Friday, Dec. 16

Bahamas Bowl (11:30 a.m., ESPN)

Miami (Ohio) vs. UAB

Cure Bowl (3 p.m., ESPN)

No. 24 Troy vs. No. 25 UTSA

Saturday, Dec. 17

Fenway Bowl (11 a.m., ESPN)

Cincinnati vs. Louisville

Celebration Bowl (Noon, ABC)

Jackson State vs. N.C. Central

Las Vegas Bowl (2:15 p.m., ESPN)

Florida vs. No. 14 Oregon State

LA Bowl (3:30 p.m., ABC)

Fresno State vs. Washington State

LendingTree Bowl (5:45 p.m., ESPN)

Southern Miss vs. Rice

New Mexico Bowl (7:30 p.m., ABC)

BYU vs. SMU

Frisco Bowl (9:15 p.m., ESPN)

Boise State vs. North Texas

Monday, Dec. 19

Myrtle Beach Bowl (2:30 p.m., ESPN)

UConn vs. Marshall

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (3:30 p.m., ESPN)

San Jose State vs. Eastern Michigan

Boca Raton Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Toledo vs. Liberty

Wednesday, Dec. 21

New Orleans Bowl (9 p.m., ESPN)

South Alabama vs. Western Kentucky

Thursday, Dec. 22

Armed Forces Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Air Force vs. Baylor

Friday, Dec. 23

Independence Bowl (3 p.m., ESPN)

Houston vs. Louisiana

Gasparilla Bowl (6:30 p.m., ESPN)

Wake Forest vs. Missouri

Saturday, Dec. 24

Hawaii Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee

Monday, Dec. 26

Quick Lane Bowl (2:30 p.m., ESPN)

Bowling Green vs. New Mexico State

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Camellia Bowl (Noon, ESPN)

Georgia Southern vs. Buffalo

First Responder Bowl (3:15 p.m., ESPN)

Utah State vs. Memphis

Birmingham Bowl (6:45 p.m., ESPN)

East Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina

Guaranteed Rate Bowl (10:15 p.m., ESPN)

Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Military Bowl (2 p.m., ESPN)

Duke vs. UCF

Liberty Bowl (5:30 p.m., ESPN)

Arkansas vs. Kansas

Holiday Bowl (8 p.m., Fox)

No. 15 Oregon vs. North Carolina

Texas Bowl (9 p.m., ESPN)

Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss

Thursday, Dec. 29

Pinstripe Bowl (2 p.m., ESPN)

Syracuse vs. Minnesota

Cheez-It Bowl (5:30 p.m., ESPN)

No. 13 Florida State vs. Oklahoma

Alamo Bowl (9 p.m., ESPN)

No. 12 Washington vs. No. 20 Texas

Friday, Dec. 30

Duke's Mayo Bowl (Noon, ESPN)

No. 23 NC State vs. Maryland

Sun Bowl (2 p.m., CBS)

Pittsburgh vs. No. 18 UCLA

Gator Bowl (3:30 p.m., ESPN)

No. 21 Notre Dame vs. No. 19 South Carolina

Arizona Bowl (4:30 p.m., Barstool Sports)

Ohio vs. Wyoming

Orange Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

No. 7 Clemson vs. No. 6 Tennessee

Saturday, Dec. 31

Music City Bowl (Noon, ABC)

Kentucky vs. Iowa

Sugar Bowl (Noon, ESPN)

No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 9 Kansas State

Fiesta Bowl (4 p.m., ESPN)

No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 3 TCU (CFP semifinal)

Peach Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Ohio State (CFP semifinal)

Monday, Jan. 2

ReliaQuest Bowl (Noon, ESPN2)

Illinois vs. No. 22 Mississippi State

Cotton Bowl (1 p.m., ESPN)

No. 10 USC vs. No. 16 Tulane

Citrus Bowl (1 p.m., ABC)

No. 17 LSU vs. Purdue

Rose Bowl (5 p.m., ESPN)

No. 8 Utah vs. No. 11 Penn State

Monday, Jan. 9

College Football Playoff National Championship Game (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Peach Bowl winner vs. Fiesta Bowl winner

Rules are simple, cut-n-paste the text. Use the Bold function and highlight who you think wins. -1 for a wrong pick, +1 for right pick. For the Championship game gotta pick who is in it and who wins.

Will be hard to pick winners and losers with portal transfers, coaches leaving/going, NFL sit outs. A lot of variables. Good luck!

