It's Bowl Game Time!

            It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

            
            Yes people, it is bowl season! 35 bowl games jammed into just 24 days. There are plenty of great matchups that all lead up to the national championship game on January 9^th. Here’s a rundown of all the bowl games. I will have a more in-depth preview of the bowls in about a week or two.

Gildan New Mexico Bowl- Dec. 17^th: Temple Owls (8-4) vs. Wyoming Cowboys (8-4)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl- Dec. 17^th: Ohio Bobcats (9-4) vs. Utah State Aggies (7-5)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl- Dec. 17^th: San Diego State Aztecs (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4)

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl- Dec. 20^th: Florida International Golden Panthers (8-4) vs. Marshall Thundering Herd (6-6)

San Diego Country Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl- Dec. 21^st: TCU Horned Frogs (10-2) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4)

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl- Dec. 22^nd: Arizona State Sun Devils (6-6) vs. Boise State Broncos (11-1)

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl- Dec. 24^th: Nevada Wolf Pack (7-5) vs. Southern Miss (11-2)

Advocare V100 Independence Bowl- Dec. 26^th: Missouri Tigers (7-5) vs. North Carolina Tar Heels (7-5)

Little Caesars Bowl- Dec. 27^th: Western Michigan Broncos (7-5) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (6-6)

Belk Bowl- Dec. 27^th: Louisville Cardinals (7-5) vs. NC State Wolfpack (7-5)

Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman- Dec. 28^th: Toledo Rockets (8-4) vs. Air Force Falcons (7-5)

Bridgepoint Educated Holiday Bowl- Dec. 28^TH: California Golden Bears (7-5) vs. Texas Longhorns (7-5)

Champs Sports Bowl- Dec. 29^th: Florida State Seminoles (8-4) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-4)

Valero Alamo Bowl- Dec. 29^th: Washington Huskies (7-5) vs. Baylor Bears (9-3)

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl- Dec. 30^th: BYU Cougars (9-3) vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricanes (8-4)

New Era Pinstripe Bowl- Dec. 30^th: Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-4) vs. Iowa State Cyclones (6-6)

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl- Dec. 30th: Mississippi State Bulldogs (6-6) vs. Wake Froest Demon Deacons (6-6)

Insight Bowl- Dec. 30^th: Iowa Hawkeyes (7-5) vs. Oklahoma Sooners (9-3)

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas- Dec. 31^st: Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern Wildcats (6-6)

Hyundai Sun Bowl- Dec. 31^st: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (8-4) vs. Utah Utes (7-5)

AutoZone Liberty Bowl- Dec. 31^st: Cincinnati Bearcats (9-3) vs. Vanderbilt Commodores (6-6)

Chick-fil-A Bowl- Dec. 31^st: Virginia Cavaliers (8-4) vs. Auburn Tigers (7-5)

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl- Dec. 31^st: Illinois Fighting Illini (6-6) vs. UCLA Bruins (6-7)

-No games on New Year’s Day. Since it is on Sunday there will be NFL games.

TicketCity Bowl- Jan. 2^nd: Houston Cougars (12-1) vs. Penn State Nittany Lions (9-3)

Outback Bowl- Jan. 2^nd: Michigan State Spartans (10-3) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (10-3)

Capital One Bowl- Jan. 2^nd: Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3) vs. South Carolina Gamecocks (10-2)

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl- Jan. 2^nd: Ohio State Buckeyes (6-6) vs. Florida Gators (6-6)

Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio- Jan. 2^nd: Wisconsin Badgers (11-2) vs. Oregon Ducks (11-2)

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl- Jan. 2^nd: Stanford Cardinal (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys (11-1)

Allstate Sugar Bowl- Jan. 3^rd: Michigan Wolverines (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech Hokies (11-2)

Discover Orange Bowl- Jan. 4^th: West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3) vs. Clemson Tigers (10-3)

AT&T Cotton Bowl- Jan. 6^th: Kansas State Wildcats (10-2) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (10-2)

BBVA Compass Bowl- Jan. 7^th: SMU Mustangs (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh Panthers (6-6)

GoDaddy.com Bowl-Jan. 8^th: Arkansas State Red Wolves (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois Huskies (10-3)

Allstate BCS National Championship Game- Jan. 9^th: LSU Tigers (13-0) vs. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1)

            There you have it, folks. It’s not quite March Madness but it is still exciting.