Beach Bowl in Conway, SC – 12/21, 2:30 pm (ESPN) Appalachian State vs North Texas Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, ID – 12/22, 3:30 pm (ESPN) Tulane vs Nevada RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl in Boca Raton, FL – 12/22, 7 pm (ESPN) (16) BYU vs UCF R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 12/23, 3:30 pm (ESPN) Georgia Southern vs Louisiana Tech Montgomery Bowl in Montgomery, AL – 12/23, 7 pm (ESPN) Memphis vs Florida Atlantic New Mexico Bowl in Frisco, TX – 12/24, 3:30 pm (ESPN) Houston vs Hawaii Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, AL – 12/25, 2:30 pm (ESPN) Buffalo vs Marshall ServPro First Responder Bowl in Dallas, TX – 12/26, 3:30 pm (ABC) (19) UL Lafayette vs UTSA LendingTree Bowl in Mobile, AL – 12/26, 3:30 pm (ESPN) Georgia State vs Western Kentucky FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/26, 7:30 pm (ESPN) (12) Coastal Carolina vs Liberty Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/29, 5:30 pm (ESPN) (21) Oklahoma State vs (18) Miami Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 12/29, 9 pm (ESPN) (20) Texas vs Colorado Duke's Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 12/30, 12 pm (ESPN) Wake Forest vs Wisconsin Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX – 12/31, 12 pm (ESPN) (24) Tulsa vs Mississippi State Offerpad Arizona Bowl in Tucson, AZ – 12/31, 2 pm (CBS) (22) San Jose State vs Ball State AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 12/31, 4 pm (ESPN) West Virginia vs Army VRBO Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (ABC) (14) Northwestern vs Auburn TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 1/2, 12 pm (ESPN) Kentucky vs (23) NC State Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL – 1/2, 12:30 pm (ABC) (11) Indiana vs Ole Miss “New Year’s 6” Games: Goodyear Cotton Bowl in Arlington, TX – 12/30, 7:15 pm (ESPN) (7) Florida vs (6) Oklahoma Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta, GA – 1/1, 12:30 pm (ESPN) (9) Georgia vs (8) Cincinnati PlayStation Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ – 1/2, 4 pm (ESPN) (25) Oregon vs (10) Iowa State Capital One Orange Bowl in Miami, FL – 1/2, 8 pm (ESPN) (13) North Carolina vs (5) Texas A&M Playoff: Rose Bowl Semifinal in Arlington, TX – 1/1, 4 pm (ESPN) (4) Notre Dame vs (1) Alabama Allstate Sugar Bowl Semifinal in New Orleans, LA – 1/1, 8 pm (ESPN) (3) Ohio State vs (2) Clemson College Football Championship Game in Miami, FL – 1/11, 8 pm (ESPN) Semifinal Winners

I've long since accepted the playoff is getting bigger, but if people think that after that happens, the best CFB recruits are going to start spreading to all the different schools, in defiance of every single scintilla of evidence in the history of the sport, they'll be disappointed.

I'm not sure why the thought didn't occur to me before but it's increasingly obvious that the reason they didn't just go BCS x2 was that that might result in a non power team sneaking in and they couldn't have that.

The only reason I even want to be in the game is that everyone in America shares this attitude, so almost any competitiveness at all will be something of a perception win. But who am I kidding, it's Brian Kelly away from home against a really good team, we know how this will end

Trevor Lawrence is great, but he doesn't explain why ND's offensive line is getting mauled or why they fucked up two different scoring chances early in the game, one of which could've made it 10-0. Clemson apparently was doing the LeBron James thing where they horsefeathers around so you get some hope, then turn on Supernova Mode.

Welp, I got fooled again.

Taking that hard a stance is something you do when you already are pretty sure it will work out. I'm guessing ultimately some sort of deal is made with the Rose Bowl, whether it be allowing parents or the semifinal moving. Of course, ND needs to win to play in that one; if they lose tomorrow best case scenario is likely Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, which isn't disallowing families but is far more likely to end poorly.