Wednesday, Dec. 21

New Orleans Bowl (9 p.m., ESPN)

South Alabama vs. Western Kentucky

If you are late to pick after games start, just go ahead and give yourself a -1 for games you missed. Just for fun, informal, and try to make the upcoming bowl games interesting as hard as that may be!

You can change your pick up to gameday and don't have to pick all games at once.

Friday, Dec. 16

Bahamas Bowl (11:30 a.m., ESPN)

Miami (Ohio) vs. UAB

Cure Bowl (3 p.m., ESPN)

No. 24 Troy vs. No. 25 UTSA

Saturday, Dec. 17

Fenway Bowl (11 a.m., ESPN)

Cincinnati vs. Louisville

Celebration Bowl (Noon, ABC)

Jackson State vs. N.C. Central

Las Vegas Bowl (2:15 p.m., ESPN)

Florida vs. No. 14 Oregon State

LA Bowl (3:30 p.m., ABC)

Fresno State vs. Washington State

LendingTree Bowl (5:45 p.m., ESPN)

Southern Miss vs. Rice

New Mexico Bowl (7:30 p.m., ABC)

BYU vs. SMU

Frisco Bowl (9:15 p.m., ESPN)

Boise State vs. North Texas

So many utterly meaningless games.

Between the transfer portal, players sitting out, interim coaches, and lack of playoff implications, I'd rather just see these guys take the month off and enjoy a holiday rather than play a 13th or 14th game.

I get the point it is meaningless to some. But, an extra 15 practices, getting younger players in the game. Some players looking to advance. Money for the schools and conference. Fans an excuse to travel to uh...birmingham alabama...etc. Plus, it is momentum into the spring game. Bragging rights, yes, Any gator fan I met in person gets reminded of last year's gasparilla bowl. Etc etc etc...Plus, it's good college football fodder for social media. Thus, long live bowl games... But, yes, most are meaningless to the casual sport's fan. Whatever, it is what it is...What's your pick? It will make it more interesting. First games tomorrow, Friday, Dec 16th. Don't let me win and brag about it in the end.

My pick? Duke beats UCF, because they want it more. I hope it turns out to be more of a UF/Gasparilla replay than a BYU replay, but I'm not optimistic.

I'm picking UCF to beat Duke. Plumlee hamstring will be healthy. Duke Qb is pretty good and they have a good defense and yes, they probably 'want it more'. It's duke first bowl game since 2018. But, hopefully UCF is taking this game serious and use it for a springboard into the big12. Recruiting signing day is dec 21, and transfers coming and going from UCF. UCF just picked up another Bama Wr transfer. But, that is for next year. With just one pick, your score will be either a -1 or a +1. You may win with that!

Hard to believe Uconn made a bowl game, but Marshall beat Notre Dame this year.


Monday, Dec. 19

Myrtle Beach Bowl (2:30 p.m., ESPN)

UConn vs. Marshall

For a discussion, tomorrow's game between Troy and UTSA is interesting due to the top 25 ranking. Cure bowl is in Orlando. Friday probably will be great weather for attending a bowl game. If i wasn't busy I'd consider going.

Gators playing pre christmas bowl with 28 players left the team and a qb that is who? Oregon State probably gonna romp those gators in nevada.

Also, of note, the Cinci vs Lousville game....Coach fickle of course moved over to Wisky, but Louisville coach is now head coach for Cinci. Oops. Don't give away any secrets on how to beat Louisville.

Gotta confess, when I first saw Miami in a bowl game, I rolled my eyes and asked how bad things have gotten if they let this year's 'Canes into a bowl game.

Rereading caught the Ohio part, and partly restored my faith in humanity.

Miami over UAB, Oregon State over UF, FSU over Oklahoma.

Michigan beats TCU, then Georgia beats Ohio State and Michigan for all the cheese.

Check out this website i found thru google searching. comprehinsive on every bowl game, tidbits, players in/out, mood of team.

https://www.fantasypros.com/20...coaching-changes-2022/

Thanks, great link. The internet traffic between Vegas and that site has probably already jammed some routers.

That's exactly what I was looking for before I opened my mouth with the UCF/Duke prediction. I did see another site that mentioned a few Duke players as questionable that weren't reported by your link (yet). Nowhere near as many as I knew would be absent from UCF. Those factors are going to play a big role in a lot of these bowl games.

