Bowl Season Starts Today
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 |
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University Stadium , Albuquerque, NM | Buy on StubHub |
GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL | |||||
Houston | San Diego State | 3:30 PM |
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Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV | 979 tickets from $9 |
LAS VEGAS BOWL PRESENTED BY GEICO | |||||
Appalachian State | Toledo | 5:30 PM |
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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 |
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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.
XM
December 17th, 2016 at 7:50 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 9:00 AM ^
Thanks to the OP for pointing it out.
December 17th, 2016 at 9:34 AM ^
against the always tough Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks.
As long as we don't pull a Barney Fife and fall for Sam the Brady Bunch Butcher's deception ("He headed North, along the lakeshore!), we'll be find. It's the Eastern shore, fellas!
December 17th, 2016 at 12:12 PM ^
Roads are still bad, playing a team that's probably in the 250s-300 with RPI.
December 17th, 2016 at 12:47 PM ^
250-300? close?
December 17th, 2016 at 8:44 AM ^
The one story line I'm interested in is by how much UCF outhits Arkansas State.
December 17th, 2016 at 8:55 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 11:14 AM ^
That would be fine if most of the games didn't suck but they do so nope. Too many shitty bowl games that are purely exhibitions.
December 17th, 2016 at 2:49 PM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 8:01 AM ^
The Houston vs. SDSU game has a couple good story lines, IMO. First game with Applewhite instead of Herman running the show, so that will be interesting. There's also Pumphrey for SDSU who only needs 108 yards to the all-time leading career rusher in FBS history, he'd be passing Ron Dayne.
December 17th, 2016 at 8:13 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 8:40 AM ^
December 17th, 2016 at 9:23 AM ^
It seems like just a couple of years ago that Applewhite was Texas' QB. And now he's a head coach... Damn, I feel old.
December 17th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
I hear ya - same with Jeff Brohm, even though he's more my age.
December 17th, 2016 at 8:02 AM ^
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Houston's season was already over by the time they beat Louisville.
December 17th, 2016 at 10:18 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 8:12 AM ^
I wish the UNC/UK game wasn't in Vegas. It would be soooo much better if it was at Rupp or the Dean Dome
December 17th, 2016 at 8:09 AM ^
There's also the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl, which isn't a FBS game but should be a really good game. NC Central and Grambling both give up their spot in the FCS playoff for the chance to play in this game at the Georgia Dome.
Looks like another FCS semifinal aswell featuring everyone's good friend Bo Pelini.
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12:00 PM |
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Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA | |
AIR FORCE RESERVE CELEBRATION BOWL | |||||
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6:30 PM |
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Roos Field, Cheney, WA | |
NCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINAL |
December 17th, 2016 at 9:37 AM ^
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The YSU-EWU game will be awesome. I have to root for EWU (even though I would root against YSU by default) because a buddy's dad was a professor there. The perfect championship match-up would be Madison versus EWU...I'm originally from Northern VA, and so a lot of friends ended up at JMU (think a school like Western for comparison).
December 17th, 2016 at 8:11 AM ^
Gimme New Mexico comfortably.
Houston/SDSU has the potential to be amazing. The Aztecs running game versus a Houston team featuring the #1 frost in America IMO.
App State/Toledo is a relative unknown and our boy Scott Frost taking UCF from 0-12 to a potential 7 win season.
Don't know much about the last matchup.
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December 17th, 2016 at 8:11 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 8:11 AM ^
I probably won't watch any bowl games until the 30th.
December 17th, 2016 at 8:26 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
December 17th, 2016 at 8:26 AM ^
The Houston / San Diego State game actually might be worth a watch so long as we approach in the mindset of "Zero fucks given" on the defensive side of the ball. I just hope Southern Mississippi and Louisiana Lafayette soak up that primetime limelight because that's not happening perhaps ever again - epsecially for a regular season game - except if they are the sacrifical lamb for other team.
December 17th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 12:04 PM ^
December 17th, 2016 at 8:44 AM ^
December 17th, 2016 at 8:45 AM ^
Meh, give me FCS / DII Playoff games that actually mean something any day over these glorified exhibitions.
I don't know anything more about Arkansas State than I do about Eastern Washington. I miight as well go for the intensity and meaningful results of a semifinal playoff game.
December 17th, 2016 at 8:47 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 9:10 AM ^
Yeah, they could not beat either one of them this year.
December 17th, 2016 at 9:11 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 9:36 AM ^
App State nearly beat the Champions of Life on the road! That's gotta count for something..to Butch Jones
December 17th, 2016 at 9:49 AM ^
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December 17th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
I'd add on to that. I think App State will roll Toledo. The MAC is a bad league
December 17th, 2016 at 9:31 AM ^
but I bet SDSU is going to roll. Houston wanted to make the playoff, faded down the stretch as that dream faded and as rumors that Herman would leave, and then finally lost their HC. I think SDSU wins big. 42-14
December 17th, 2016 at 10:15 AM ^
I'm guessing Houston is going to play like they don't want to be there. They had playoff / NY6 aspirations, faltered down the stretch, and lost their coach. They're in a bowl game that no one cares about.
SDSU has one of the best RBs in the country and I bet he runs all over Houston today.
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