The Bowl Games are listed by calendar date
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Dec 22, 8 pm ET on ESPN. Arizona State vs Boise State. Just because I like to watch Boise.
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Honolulu, Dec 24, 8:00 pm ET on ESPN. Southern Miss vs Nevada. I watch it just 'cause it's in Hawaii. Southern Miss seems better on paper, but paper records don't count on the field.
Holiday Bowl San Diego Dec 28, 8 pm ET on ESPN. California vs Texas. Holiday Bowl games are famous for exciting finishes. And I love America's Finest City.
CHAMPS Sports Bowl Orlando, Dec 29, 5:30 pm ET on ESPN. Florida State vs Notre Dame. Two 8-4 teams with a lot of history and tradition. A toss-up game.
Velero Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Dec 29, 9:00 pm ET on ESPN. Baylor vs Washington. Heisman winner Robert Griffin III makes this a more interesting game to watch. Should be Baylor's game.
Ticket City Bowl Dallas, January 2, 2012, 12:00 noon ET on ESPNU. Houston vs Penn State. Houston (12-1) was looking at a bigger Bowl until they lost that one game at the end of the season. Sort of a consolation game for both school. Penn State needs redemption but it may have to wait until next season.
Gator Bowl Jacksonville Florida, January 2, 12:00 noon ET on ESPN2. Ohio State vs Florida. I will probably be watching the Ticket City Bowl instead. "Just wait til next year" is the situation with both of these teams.
Outback Bowl Tampa, January 2, 1:00 pm ET on ABC. Michigan State vs Georgia. Them Dogs are perhaps the best three-loss team in the country.
Rose Bowl Pasadena, January 2, 5:00 pm ET on ESPN. Wisconsin vs Oregon. I will be watching. I love them Ducks! Two of the best four teams not in the Championship game.
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Glendale AZ, January 2 8:30 pm ET on ESPN. Stanford vs Oklahoma State. The other two of the best four teams not in the BCS Championship. Both had championship bowl aspirations until late in the season. Heisman runner-up Andrew Luck will have his work cut out for him against the Cowboys.
Sugar Bowl New Orleans, January 3, 8:30 pm ET on ESPN. Michigan vs Virginia Tech. This one doesn't get me very excited.
Orange Bowl Miami, January 4, 8:30 pm ET on ESPN. West Virginia vs Clemson. Practically becoming a home game for Clemson. Sorta ho-hum for me.
Cotton Bowl Arlington Texas, January 6, 8:00 pm ET on FOX. Kansas State vs Arkansas. Not likely to generate much interest outside of Kansas and Arkansas.
BCS Championship Game New Orleans, Jan 9, 8:30 pm ET on ESPN. LSU vs Alabama, the match-up of #1 vs #2, the rematch I predicted (and preferred) after LSU beat Alabama 9-6 in a game that I thought Alabama should have won.
Loved some of the games.. I was thrilled to see Boise State win the other night!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for the Rose Bowl.. having been born and raised in Southern California.. it's sort of mandatory to watch it!
Also want to see the Fiesta Bowl and the National Championships *cough* what a joke title *cough*
Isn't it amazing that the FCS can figure out how to do a playoff system but the BCS can't? and the reasons they pick the teams they pick for bowl games.. why that's easy.. MONEY!!
I agree LSU and Alabama probably do belong there. I mean if you are considered number two and your only loss of the season was to number one.. then... of course Oregon could say the same thing.. oh well.. until they cave and go to a playoff system we get what we get
I totally agree with you Shauni. I am a big proponent for a BCS playoff system. It wouldn't have to involve very many teams either, and then the Fiesta Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl would have real MEANING. Winners face winners and then the championship will have been earned on the field, not on a computer matrix and sportswriter/coach ballots.
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