Best/most interesting bowl games?

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Here it is. The complete bowl schedule.

Look at the Arizona Bowl in Tucson, the newest bowl game: Nevada vs Colorado State.

THEY'RE FROM THE SAME CONFERENCE

Look at that Las Vegas Bowl. That, IMO, is can't-miss television.

I highlighted the B1G games and some other bowls that will surely be interesting ones. 

 

Date Bowl Matchup
12/19 New Mexico Bowl Arizona at New Mexico
  Las Vegas Bowl BYU vs Utah
  Camellia Bowl App State vs Ohio Univ.
  Cure Bowl Georgia State vs San Jose State
  New Orleans Bowl Arkansas St vs La Tech
12/21 Miami Beach Bowl  Western Kentucky vs USF
12/22 Potato Bowl Akron vs Utah State
  Boca Raton Bowl Toledo vs Temple
12/23 Poinsettia Bowl Boise State vs No. Illinois
  GoDaddy Bowl Ga. Southern vs BGSU
12/24 Bahamas Bowl Western Michigan vs MTSU
  Hawaii Bowl Cincinnati vs San Diego St.
12/26 St. Petersburg Bowl UConn vs Marshall
  Sun Bowl Miami vs Washington State
  Heart of Dallas Bowl Southern Miss vs
  Pinstripe Bowl Indiana vs Duke
  Independence Bowl Va Tech vs Tulsa
  Foster Farms Bowl Nebraska vs UCLA
12/28 Military Bowl Pittsburgh at Navy
  Quick Lane Bowl Minnesota vs Central Michigan
12/29 Armed Forces Bowl Air Force vs Cal
  Russell Athletic Bowl North Carolina vs Baylor
  Arizona Bowl Colorado State vs Nevada
  Texas Bowl LSU vs Texas Tech
12/30 Birmingham Bowl Auburn vs Memphis
  Belk Bowl Miss. State vs NC State
  Music City Bowl Texas A&M vs Louisville
  Holiday Bowl Wisconsin vs USC
12/31 Peach Bowl Florida State vs Houston
  Cotton Bowl Alabama vs MSU
  Orange Bowl Clemson vs Oklahoma
1/1 Outback Bowl Northwestern vs Tennessee
  Citrus Bowl Michigan vs Florida
  Fiesta Bowl Notre Dame vs Ohio State
  Rose Bowl  Iowa vs Stanford
  Sugar Bowl Oklahoma State vs Ole Miss
1/2 TaxSlayer Bowl Penn State vs Georgia
  Liberty Bowl Kansas State vs Arkansas
  Alamo Bowl TCU vs Oregon
  Cactus Bowl West Virginia vs Arizona St.

 

TheMannis

December 6th, 2015 at 5:33 PM ^

why the Playoff semifinals are played on New Year's Eve this year...

I loved last year watching a slate of New Years Day bowl games leading up to the playoff games 

To me it seems pretty anticlimactic in terms of a whole viewing experience to get the playoff games before New Years Day

Optimism Attache

December 6th, 2015 at 5:48 PM ^

The Kohler Toilet Bowl. It is played December 18th in Yuma, Arizona. Usually features Big Ten 12-14 vs Pac 12 last place, but they reserve the right to offer the bowl to a shitty MAC team if the B1G is too good that year.

JudgeMart

December 6th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^

Just looking at this lineup of nondescript bowl games and teams, I am reminded that we didn't even go to one of those fleabag bowls last year.

 

Thank God for Harbaugh!

Maizenblueball

December 6th, 2015 at 5:50 PM ^

I can't wait to see the BYU vs Utah matchup. Those 2 rivals hate eachother, and Michigan played both of them this year, while they didn't play eachother. I wonder who will be coaching BYU since Bronco took another job?

Saint_in_Blue

December 6th, 2015 at 5:54 PM ^

The Russell Athletic Bowl looks intriguing (sp?). Baylor vs N. Carolina. NC is going to be pretty mad about the ACC Camp game and the blown call at the end there.

 

TCU vs Oregon in the Alamo Bowl should be fun as well.

Erik_in_Dayton

December 6th, 2015 at 5:54 PM ^

Leonard Fournette will rush for roughly 500 yards against Texas Tech. The Air Force v. Cal game will be an interesting contrast of styles that will end with someone winning 51-50. Georgia should destroy PSU despite their coaching issues. Stanford will beat Iowa handily. It's a great slate of games.

Rabbit21

December 6th, 2015 at 7:17 PM ^

Re; Air Force-Cal I was thinking the exact same thing, the only way it's not a close game is if either Cal forces a lot of fumbles or Air Force manages to set up a zone that gets a ton of interceptions like what they did to Houston a few years ago, really looking forward to this one as I love it when Air Force gets to play a big-time school.

Veryoldschool

December 6th, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^

I like these match ups the B1G could have a good year and get some respect, maybe having Barry Alverez on the committee really helped.  In rough order of confidence

Wins:

1. Michigan over Florida.   No explaination necessary

2.  OSU over Notre  Is there a way the both could lose?  I think Meyer gets it done again.

3.  Iowa over Stanford.  Iowa is really solid and Stanford is a good match for them.

4.  MN over CMU.  I think the new guy gets it done.

5.  NW over TN.  Ftiz finds a way

6.  MSU over Bama, Cook better than Coker and State getting at least a draw at the LOS.

7.  IU over Duke.  This could go either way but I like IU's QB

Losses:

1.  USC over Wisconsin.  I dunno about Cryst

2.  GA over PSU.  Franklin is in over his head and the new GA coach will spank PSU

3.  UCLA over Nebraska  Was Bo really that big a dick?

I make it 7-3 today, that sounds crazy but I think the B1G looks very good this bowl season.  The best of the B1G did well last seasson and this is another good year.

 

Harbaughs_Pants

December 6th, 2015 at 6:13 PM ^

Win or Lose, Sparty is in the CFP and we have to listen to that for a year. Come on Harbaugh.....our fingers are just itching to type our "ha-ha's", we just need a reason.

OSU-ND; how can you root for both teams to lose? Boring game.

There are only 2 games I am interested in: Fla. vs Mich. and Iowa vs. Stanford.

 

The Dude

December 6th, 2015 at 6:35 PM ^

Outside of the Citrus Bowl…

-Alamo Bowl…I am interested in the final score of a TCU-Oregon game.

-Both Semifinal games…I expect Clemson-Oklahoma to be an exciting shootout. MSU-Alabama I expect to be like the SEC Championship game i.e. slow and close early with Bama opening it up late.

-Russell Athletic Bowl…UNC-Baylor should be a high scoring and very entertaining game. 

Vasav

December 6th, 2015 at 7:05 PM ^

1) Citrus

2&3) CFP Semis

4) The Holy War at the Las Vegas Bowl. I am not a fan of either team but PUMPED this is happening

5) Rose

6) Fiesta

7) Alamo (#15 Oregon and #11 TCU)

8) Tangerine (aka Russel Athletic, UNC-Baylor, the almost NY6 bowl)

9) Boca Bowl (Temple and Toledo, the best bowl game with mid majors, including the Peach)

10) Sugar

11) Outback

12) Peach

I think this year has a good slate of games, with all of the top 20 playing each other except for LSU (instead Tennessee is playing NW in the Outback)