Games Played Outside of the Continental U.S.: 2 of them and on the same day Thursday, Dec. 24 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Middle Tennessee vs. MAC Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas Noon / ESPN Hawai'i Bowl American vs. MWC or BYU Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI 8:00pm / ESPN Bowl with the Shortest Name: Wednesday, Dec. 30 Belk Bowl SEC vs. ACC/Notre Dame Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC 3:30pm / ESPN Bowl with Some Kind of Plant in the Name: Saturday, Dec. 19 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl MAC vs. Sun Belt Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL 5:30pm / ESPN Tuesday, Dec. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl MAC vs. MWC Albertson's Stadium Boise, ID 3:30pm / ESPN Wednesday, Dec. 23 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl MWC vs. MAC Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA 4:30pm / ESPN Thursday, Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl At-Large vs. At-Large Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Noon / ESPN Goodyear Cotton Bowl Playoff Semifinal Game AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX 4 or 8pm / ESPN Capital One Orange Bowl Playoff Semifinal Game Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 4 or 8pm / ESPN Friday, Jan. 1 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl Big Ten vs. SEC Orlando Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 1:00pm / ABC Rose Bowl Game Big Ten vs. Pac-12 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 5:00pm / ESPN Allstate Sugar Bowl Big 12 vs. SEC Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA 8:30pm / ESPN Saturday, Jan. 2 Motel 6 Cactus Bowl Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Chase Field Phoenix, AZ 10:15pm / ESPN First Time Bowls: Saturday, Dec. 19 AutoNation Cure Bowl American vs. Sun Belt Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL 7:00pm / CBSSN Tuesday, Dec. 29 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl C-USA vs. MWC Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ 7:30pm / ASN
Ew. I hadn't noticed that. Gah, that sucks. Were the semis played on NYE last year, too? I guess I tuned out with how horrible our season ended and no XII representative.
More fun. Forty bowl games require eighty teams to play butn the required 6-win mark has been reached by only seventy-five teams, so far, thus raising the issue of allowing some teams with a 5-7 record play a bowl game. Of those teams: Missouri, with a retired coach and no replacement named as of this post, has chosen to preemptively remove their team from consideration. Over at Nebraska, the AD has decided to vacate a provision in the coaches' contracts that would give them a bonus if they make it to a bowl game. This seems assured since the NCAA decided the criteria for determining which 5-7 teams get invited to post season play will be based on their Academic Progress Rate, and the huskers are at the top of the list. Down at Austin, sa*et's Charlie Strong, currently 5-6, does not want to field questions about accepting a 5-7 bid since such talk could distract his team from preparing for their final game with Baylor. Kansas State is in the same situation and is also in position to go bowling should they finish at 5-7. Bill Snyder said he would let the players decide on Sunday. San Jose State, next in line on the APR scale, has indicated they would accept a bid. No word yet from other teams that would qualify, Minnesota, Illinois or Rice.
Say whaaa? whorn has 4 wins, sitting at 4-7, with virtually zero chance of winning Saturday. So there will be no entertaining 5-win bowls for Strong, whether he wants to or not.
Just a guess on my part but Tostitos dint want to spend more $$$ on also-ran teams and Battlefrog (does outdoor type events) dint mind doing that and coughed up title sponsor type money.......
There was an article about the bowls in the Austin American Statesman today. The Pinstripe Bowl is being played in Yankee Stadium between Indiana and Duke. "So two basketball schools are playing a football game in a baseball stadium."