Bowl games on regular TV?

[peppy]

Did I miss this last year? The major bowl games are on ESPN, even the National Championship game.

[pwd72s]

It's not like you're gonna miss a lot...

GO WISCONSIN!

[BeyGon]

Doesn't matter to me, I won't be watching any. Next year I may,

[wdfifteen]

ESPN has invested big in NCAA football. They're realigning the conferences for ESPN. I guess college football isn't a real enough reality show for the legacy networks.

[strupgolf]

I think I read that there won't be any bowl games on regular TV this year, almost like last year. Not one.

[BeyGon]

Once the BCS changed the Rose Bowl I stopped caring. The oldest bowl game, always on the 1st, after the Rose Parade, until the BCS *******s decided it got too much press and changed it.

[Pazuzu]

Kinda like when they took MNF and put it on cable.


Really? Your bread and butter fan base is lower middle class, so lets take the game they love most each week and put it on cable. Good freaking idea.

[Heel n Toe]

There are only four on network TV... Outback and Cotton ought to be pretty good matchups. You can hit a sports bar for any of the others you wanna see...

Hyundai Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5)
El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl)
Dec. 31 – 2:00 p.m. EST (CBS)

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6)
Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl)
Dec. 31 – 3:30 p.m. EST (ABC)

Outback Bowl
No. 17 Michigan State (10-3) vs. No. 16 Georgia (10-3)
Tampa, Fla. (Raymond James Stadium)
Jan. 2 – 1:00 p.m. EST (ABC)

AT&T Cotton Bowl
No. 8 Kansas State (10-2) vs. No. 6 Arkansas (10-2)
Arlington, Texas (Cowboys Stadium)
Jan. 6 – 8:00 p.m. EST (FOX)
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Champs Sports Bowl
Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4)
Orlando, Fla. (Florida Citrus Bowl)
Dec. 29 – 5:30 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Valero Alamo Bowl
Washington (7-5) vs. No. 12 Baylor (9-3)
San Antonio (Alamodome)
Dec. 29 – 9:00 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
BYU (9-3) vs. Tulsa (8-4)
Dallas (Gerald J. Ford Stadium)
Dec. 30 – 12:00 p.m. EST (ESPN)

New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6)
Bronx, N.Y. (Yankee Stadium)
Dec. 30 – 3:20 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6)
Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field)
Dec. 30 – 6:40 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Insight Bowl
Iowa (7-5) vs. No. 14 Oklahoma (9-3)
Tempe, Ariz. (Sun Devil Stadium)
Dec. 30 – 10:00 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl
Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6)
Houston (Reliant Stadium)
Dec. 31 – 12:00 EST (ESPN)

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois (6-6) vs. UCLA (6-7)
San Francisco (AT&T Park)
Dec. 31 – 3:30 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Chick-fil-A Bowl
Virginia (8-4) vs. No. 25 Auburn (7-5)
Atlanta (Georgia Dome)
Dec. 31 – 7:30 p.m. EST (ESPN)

TicketCity Bowl
No. 19 Houston (12-1) vs. No. 22 Penn State (9-3)
Dallas (Cotton Bowl)
Jan. 2 – 12:00 p.m. EST (ESPNU)

Capital One Bowl
No. 20 Nebraska (9-3) vs. No. 9 South Carolina (10-2)
Orlando, Fla. (Florida Citrus Bowl)
Jan. 2 – 1:00 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl
Ohio State (6-6) vs. Florida (6-6)
Jacksonville, Fla. (EverBank Field)
Jan. 2 – 1:00 p.m. EST (ESPN2)

Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
No. 10 Wisconsin (11-2) vs. No. 5 Oregon (11-2)
Pasadena, Calif. (Rose Bowl)
Jan. 2 – 5:00 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
No. 4 Stanford (11-1) vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State (11-1)
Glendale, Ariz. (U. of Phoenix Stadium)
Jan. 2 – 8:30 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Allstate Sugar Bowl
No. 13 Michigan (10-2) vs. No. 11 Virginia Tech (11-2)
New Orleans (Louisiana Superdome)
Jan. 3 – 8:30 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Discover Orange Bowl
No. 23 West Virginia (9-3)vs. No. 15 Clemson (10-3)
Miami (Sun Life Stadium)
Jan. 4 – 8:30 p.m. EST (ESPN)

BBVA Compass Bowl
SMU (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field)
Jan. 7 – 1:00 p.m. EST (ESPN)

GoDaddy.com Bowl
Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3)
Mobile, Ala. (Ladd-Peebles Stadium)
Jan. 8 – 9:00 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Allstate BCS National Championship Game
No. 1 LSU (13-0) vs. No. 2 Alabama (11-1)
New Orleans (Louisiana Superdome)
Jan. 9 – 8:30 p.m. EST (ESPN

[KFC911]

Big $ has simply ruined it imo. A quick glance shows 11 teams that don't even have winning records playing in bowl games...gimme a break . I doubt I watch any of them except the championship game (that should be a great rematch), and sure wish they'd implement some type of playoff instead of this crap that's evolved. Maybe the top 8...would make for a month of great football imo...never gonna happen though...too many $ involved going to the individual schools that do play...sad.

[911michael]

One thing I've never noticed before is that there are no more New Year's bowl games on New Year's day. Not just the 4 majors. None. Maybe this has been going on for a while and I missed it. January 1st without bowl games doesn't feel like a new year.

[Bryans951]

Originally Posted by 911michael

One thing I've never noticed before is that there are no more New Year's bowl games on New Year's day. Not just the 4 majors. None. Maybe this has been going on for a while and I missed it. January 1st without bowl games doesn't feel like a new year.

I think the NFL has something to do with that. New Years is Sunday and there are 11 NFL games, I think.

[BeyGon]

for a hundred years the Rose Bowl was on New Years day and it seemed to work until the BCS got involved.

[skunked]

Originally Posted by Bryans951

I think the NFL has something to do with that. New Years is Sunday and there are 11 NFL games, I think.

they likely don't want to compete with the NFL. Same reason why the Winter Classic is Monday night instead of New Years day like it has been in years past.