Bowl Games

[Deleted User 289]

Ok, I am a normally a huge fan and I realize how crazy of a season it's been but..........
3-4 (Houston), 2-8 (South Carolina) 5-6 (W. Kentucky), 3-7 (Mississippi State), 3-7 (Tennessee), 3-7 (Arkansas), 4-6 (Kentucky), and 4-5 (Ole Miss), are playing in Bowl games.
I'm sorry but I just don't feel sub .500 teams should be playing in Bowl games.
A 2-8 record gets you in a Bowl game? Come on!

Also, I am being dead serious when I say Liberty/Coastal Carolina in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl is one the 5 most interesting Bowl games for me this season.

My worthless predictions........

Myrtle Beach Bowl
Mon, Dec 21
2:30PM
Appalachian State Mountaineers8-3
North Texas Mean Green4-5
* N.T. +21


Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Tue, Dec 22
3:30PM
Tulane Green Wave6-5
Nevada Wolf Pack6-2
* Tulane -3.5



Boca Raton Bowl
Tue, Dec 22
7:00PM
UCF Knights6-3
16BYU Cougars10-1
* BYU-4.5


R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Wed, Dec 23
3:00PM
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs5-4
Georgia Southern Eagles7-5
* L.T. +5.5


Montgomery Bowl
Wed, Dec 23
7:00PM
Memphis Tigers7-3
Florida Atlantic Owls5-3
* FAU +9.5


New Mexico Bowl
Thu, Dec 24
3:30PM
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors4-4
Houston Cougars3-4
* Hawai'i +10.5


Camellia Bowl
Fri, Dec 25
2:30PM
Marshall Thundering Herd7-2
Buffalo Bulls5-1
* Marshall +3


Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Sat, Dec 26
12:00PM
South Carolina Gamecocks2-8
UAB Blazers6-3
* S. Carolina +5


FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl
Sat, Dec 26
12:00PM
Liberty Flames9-1
12Coastal Carolina Chanticleers11-0
* Coastal -6


SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Sat, Dec 26
3:30PM
19Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns9-1
UT San Antonio Roadrunners7-4
* Louisiana -13


LendingTree Bowl
Sat, Dec 26
3:30PM
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers5-6
Georgia State Panthers5-4
* W. Kentucky +5


Cheez-It Bowl
Tue, Dec 29
5:30PM
21Oklahoma State Cowboys7-3
18Miami Hurricanes8-2
* Miami +3


Valero Alamo Bowl
Tue, Dec 29
9:00PM
20Texas Longhorns6-3
Colorado Buffaloes4-1
* Colorado +13


Duke's Mayo Bowl
Wed, Dec 30
12:00PM
Wake Forest Demon Deacons4-4
Wisconsin Badgers3-3
* Wisconsin -7


TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Wed, Dec 30
4:00PM
15Iowa Hawkeyes6-2
Missouri Tigers5-5
* Missouri +14


Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Wed, Dec 30
8:00PM
7Florida Gators8-3
6Oklahoma Sooners8-2
* Florida -3


Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Thu, Dec 31
12:00PM
24Tulsa Golden Hurricane6-2
Mississippi State Bulldogs3-7
* Miss. State +2


Arizona Bowl
Thu, Dec 31
2:00PM
Ball State6-1
22San Jose State Spartans7-0
* SJSU -7


AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Thu, Dec 31
4:00PM
West Virginia Mountaineers5-4
Tennessee Volunteers3-7
* Tennessee +4


Mercari Texas Bowl
Thu, Dec 31
8:00PM
Arkansas Razorbacks3-7
TCU Horned Frogs6-4
* Arkansas +5


Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Fri, Jan 1
12:00PM
9Georgia Bulldogs7-2
8Cincinnati Bearcats9-0
* Georgia - 6


Vrbo Citrus Bowl
Fri, Jan 1
1:00PM
Auburn Tigers6-4
14Northwestern Wildcats6-2
* Auburn +3.5