First conference title game down. Bummed for Coastal, which could theoretically have earned a New Year's 6 game with a win.

3 weeks in a row.

UTSA will now play in the First Responder Bowl on 12/26 and has become the first college football team in history to earn 2 separate bowl bids in 1 season.

Doesn't matter. IU/Purdue is cancelled. Cases on both sides. Mustache man confirms

I'm in the semifinals this week (thank God I had a bye because I would have lost) and agonizing over starting Kyler or Justin Herbert. Herbert's matchup is better, but the Cardinals will probably need Kyler to run to win, which could help. Also, a big eff you to Cam Akers, who I drafted and stashed for like 8-9 weeks waiting for him to take over the Rams backfield. He decided to do so after I gave up.

Didn't even get to the first bowl before one was canceled.

Championship game change:

https://twitter.com/MartinMcCaulay/status/1338344140422131713

Notre Dame DC Clark Lea getting the Vanderbilt job. He's from Nashville and played at Vandy so that always made a ton of sense for Vandy. Official Mustache Man word:

This will make the repeated viewings of my 2016 World Series Blu-rays very slightly more awkward. In seriousness, good for them. Now change it to the Cleveland Spiders or we riot

Conference USA Championship Game (7 pm Friday, CBSSN) UAB at Marshall MAC Championship Game in Detroit (7:30 pm Friday, ESPN) Ball State vs Buffalo Pac-12 Championship Game (8 pm Friday, FOX) Oregon at (13) USC Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis (12 pm, FOX) (4) Ohio State vs (14) Northwestern Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, TX (12 pm, ABC) (10) Oklahoma vs (6) Iowa State ACC Championship Game in Charlotte (4 pm, ABC) (3) Clemson vs (2) Notre Dame Mountain West Championship Game in Las Vegas (4:30 pm, FOX) Boise State vs (24) San Jose State SEC Championship Game in Atlanta (8 pm, CBS) (1) Alabama vs (7) Florida American Championship Game (8 pm, ABC) (23) Tulsa at (9) Cincinnati Top 25 game ------------------------------ (5) Texas A&M at Tennessee (12 pm, ESPN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Nebraska at Rutgers (7:30 pm Friday, BTN) Washington State at Utah (1:30 pm, FS1) Air Force at Army (3 pm, CBS) Ole Miss at LSU (3:30 pm, SEC Network) Missouri at Mississippi State (3:30 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) Minnesota at Wisconsin (4 pm, BTN) Illinois at Penn State (5:30 pm, FS1) Stanford at UCLA (7 pm, ESPN) Arizona State at Oregon State (10:30 pm, ESPN)

I'm not familiar with SEC football but firing Gus strikes me as a horsefeathering stupid decision.

I could tell there was a forward lateral early so it wouldn't count, but still pretty freaking crazy to see it all unfold after that. As if that wasn't enough, the ESPN+ feed cut to a "technical difficulties" screen as the refs were announcing the penalty call and never came back. 12 years ago, BSU went into the MAC title game unbeaten and ranked #12 and a Murphy's Law game in Buffalo's favor ensued. Time for some revenge.

From a program prospective, it seems you would absolutely want the bowl game for a myriad of reasons: funding, recruiting exposure, rewards for the players, and the extra 14 practices or whatever it is you get. BC's head coach pointed out that the real 'rewards' of the bowl trips usually revolve around a nice trip somewhere with friends and/or family. Events are usually held in the days leading up to the game that the players can have some fun being part of. Since basically none of those things are in play this year, there's not as much draw. I completely understand the idea. I doubt any of us really know how tough this fall has been on CFB players.

BC has announced it's opting out of playing in a bowl game. Wondered if we'd see some teams do that. (Not counting LSU's hilarious self-imposed bowl ban.)