2016 - 2017 **NCAA Bowl Game Schedule**
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**Can Christmas be far away, it's College Bowl Season!** **Let it snow!**
New Mexico PrimeSport Dec. 17 2 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico vs. UTSA
Las Vegas PrimeSport Dec. 17 3:30 p.m. Las Vegas, Nev. Houston vs. San Diego St.
Camellia PrimeSport Dec. 17 5:30 p.m. Montgomery, Ala. Appalachian St. vs. Toledo
Cure Dec. 17 5:30 p.m. Orlando, Fla. Arkansas St. vs. UCF
New Orleans Dec. 17 9 p.m. New Orleans, La. Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Southern Mississippi
Miami Beach Dec. 19 2:30 p.m. Miami, Fla. Central Michigan vs. Tulsa
Boca Raton PrimeSport Dec. 20 7 p.m. Boca Raton, Fla. West. Kentucky vs. Memphis
Poinsettia PrimeSport Dec. 21 9 p.m. San Diego, Calif. BYU vs. Wyoming
Potato PrimeSport Dec. 22 7 p.m. Boise, Idaho Colorado St. vs. Idaho
Bahamas ?? Dec. 23 1 p.m. Nassau, Bahamas Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion
Armed Forces PrimeSport Dec. 23 4:30 p.m. Fort Worth, Tex. Louisiana Tech vs. Navy
Dollar General Dec. 23 8 p.m. Mobile, Ala. Ohio vs. Troy
Hawaii PrimeSport Dec. 24 8 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii vs. Middle Tennessee
St. Petersburg PrimeSport Dec. 26 11 a.m. St. Petersburg, Fla. Miami (OH) vs. Mississippi St.
Quick Lane Dec. 26 2:30 p.m. Detroit, Mich. Boston College vs. Maryland
Independence PrimeSport Dec. 26 5 p.m. Shreveport, La. NC State vs. Vanderbilt
Heart of Dallas PrimeSport Dec. 27 Noon Dallas, Texas Army vs. North Texas
Military PrimeSport Dec. 27 3:30 p.m. Annapolis, Md. Temple vs. Wake Forest
Holiday PrimeSport Dec. 27 7 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Minnesota vs. Wash. St.
Cactus Dec. 27 10:15 p.m. Phoenix, Ariz. Baylor vs. Boise State
Pinstripe Dec. 28 2 p.m. New York, NY Northwestern vs. Pittsburgh
Russell Athletic PrimeSport Dec. 28 5:30 p.m. Orlando, Fla. Miami (Fla.) vs. West Virginia
Foster Farms Dec. 28 8:30 p.m. Santa Clara, Calif. Indiana vs. Utah
Texas PrimeSport Dec. 28 9 p.m. Houston, Texas Kansas St. vs. Texas A&M
Birmingham PrimeSport Dec. 29 2 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. South Carolina vs. South Fla.
Belk PrimeSport Dec. 29 5:30 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. Arkansas vs. Virginia Tech
Alamo PrimeSport Dec. 29 9 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Colorado vs. Oklahoma St.
Arizona Dec. 30 5:30 p.m. Tucson, Ariz. Air Force vs. South Alabama
Liberty PrimeSport Dec. 30 Noon Memphis, Tenn. Georgia vs. TCU
Sun Dec. 30 2 p.m. El Paso, Texas North Carolina vs. Stanford
Music City PrimeSport Dec. 30 3:30 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. Nebraska vs. Tennessee
Orange PrimeSport Dec. 30 8 p.m. Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida State vs. Michigan
Peach PrimeSport
College Football Playoff Semifinal Dec. 31 3 p.m. Atlanta, Ga. Alabama vs. Washington
Fiesta PrimeSport
College Football Playoff Semifinal Dec. 31 7 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. Clemson vs. Ohio State
Taxslayer PrimeSport Dec. 31 11 a.m. Jacksonville, Fla. Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky
Citrus PrimeSport Dec. 31 11 a.m. Orlando, Fla. Louisville vs. LSU
Outback PrimeSport Jan. 2 1 p.m. Tampa, Fla. Florida vs. Iowa
Cotton PrimeSport Jan. 2 1 p.m. Arlington, Texas Western Mich. vs. Wisconsin
Rose PrimeSport Jan. 2 5 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. Penn State vs. USC
Sugar PrimeSport Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. New Orleans, La. Auburn vs. Oklahoma
CFP National Championship
PrimeSport Jan. 9 TBD Tampa, Fla. Peach Winner vs. Fiesta Winner
Big Ten plays 4 ACC schools...including OSU/Clemson.
There are plenty of B1G teams going bowling but that is kind of amazing.Big Ten plays 4 ACC schools...including OSU/Clemson.
And I still have trouble remembering Maryland and Rutgers as true Midwest teams...but Penn State has done alright.
