College Football Bowls

Folks,

I'm keeping this one really short. Nothing left to project. Nothing worth recapping at this point. No races to be decided. No questions of who's #1 and #2. We just have 28 games left. Now whether they are something to be excited about or glorified exhibition games is a question that only you can answer. We start tonight with the Poinsettia Bowl and go until January 8.

Games to watch outside the BCS: Holiday Bowl, Cotton Bowl, former Citrus Bowl, former Peach—all self explanatory. Also worth watching, Music City Bowl as FSU will be missing a quarter of its team. We will watch BYU take down UCLA.

The best question left is will the AP vote somebody other than Ohio State/LSU as #1. They could make a "protest vote" of Hawaii. They simply could decide after the bowls that one of the other unfit-to-play-for-a-national-championship teams is "worthy" of being #1.

If LSU wins, they are the second 2-loss national champion in history with 1959 Minnesota (who lost the Rose Bowl and split with undefeated Syracuse). As sick as it makes my stomach: Go Buckeyes.

I am going to the Rose Bowl, so if you're looking for a place to watch New Year's bowls, I'd advise somewhere else.

And if you haven't made picks in the Bowl Pick 'Em games, you should do so today. Although if you sign up late, you lose relatively few points because the lowest confidence values are automatically assigned to the first bowls.

Thursday, December 20
6:00 -- Utah vs. Navy (+9) at San Diego (Some Extremely Localized County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Friday, December 21
5:00 -- Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic (-2) at New Orleans (Tiny Freight Carrier New Orleans Bowl) (ESPN2 HD)

Saturday, December 22
10:00 -- Southern Mississippi vs. #20 Cincinnati (-11) at Birmingham (Pizza Giant's Online Presence Bowl) (ESPN2 HD)
1:30 -- Nevada vs. New Mexico (-3) at Albuquerque (New Mexico Bowl) (ESPN HD)
5:00 -- UCLA vs. #19 Brigham Young (-5.5) at Las Vegas (Japanese TV Manufacturer Las Vegas Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Sunday, December 23
5:00 -- #24 Boise State vs. East Carolina (+10.5) at Honolulu (Unimpressive Hotel Chain Hawaii Bowl) (ESPN)

Wednesday, December 26
4:30 -- Purdue vs. Central Michigan (+9.5) at Detroit (Motor City Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Thursday, December 27
5:00 -- #12 Arizona State vs. #17 Texas (-1.5) at San Diego (Whale's Vagina Insurance Company Holiday Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Friday, December 28
2:00 -- #14 Boston College vs. Michigan State (+3) at Orlando (Crappy Sports Clothing Subdivision of Retail Shoe Giant Bowl) (ESPN HD)
5:00 -- Texas Christian vs. Houston (+3.5) at Houston (Texas Bowl) (NFLN HD -- Unavailable)
5:30 -- Maryland vs. Oregon State (-4.5) at San Francisco (Nut Sub-brand That Was Launched to Coincide with Naming This Game Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Saturday, December 29
10:00 -- Connecticut vs. Wake Forest (-3.5) at Charlotte (Festering Oil Change Bowl) (ESPN HD)
1:30 -- Central Florida vs. Mississippi State (+3) at Memphis (Dirty Car Parts Store Liberty Bowl) (ESPN HD)
5:00 -- Penn State vs. Texas A&M (+5.5) at San Antonio (Fifth-Rate Gas Company Alamo Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Sunday, December 30
5:00 -- Alabama vs. Colorado (+3.5) at Shreveport (Oil Mining Independence Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Monday, December 31
9:30 -- California vs. Air Force (+4) at Fort Worth (Price Gouging Helicopter Company Armed Forces Bowl) (ESPN HD)
11:00 -- Georgia Tech vs. Fresno State (+4.5) at Boise (Greasy Truck Stop Humanitarian Bowl) (ESPN2 HD)
11:00 -- #23 South Florida vs. Oregon (+6.5) at El Paso (Sun Bowl) (CBS HD)
1:00 -- Kentucky vs. Florida State (0) at Nashville (Homosexually Named Hotel Music City Bowl) (ESPN HD)
2:30 -- Indiana vs. Oklahoma State (- 4.5) at Tempe (Online Company That No One Knows What They Do Bowl) (NFLN HD -- Unavailable)
4:30 -- #15 Clemson vs. #22 Auburn (+2.5) at Atlanta (Shitty, Wet Piece of Chicken Slapped Between Two Stale Buns with Pickles and Mayo Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Tuesday, January 1
8:00 -- #18 Wisconsin vs. #16 Tennessee (-4) at Tampa (Australian Steakhouse That Isn't Australian Bowl) (ESPN HD)
8:30 -- #7 Missouri vs. #25 Arkansas (+3.5) at Dallas (Telephone Behemoth Cotton Bowl) (FOX HD)
10:00 -- Michigan vs. #9 Florida (-10.5) at Orlando (Credit Card Giant Bowl) (ABC HD)
10:00 -- Texas Tech vs. #21 Virginia (+5.5) at Jacksonville (Photocopier Gator Bowl) (CBS HD)
1:30 -- #13 Illinois vs. #6 Southern California (-13.5) at Pasadena (Rose Bowl Presented by Financial Devil) (ABC HD)
5:30 -- #10 Hawaii vs. #4 Georgia (-11) (Insurance Goliath Sugar Bowl) (FOX HD)

Wednesday, January 2
5:00 -- #11 West Virginia vs. #3 Oklahoma (-6.5) at Glendale (Mass-Produced Tortilla Chips Fiesta Bowl) (FOX HD)

Thursday, January 3
5:00 -- #8 Kansas vs. #5 Virginia Tech (-3.5) at Miami Gardens (Shipping Company Run By Insane Christians Orange Bowl) (FOX HD)

Saturday, January 5
9:00 -- Rutgers vs. Ball State (+10) at Toronto (International Bowl) (ESPN2 HD)

Sunday, January 6
5:00 -- Bowling Green vs. Tulsa (-4.5) at Mobile (Auto Company's Financial Arm Bowl) (ESPN HD)

Monday, January 7
5:00 -- #2 Louisiana State vs. #1 Ohio State (+5.5) (Insurance Goliath BCS National Championship Game) (FOX HD)