It may be bloated, overlong and virtually obsolete, but gosh darn it, it still means something to us. No, it’s not the holiday season (Okay, well it’s kind of the holiday season)… it’s Bowl Season, baby! Last year, the new College Football Playoff was a roaring success, even as it highlighted the meaninglessness of the bowl system for the general public. (For the players, it will always be a nice reward for a pretty-good-to-damn-good season that otherwise fell short in the zero-sum game of college football.) This year promises more of the same, so start marking those calendars. All times Eastern.
December 19
12 p.m. — AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando, FL) [New for this year]
2 p.m. — Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, NM)
3:30 p.m. — Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl (take a guess) [Mmm… Royal Purple… *gurgling noise*]
5:30 p.m. — Raycom Media Camelia Bowl (Montgomery, AL)
9 p.m. — R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (Anchorage, AK — nah, just playing)
December 21
2:30 p.m. — Miami Beach Bowl (Miami, FL)
December 22
3:30 p.m. — Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, ID)
7 p.m. — Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, FL) [I’m fairly sure this is served at Country Kitchen Buffet]
December 23
4:30 p.m. — San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, CA)
8 p.m. — GoDaddy Bowl (Mobile, AL) [See the full, uncensored version at GoDaddy.com]
December 24
12 p.m. — Popeyes Bahamas Bowl (Nassau, Bahamas) [My favorite marriage of sponsor and bowl]
8 p.m. — Hawai’i Bowl (Detroit, MI — are you even reading these?)
December 26
11 a.m. — St. Petersburg Bowl (The Florida one, not the one in Russia, sadly)
2 p.m. — Hyundai Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)
2:30 p.m. — Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas, TX) [AKA The Scrabble Bowl, AKA The Scrabbowl]
3:30 p.m. — New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Bronx, NY) [The Yankee Stadium one]
5:45 p.m. — Independence Bowl (Shreveport, LA)
9:15 p.m. — Foster Farms Bowl (Santa Clara, CA)
December 28
2:30 p.m. — Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (Annapolis, MD)
5 p.m. — Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit, MI) [Google says, “Did you mean Quick Lane bowling?]
December 29
2 p.m. — Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, TX) [part of the Military-Bowl-Industrial Complex]
5:30 p.m. — Russell Athletic Bowl (Orlando, FL)
9 p.m. — AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl (Houston, TX) [In NRG Stadium]
December 30
12 p.m. — Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, AL)
3:30 p.m. — Belk Bowl (Charlotte, NC)
7 p.m. — Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Nashville, TN)
10:30 p.m. — National University Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA) [Bummer they couldn’t get it on, you know, an actual holiday]
December 31
12 p.m. — Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Atlanta, GA)
4 or 8 p.m. — College Football Playoff at Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (Arlington, TX)
4 or 8 p.m. — College Football Playoff at Capital One Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, FL)
January 1
12 p.m. — Outback Bowl (Tampa, FL)
1 p.m. — Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL) [AKA the Triple Kickin’ Citrus Addiction Appetizer Bowl]
1 p.m. — Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, AZ)
5 p.m. — Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual (Pasadena, CA)
8:30 p.m. — Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
January 2
12 p.m. — TaxSlayer Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)
3:20 p.m. — AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)
6:45 p.m. — Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, TX)
10:15 p.m. — Cactus Bowl (Phoenix, AZ)
January 11
8:30 p.m. — College Football Playoff National Championship (Glendale, AZ)