Rose Bowl Game
Fri, Jan 1
4:00PM
4Notre Dame Fighting Irish10-1
1Alabama Crimson Tide11-0
* ND +19


Allstate Sugar Bowl
Fri, Jan 1
8:00PM
3Ohio State Buckeyes6-0
2Clemson Tigers10-1
* OSU +8


TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
Sat, Jan 2
12:00PM
23NC State Wolfpack8-3
Kentucky Wildcats4-6
* N.C. State +3


Outback Bowl
Sat, Jan 2
12:30PM
Ole Miss Rebels4-5
11Indiana Hoosiers6-1
* Indiana -7


PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
Sat, Jan 2
4:00PM
25Oregon Ducks4-2
10Iowa State Cyclones8-3
* Oregon +4


Capital One Orange Bowl
Sat, Jan 2
8:00PM
5Texas A&M Aggies8-1
13North Carolina Tar Heels8-3
* A&M -6


CFP National Championship by AT&T
Mon, Jan 11
8:00PM
Clemson/Ohio State
Alabama/Notre Dame

[jhawks99]

Are we in one?

[NewtonHawk11]

Should have been. I'm cool with getting smashed by Army just to get extra practice.

[Deleted User 289]

Tennessee is OUT of the Liberty Bowl. Let the dominoes fall?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -19-issues

[Sparko]

I noticed the George Foreman Grill PIzza Roll Bowl in Teaneck NJ was missing.

[Sparko]

Really enjoying the CCU Liberty game. 34-34 with three minutes to go.

[Sparko]

Fumble on the one yard line instead of taking a knee and kicking a FG

[Deleted User 289]

Was a great game.
I don't think they were trying to score there - and the OL went brain dead.
Meanwhile, I would have tried to have scored a TD. Odds are probably that you have a better chance of missing the FG than Coastal scoring a TD with about 20/25 seconds left on the clock.
The Irony was that Liberty ended up winning in OT because they blocked a FG.

[Sparko]

Coastal went brain dead in the end. I can't for the life of me understand why they didn't punish them with Marable. It was like the Chiefs today--throw three wild passes and hope for penalties.

[edjayhawk]

So much for the pundits saying the Big 12 is weak. Went undefeated. 6-0

[Deleted User 289]

5-0 but still damn impressive no matter how you slice it.
The "pundits" might rightfully tell you that the Big 12 was favored in all the games they won (I'm not 100% sure - but I believe that to be true) and didn't have any teams in the BCS Playoff/s (that I am 100% sure of).

Thought this is/was somewhat interesting. The ACC (with TWO BCS Playoff teams) and Conference USA finished a combined 0-12.

https://www.fanduel.com/theduel/posts/b ... et5dtwpshn

[jfish26]

I just now realized the championship game is tonight.

I know we spend a lot of time talking about what's wrong with college basketball. But my goodness, college football is broken much, much worse.

[PhDhawk]

With all that's gone on this season, I think the "champion" will have a bigger asterisk than had KU been awarded the hoops title last year.

Just my biased opinion...but football was just a series of games and not a season.

[pdub]

Yup.
Ohio State could play 8 games and be the champion.
Close to as bad as Helms.

[jfish26]

With all that's gone on this season, I think the "champion" will have a bigger asterisk than had KU been awarded the hoops title last year.

Just my biased opinion...but football was just a series of games and not a season.

It's not just that. It's the extreme competitive imbalance. Ohio State is a completely credible and strong title game participant...and they're going to get fly-meet-windshielded.

I come at this from a very particular perspective, but: N/I/L will do wonders for competitive balance in college football.

[PhDhawk]

Almost no noncon, so no way to evaluate conferences. Pac12 played 4 games, B1G started later than others...

[NewtonHawk11]

Remember that one time Najee Harris visited Kansas twice? And when Jamarr Chase was committed for a week?

Good times.

[NewtonHawk11]

Devonte Smith might be on of the most u stoppable players I’ve ever seen at the collegiate level.

[holidaysmore]

tOSU never stood a chance.