**** OFFICIAL College Football Bowls & Playoffs Thread ****
 

Dec. 17

Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl
North Carolina Central vs. Grambling
12 p.m., ABC
Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Gildan New Mexico Bowl
New Mexico vs. UTSA
2 p.m., ESPN
University Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M.

Las Vegas Bowl Presented by Geico
Houston vs. San Diego State
3:30 p.m., ABC
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
Appalachian State vs. Toledo
5:30 p.m., ESPN
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Ala.

AutoNation Cure Bowl
UCF vs. Arkansas State
5:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla.

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Southern Mississippi vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
9 p.m., ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans

Dec. 19

Miami Beach Bowl
Central Michigan vs. Tulsa
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Marlins Park, Miami

Dec. 20

Boca Raton Bowl
Memphis vs. Western Kentucky
7 p.m., ESPN
FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla.

Dec. 21

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
BYU vs. Wyoming
9 p.m., ESPN
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego

Dec. 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Idaho vs. Colorado State
7 p.m., ESPN
Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho

Dec. 23

Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
1 p.m., ESPN
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Louisiana Tech vs. No. 25 Navy
4:30 p.m., ESPN
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas

Dollar General Bowl
Ohio vs. Troy
8 p.m., ESPN
Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Ala.

Dec. 24

Hawai'i Bowl
Hawai'i vs. Middle Tennessee
8 p.m., ESPN
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu

Dec. 26

St. Petersburg Bowl
Miami (Ohio) vs. Mississippi State
11 a.m., ESPN
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Quick Lane Bowl
Maryland vs. Boston College
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Ford Field, Detroit

Camping World Independence Bowl
NC State vs. Vanderbilt
5 p.m., ESPN2
Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La.

Dec. 27

Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl
Army vs. North Texas
12 p.m., ESPN
Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman
No. 24 Temple vs. Wake Forest
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md.

National Funding Holiday Bowl
Minnesota vs. Washington State
7 p.m., ESPN
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego

Motel 6 Cactus Bowl
Boise State vs. Baylor
10:15 p.m., ESPN
Chase Field, Phoenix

Dec. 28

New Era Pinstripe Bowl
No. 23 Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern
2 p.m., ESPN
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y.

Russell Athletic Bowl
No. 16 West Virginia vs. Miami
5:30 p.m., ESPN
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla.

Foster Farms Bowl
Indiana vs. No. 19 Utah
8:30 p.m., Fox
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.

AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl
Texas A&M vs. Kansas State
9 p.m., ESPN
NRG Stadium, Houston

Dec. 29

Birmingham Bowl
South Florida vs. South Carolina
2 p.m., ESPN
Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala.

Belk Bowl
Arkansas vs. No. 22 Virginia Tech
5:30 p.m., ESPN
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.

Valero Alamo Bowl
No. 12 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 Colorado
9 p.m., ESPN
Alamodome, San Antonio

Dec. 30

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Georgia vs. TCU
12 p.m., ESPN
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, Tenn.

Hyundai Sun Bowl
No. 18 Stanford vs. North Carolina
2 p.m., CBS
Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Nebraska vs. No. 21 Tennessee
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn.

Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
South Alabama vs. Air Force
5:30 p.m., Campus Insiders
Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Ariz.

Capital One Orange Bowl
No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 Florida State
8 p.m., ESPN
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla.

Dec. 31

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl
No. 20 LSU vs. No. 13 Louisville
11 a.m., ABC
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla.

TaxSlayer Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky
11 a.m., ESPN
EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Fla.

College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
No. 4 Washington vs. No. 1 Alabama
3 p.m., ESPN
Georgia Dome, Atlanta

College Football Playoff semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Clemson
7 p.m., ESPN
University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.

Jan. 2

Outback Bowl
No. 17 Florida vs. Iowa
1 p.m., ABC
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
No. 15 Western Michigan vs. No. 8 Wisconsin
1 p.m., ESPN
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual
No. 9 USC vs. No. 5 Penn State
5 p.m., ESPN
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.

Allstate Sugar Bowl
No. 14 Auburn vs. No. 7 Oklahoma
8:30 p.m., ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans

Jan. 9

College Football Playoff National Championship
8 p.m., ESPN
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DaKCMan AP's bowl record prediction for the 5 major conferences (not including the Playoff games):

ACC 2-8
Big 10 4-5
Big 12 3-3
Pac 12 5-0
SEC 7-4

Pac 12 benefits from favorable matchups.


DaKCMan AP's Playoff prediction:

Clemson over ohio state
Alabama over Washington

Alabama over Clemson

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Go KU!

Dude love Bowl season...

Why aren't there any games on Jan 1?

