1) AllState Sugar Bowl: #1 Alabama vs #4 Ohio State
2) Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual: #2 Oregon vs #3 Florida State
3) Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic: Baylor vs Michigan State
4) Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl: Mississippi vs TCU
These are pretty self-explanatory. The two semifinals should be pretty good games, the other two have Big XII co-champs against the second or third best teams from power conferences.
Good Not Great Bowls
5) Capital One Orange Bowl: Mississippi State vs Georgia Tech
6) Belk Bowl: Louisville vs Georgia
7) Russell Athletic Bowl: Oklahoma vs Clemson
This is where it becomes muhc more about the eye of the beholder and story lines. Oklahoma was a huge disappointment and we still don't know how good Clemson is or could have been. Mississippi State-Georgia Tech is a match-up of ACC runner up and the second best team in the SEC West. Louisville-Georgia has only one thing Bobo vs Grantham.
Above Average, Should Be Entertaining
8) Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Notre Dame vs LSU,
9) Miami Beach Bowl: Memphis vs BYU,
10) VIZIO Fiesta Bowl: Arizona vs Boise State,
11) Valero Alamo Bowl: Kansas State vs UCLA,
12) Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl: Colorado State vs Utah,
13) Hyundai Sun Bowl: Duke vs Arizona State,
14) National University Holiday Bowl: USC vs Nebraska,
15) Outback Bowl: Auburn vs Wisconsin,
16) Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl: Missouri vs Minnesota,
17) AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl: Arkansas vs Texas,
This set of games is a smorgasbord of disappointing or good power five teams squaring off against similar power five teams or against very good group of five teams. I think I'm most excited about Memphis-BYU, Arizona-Boise State and Colorado State-Utah. The rest of them are good games that we've come to expect from mid-tier bowl games.
This set of games is a smorgasbord of disappointing or good power five teams squaring off against similar power five teams or against very good group of five teams. I think I'm most excited about Memphis-BYU, Arizona-Boise State and Colorado State-Utah. The rest of them are good games that we've come to expect from mid-tier bowl games.
Mediocre But Intriguing
18) AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas A&M vs West Virginia,
19) Foster Farms Bowl: Maryland vs Stanford,
20) Quick Lane Bowl: North Carolina vs Rutgers,
21) Birmingham Bowl: East Carolina vs Florida,
22) TicketCity Cactus Bowl: Oklahoma State vs Washington,
23) Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Houston vs Pittsburgh,
24) Boca Raton Bowl: Marshall vs Northern Illinois,
25) San Diego County Credit Union Pointsettia Bowl: Navy vs San Diego State,
26) Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman: Virginia Tech vs Cincinnati,
27) TaxSlayer Bowl: Iowa vs Tennessee,
28) Duck Commander Independence Bowl: Miami (FL) vs South Carolina,
This is a group of meh that has a chance to be fun and isn't scraping the bottom of the barrel. A&M-WVU, UNC-Rutgers and Marshall-NIU all have shootout potential. Maryland-Stanford, ECU-Florida, Houston-Pittsburgh, Navy-San Diego State and Virginia Tech-Cincinnati all include two opposite strategies. The remainder are power five on power five games with mediocre teams.
Your Gonna Watch, Don't Deny It
Your Gonna Watch, Don't Deny It
29) BITCOIN St. Petersburg Bowl: UCF vs NC State,
30) New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Penn State vs Boston College,
31) Popeyes Bahamas Bowl: WKU vs Central Michigan,
32) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Western Michigan vs Air Force,
33) Gildan New Mexico Bowl: UTEP vs Utah State,
34) GoDaddy Bowl: Toledo vs Arkansas State,
35) R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Nevada vs Louisiana-Lafayette,
36) Hawaii Bowl: Fresno State vs Rice,
37) Raycom Media Camellia Bowl: South Alabama vs Bowling Green,
38) Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl: Louisiana Tech vs Illinois,
These are bottom of the barrel games Penn State-Boston College, the low level ones might be fun but it's always a crap shoot.
These are bottom of the barrel games Penn State-Boston College, the low level ones might be fun but it's always a crap shoot.
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