Durban Sandshark Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 LinkinParkFan would start things off here about all of the college football bowl games. But this time I'll do the honors. Since I don't have cable, I wonder how ESPN is promoting the bowl games this year. This college football season we will have two more bowl games making their debuts: the EagleBank Congressional Bowl in Washington, DC and the magicjack St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida (home of the Rays). The St. Petersburg Bowl is owned by ESPN just like the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl, the New Mexico Bowl, and the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The dates and the bowls: December 20 EagleBank Congressional Bowl--Navy vs. Wake Forest ESPN New Mexico Bowl--Fresno St. vs. Colorado St. ESPN majicjack St. Petersburg--South Florida vs. Memphis ESPN2 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl--Arizona vs. #16 BYU ESPN December 21 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl--Southern Mississippi vs. Troy ESPN December 22 SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl--#11 TCU vs. #9 Boise St. ESPN December 24 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl--Notre Dame vs. Hawaii ESPN December 26 Ford Motor City Bowl--Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan ESPN2 December 27 Meineke Car Care Bowl--North Carolina vs. West Virginia ESPN Champs Sports Bowl--Wisconsin vs. Florida St. ESPN Emerald San Francisco Bowl--California vs. Miami (FL) ESPN December 28 Independence Bowl--Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois ESPN December 29 Papajohns.com Bowl--Rutgers vs. NC State ESPN2 Valero Alamo Bowl--#21 Missouri vs. #23 Northwestern ESPN December 30 Roady's Truck Stop Humanitarian Bowl--Maryland vs. Nevada ESPN2 Texas Bowl--Western Michigan vs. Rice NFL Network Pacific Life Holiday Bowl--#13 Oklahoma St. vs. #17 Oregon ESPN December 31 Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl--Air Force vs. Houston ESPN Brut Sun Bowl--Oregon St. vs. #20 Pittsburgh CBS Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl--#24 Boston College vs. Vanderbilt ESPN Insight Bowl--Minnesota vs. Kansas NFL Network Chik-fil-A Peach Bowl--#14 Georgia Tech vs. LSU ESPN January 1 Outback Bowl--Iowa vs. South Carolina ESPN Konica Minolta Gator Bowl--Nebraska vs. Clemson CBS Capital One Bowl--#15 Georgia vs. #18 Michigan St. ABC Rose Bowl presented by citi--#5 USC vs #8 Penn St. ABC FedEx Orange Bowl--#12 Cincinnati vs #19 Virginia Tech FOX January 2 Cotton Bowl--#7 Texas Tech vs. #25 Mississippi AutoZone Liberty Bowl--Kentucky vs. East Carolina ESPN Allstate Sugar Bowl--#4 Alabama vs. #6 Utah FOX January 3 International Bowl--Buffalo vs. Connecticut ESPN2 January 5 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl--#10 Ohio St. vs. #3 Texas FOX January 6 GMAC Bowl--#22 Ball St. vs. Tulsa ESPN January 8 FedEx BCS National Championship Game (Miami)--#1 Oklahoma vs. #2 Florida FOX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 EagleBank Congressional Bowl: Wake Forest 29 Navy 19 New Mexico Bowl: Colorado St. 40 Fresno St. 35 magicjack St. Petersburg Bowl: South Florida 41 Memphis 14 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona 31 Brigham Young 21 Papa John's Bowl and the Armed Forces Bowl are also owned by ESPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl: Southern Mississippi 30 Troy St. 27 OT San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: Texas Christian 17 Boise St.16 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Notre Dame 49 Hawaii 21 Motor City Bowl: Florida Atlantic 24 Central Michigan 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl: West Virginia 31 North Carolina 30 Champs Sports Bowl: Florida St. 42 Wisconsin 13 Emerald San Francisco Bowl: California 24 Miami (FL) 17 The Emerald San Francisco Bowl set an attendance record with 42,268 people in attendance. Also, Miami 'Canes long snapper Chris Ivory was suspended from the bowl for a team rule violation. Independence Bowl: Louisiana Tech 17 Northern Illinois 10 Papa John's.com Bowl: Rutgers 29 North Carolina St. 23 Valero Alamo Bowl: Missouri 30 Northwestern 23 OT When I came home last night from work, I thought Mizzou lost. But the next morning when walking I found out on the top of the front page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, I found they actually won in OT Happily the Mizzou seniors like Chase Daniels can now end their time in Mizzou football on a happy high after going into the skids lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Can someone explain me why they are so many College Football Bowls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkParkFn Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 $$$$ Enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Exactly, LinkinParkFn! And Fox, don't forget all the intangible prestige and status a city gets out of hosting a bowl game like Shreveport, Louisiana--more on that city later. Been too busy to bring reports in the last few days. But I'll resume that tomorrow culminating the upcoming edition of scores with the Tostito's Fiesta Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 You know what? I'll actually link up some scores since I got some additional time on my hands. Commentary will come later: Roady's Truckers Humanitarian Bowl: Maryland 42 Nevada 35 Texas Bowl: Rice 38 Western Michigan 14 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl: Oregon 42 Oklahoma St. 31 Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force 31 Houston 28 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl: Vanderbilt 16 Boston College 14 Brut Sun Bowl: Oregon St. 3 Pittsburgh 0 Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl: LSU 38 Georgia Tech 3 Outback Bowl: Iowa 31 South Carolina 10 Konica Minolta Gator Bowl: Nebraska 26 Clemson 21 Capital One Bowl: Georgia 24 Michigan St.12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Rose Bowl presented by citi: Southern California 38 Penn St. 24 FedEx Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech 20 Cincinnati 7 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Mississippi 47 Texas Tech 34 AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Kentucky 25 East Carolina 19 Allstate Sugar Bowl: Utah 31 Alabama 17 International Bowl: Connecticut 38 Buffalo 20 Tostito's Fiesta Bowl: Texas 24 Ohio St. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkParkFn Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Honestly, it's a crock that Utah, despite a perfect record and an emphatic beatdown of former number 1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, will not get any consideration for a split national championship despite having a superior record to Florida and Oklahoma. But then again, Utah plays in a smaller conference, and they are not a revenue inducing mega-school like Ohio State, USC, Texas or Florida, therefore, they don't count, nyuk nyuk nyuk. This is just like when Ohio State got schooled by LSU in the BCS Championship Game, and yet still finished higher in the rankings than my Jayhawks, who did win their bowl game, a BCS game no less. Just imagine if other sports ran themselves like the BCS? What would happen if the Olympic Games were run like the BCS? "OK, I know you finished first in the final race, but you are not the gold medalist. Your previous races were against weaker competition, while your competitors in the final had stronger fields to compete against, therefore, you're only in fifth place." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Which is pretty much why I don't give a damn about US College Football: it makes no sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Sure doesn't make sense, Fox334. I too would like a national championship settled by a tournament. So now, it's all come to this for the season: in a matter of moments in Miami, we will see who gets the BCS National Championship between Oklahoma and Florida after all of the remnants from the Orange Bowl are gone at Dolphins Stadium. The place will rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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