It's a Sunday which means it's the NFL's day.

Probably because it falls on Sunday.

You must of forgot the annual Notre Dame bowl game featuring Notre Dame.

Games I might watch:

• Citrus Bowl - No. 20 LSU vs. No. 13 Louisville
  
• Fiesta Bowl - No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Clemson
  
• Rose Bowl - No. 9 USC vs. No. 5 Penn State
  
• College Football Playoff National Championship

The rest I'm either at work or don't care.

There are a few other interesting match ups, IMO:

Western Michigan & Wisconsin
Michigan & Florida State
Oklahoma State & Colorado
Nebraska & Tennessee


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:thumb:

ETA: These are the schools that my kids go to currently. It's pretty cool they both get bowls this year. It's especially rare with Idaho and probably won't happen again as they are moving to the FCS in 2018.

Tenny sucks. Wanted to play you guys,

HOw bad of an underdog are the huskies? I would love for them to beat Alabama.. I hate Saban

Started at 14, up to 17 at some places.

You should probably just stick to posting worthless Buckethead videos.

Mizzou crushed my Hog spirit. IDGAF about our Belk bowl appearance against VT, which is a horrible matchup for us anyway.

Arky was crushing VT 24-0 at half. Three turnovers later and it's 24-21 going into the 4th. Turned this turd into a fun game.

Now the Hokies are winning. Unbelievable.

VT 28-24.

Any SEC collapse is a good one in my book.

Arky has melted down in every way imaginable

ACC looking good in the bowl games this far.

This is my fault...I had forgot about the game and turned it on to begin the second half. I hate Virginia Tech probably more than I hate Denver. It happens every time, I turn on a game to hate on a team, they wind up winning.

****ing Virginia Tech...once Beamer's draft classes are gone, the program will be shit.

Not fun to watch this citrus bowl at all.

Hoping Washington can stay within 24 of Bama and make it worth watching for a quarter or so.

Bowls have been awesome sauce this year. Hope the playoffs don't tank. Seeing Alabama win it all again isn't good for the system.

Time to shock the world! BOW DOWN! GO DAWGS!!!

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Bama should mug Washington WRs and force the refs to throw flags...

I would bump them all the way down the field, mug them way before the ball is released..

That would've been a huge play if he caught that INT. Need to take advantage of those plays.

Damn that was pretty.

Washington punching Alabama in the mouth early.

Bow down!

Bama getting a little karma for not shaking Washingtons hands after the coin flip.

Just one score. I have no interest in the game. It is about the only thing on tv right now.

Long way to go. I'm actually not surprised. You knew Chris Petersen would have these guys ready to play.

Almost 10 years to the day when Chris Petersen led Boise State to the big upset win over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.

Lamont Jackson looked terrible

Nice run by the Ala QB

Wow, what a run.

Wow. What a run

wow

Mans game

Boom!

Trump flag in the stands

Going to be a long game if Alabama is going to physically dominate the line of scrimmage like they did on that drive.

I thought the new stadium was going to be way away from the Georgia Dome. Does the GD go away or will a church buy it?

Isn't it amazing that the life of a stadium is just around 20 years?

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Well at least you'll always have that brief 7-0 lead to remember, Washington.

Oh my

Roll Tide

It's only that way because the owners get the states to pay for it.

If they had to pay for it themselves it would be longer

Harris-ouch

poorly executed

Sideways plays don't work for WU either

Clearly Andy Reid took over the play calling for Washington

The refs are playing with fire.

Did they say ALA had a player that shot his index finger off?

Oh my what a D play

Terrible decision

11 D touchdowns in 12 games. WOW

Bama's D is just too good.

They are almost as good as K States D :hmmm:

Bama games are like Mayweather fights. You know they're gonna win. And they're probably going to be really boring in doing it. You see glimmers of hope from their opponents but every mistake is a nail in the coffin.

Come on Kiffin-get it together

Does Bama really need to throw the ball?

Good no call on the face mask. The Big 12 refs must be officiating this game.

Kiffin is going to Kiffin. Bama can run on Washington all day long but it isn't genius enough for Kiffin.

Skinny dark haired girl looked drunk

WU looking like a Pac12 D

nice flag work ref

what QB can over come the Odds vs Alabama? Watson OR B?

There went your chance.

getting a little punchy again.

Snap the **************ball

Hurts is terrible.

Bama with the perpetual AIDS offense. Play like it's 1945 and still win. Disgusting.

Todd Blackledge appreciates the shitty QB play in this game.

wash keeps getting buried.
roughing punter

Yeah that was running into, not roughing the punter.

Nice flop by the Washington kicker. ROFL