Maryland actually did pretty well with Boardman, Ohio native DJ Durkin as first year coach but Rutgers has been sinking since Greg Schiano left and his reign was only 2001-2011 (.504) and he was the only winning coach since 1983 at Tony Soprano U. Not really a solid pick up for the B1G.
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Take a good look at that bowl schedule and tell me why the stuck in the last century (somewhere) D-1A leadership couldn't easily do an 8 team playoff?
Q: And why are there so many B1G tie-in to the bowl games?
A: Because B1G fans traditionally travel in B1G numbers and spend B1G money!
Take a good look at that bowl schedule and tell me why the stuck in the last century (somewhere) D-1A leadership couldn't easily do an 8 team playoff?
Q: And why are there so many B1G tie-in to the bowl games?
A: Because B1G fans traditionally travel in B1G numbers and spend B1G money!
8 team playoff would be lame. OSU already beat OU. The 4 good Big 10 teams have all played each other. There's no point other than that people always complain about the status quo.
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And I have zero desire to watch Western Michigan play a football game, much less as an 8 seed in Tuscaloosa.
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I like 6. Reward the top 2 with byes. Maybe make the first round on home fields
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Personally I hate byes give the best teams (ALABAMA needs a breather?) an extra week to heal meanwhile the lesser teams are further taxed.I like 6. Reward the top 2 with byes. Maybe make the first round on home fields
Home field is reward enough. Besides the D-1A playoffs are now near the end of 2016 or in with the 2017 games. Move it to 8 and it will a little better...or 16 like the rest of America.
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And I have zero desire to watch Western Michigan play a football game, much less as an 8 seed in Tuscaloosa.
And I have zero desire to watch Western Michigan play a football game, much less as an 8 seed in Tuscaloosa.
This year #1 (-15) looks a world apart but #2-7 would be all somewhat interesting matchups, plus rematchs can be exciting.
And WM does have their bowl game like what 66 other teams? (I didn't count.)
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The bye rewards the top team. Makes the regular season means something
Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody! -
I'm fine with expanding. I just think this year is a horrible piece of evidence for why it should happen.
And rematches are completely unfair to the team that won the first one IMO.
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The bye rewards the top team. Makes the regular season means something
The only time byes mean much is if the playoffs start soon after the regular season not a month out.
Plus the non-bye teams end up playing one extra game. Rewards are the better seeding.
Might be a moot point for the D-1A teams anyway I don't think that they are going to change to the normal playoff format anyway.
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Ten Big Ten teams are bowling this postseason, including a record four in New Years Six Bowls. See the full 2016-17 bowl schedule below.
Heres a look at previous bowl game results: 2015-2016 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12.
http://btn.com/2016-2017-college-football-bowl-games/
BIG TEN BOWL GAMES
Quick Lane Bowl (Dec. 26) Maryland vs. BC Ford Field Detroit, MI 2:30 pm / ESPN
Holiday Bowl (Dec. 27) Minnesota at Washington State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA 7 pm / ESPN
New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Dec. 28) Northwestern vs. Pitt Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY 2 pm / ESPN
Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 28) Indiana vs. Utah Levis Stadium Santa Clara, CA 8:30 pm / FOX
Franklin Amer. Mort. Music City Bowl (Dec. 30) Nebraska vs. Tennessee Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN 3:30 pm / ESPN
Capital One Orange Bowl (Dec. 30) Michigan vs. Florida State Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 8 pm / ESPN
Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 31) No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Clemson U. of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ 7 pm ET / ESPN <--- OHIO STATE has had good luck in Glendale
Goodyear Cotton Bowl (Jan. 2) Wisconsin vs. Western Michigan AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX 1 pm / ESPN
Outback Bowl (Jan. 2) Iowa vs. Florida Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL 1 pm / ABC
Rose Bowl Game (Jan. 2) Penn State vs. USC Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 5 pm / ESPN
- See more at: http://btn.com/2016-2017-college-football-bowl-games/#sthash.5Bt5MjtZ.dpuf
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And a trip back to last year and the major bowl games:
2015-16 BOWL SCHEDULE (all times ET) COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF DATE GAME LOCATION TIME (TV) MATCHUP 12/31 Orange (Semifinal) Miami, Fla. 4 p.m. (ESPN) Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17
12/31 Cotton (Semifinal) Arlington, Texas 8 p.m. (ESPN) Alabama 38, Michigan State 0
1/11 Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alabama 45, Clemson 40
SELECTION COMMITTEE BOWL GAMES
12/31 Peach Atlanta, Ga. Noon (ESPN) Houston 38, Florida State 24
1/1 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. 1 p.m. (ESPN) Ohio State 44, Notre Dame 28
1/1 Rose Pasadena, Calif. 5 p.m. (ESPN) Stanford 45, Iowa 16
1/1 Sugar New Orleans, La. 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Ole Miss 48, Oklahoma State 20
- See more at: http://btn.com/2015-2016-college-football-bowl-games/#sthash.yuew9TzL.dpuf
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