Bowl Season Starts Today

Submitted by xtramelanin on

Mates,

I just noticed that the bowl season opens today.   I note, as one article said, only gamblers and football junkies will be interested so I figured this was the place for those types. The contests don't look overly exciting, as you would expect, with the exception that the Houston v. SDSU game might be pretty good.   Interestingly the tickets to that game in Vegas show $9 which seems like quite a bargain. 

 

New Mexico
Texas San Antonio 		2:00 PM ESPN
WatchESPN		 University Stadium , Albuquerque, NM Buy on StubHub
GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL
Houston
San Diego State 		3:30 PM ABC
WatchESPN		 Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV 979 tickets from $9
LAS VEGAS BOWL PRESENTED BY GEICO
Appalachian State
Toledo 		5:30 PM ESPN
WatchESPN		 Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, AL Buy on StubHub
RAYCOM MEDIA CAMELLIA BOWL
UCF
Arkansas State 		5:30 PM CBSSN Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL 52 tickets from $44
AUTONATION CURE BOWL
Southern Mississippi
Louisiana Lafayette 		9:00 PM ESPN
WatchESPN		 Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA 150 tickets from $43
R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL

 

Enjoy the snow this weekend.  Keep your home fire lit.  And don't forget to mail the fruitcake you got last Christmas to that one buckeye friend you have.

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Moonlight Graham

December 17th, 2016 at 9:39 AM ^

See now this is what I was saying in Mr Yost's thread yesterday. Why not just make today the opening round of the Gang of 5 playoffs? It's all G5 matchups anyway, why not make them mean something?



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NateVolk

December 17th, 2016 at 10:03 AM ^

Something to watch and people are pointing out some players to look out for. Appreciate that. At the same time, thank our lucky stars the bulk of the  middle 90% of college football fans find  sponsor bowls involving other teams to be something not worth watching. 

When more and more fans quit buying into bowls, the BCS came into being. When more and more fans weren't buying into the meaningless tag "BCS bowl", we got the playoff.

We would have neither and still be stuck in the old bowl system if TV didn't put it's foot down and point out that most fans wanted more actual meaning than the old system was giving.

And at the same time,  ESPN can still turn a buck on the endless string of sponsor bowls to satisfy hard core fans who will watch anything.

 

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HarbaughToKolesar85

December 17th, 2016 at 10:26 AM ^

for the bowl season. It gives us a few more weeks of football to enjoy. P.S. I still think Houston is going to win. SDSU is not going to be able to run up the gut with Ed Oliver there and Houston's D has more speed than they get credit for.

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