Edited: 12/16/2022 at 08:04 AM by CurtisEflush

UAB scores first TD of bowl season. 7-0 1st quarter.

Miami 20 UAB 24. That was a pretty good game to watch. Went to the final play. I picked UAB
Troy 18 UTSA 12. I didn't watch this game. I picked utsa. how you score 12 points and 18?

I got +1 and a -1 for Friday games so my score for first day is: 0 points.

Saturday, Dec. 17

Cincinnati 7 Louisville 24

Jackson State 34 N.C. Central 41

Florida 3 Oregon State 30

Fresno State 29 Washington State 6

Southern Miss 38 Rice 24

BYU 24 SMU 23

Boise State 35 North Texas 32


I was 5 wins and 2 losses. ...My score after Saturday's games is
+3

Florida looked terrible!!

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Here is the only highlight of the Gators Bowl Game... LOL

https://twitter.com/PFF_Colleg...wcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=

Their field goal?!


Edited: 12/19/2022 at 07:05 AM by TATTOO74

Friday, Dec. 30

Duke's Mayo Bowl (Noon, ESPN)

No. 23 NC State vs. Maryland

Sun Bowl (2 p.m., CBS)

Pittsburgh vs. No. 18 UCLA

Gator Bowl (3:30 p.m., ESPN)

No. 21 Notre Dame vs. No. 19 South Carolina

Arizona Bowl (4:30 p.m., Barstool Sports)

Ohio vs. Wyoming

Orange Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

No. 7 Clemson vs. No. 6 Tennessee

Defending champion Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title
ByRalph D. Russo via AP logo
Sunday, January 1, 2023 11:04AM

https://abc13.com/cfp-national...ate-buckeyes/12637207/

Yup. Turn the audio on if didn't. Nice sarcastic comments by the announcer.

Drink it down, soak it in... LOL

Marshall 28 Uconn 14 F

I'm at +4 now.

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (3:30 p.m., ESPN)

San Jose State vs. Eastern Michigan

Boca Raton Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Toledo vs. Liberty

E.Mich 41 San Jose 21 F
Liberty 19 Toledo 21 F

I picked both those games so add 2 points. I'm at +6 now!

Western Kentucky 44 South Alabama 23 F

-1 for me. My score +5.

My picks coming up:


Thursday, Dec. 22

Armed Forces Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Air Force vs. Baylor

Friday, Dec. 23

Independence Bowl (3 p.m., ESPN)

Houston vs. Louisiana

Gasparilla Bowl (6:30 p.m., ESPN)

Wake Forest vs. Missouri

Saturday, Dec. 24

Hawaii Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee

Monday, Dec. 26

Quick Lane Bowl (2:30 p.m., ESPN)

Bowling Green vs. New Mexico State

Air Force 30 Baylor 15 F

Minus 1 for me.

Score: +4

Houston 23 La 16 F.

+1, my score moves to +5

I haven't been keeping close track or paying much attention to all of these, ...... who cares unless you are a graduate or family of a player games, ..... but glancing at the schedule, I would say that I would be about where you are a +5 ...... +/- 1

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"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell


"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.


If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.

"...who cares unless you are a graduate or family of a player games..."

Didn't use to be that way. Bowl season was awesome until the BCS or whatever they call it now came about. The current "we must have one team as Natl Champ" setup sucks.

Georgia defeats Alabama in the AT&T Ram Trucks Allstate Capital One Disney Bob's Burgers Dr. Pepper Gatorade Siri Taco Bell Bowl to become champions of professional college football. - Dave Barry

USC giving 2pts to Tulane has me seriously seriously considering coming out of sport betting retirement, with a semi serious play on the Trojans.


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"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell


"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.


If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.

LOL ....damn good thing I stayed in sports betting retirement!! Tulane played a great game and pulled off an outstanding win!

Also ...... at some point, Lincoln Riley REALLY needs to figure out that his teams need to play just a little bit of DEFENSE!!!!!!



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"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell


"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.


If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Military Bowl (2 p.m., ESPN)

Duke vs. UCF

Liberty Bowl (5:30 p.m., ESPN)

Arkansas vs. Kansas

Holiday Bowl (8 p.m., Fox)

No. 15 Oregon vs. North Carolina

Texas Bowl (9 p.m., ESPN)

Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss

& GO KNIGHTS !!!

The Knights went

So bad Dave hasn't commented on it yet.

I believe Malzahn has some cultural/institutional issues to resolve for next year (wrt number of transfers), as well as the need to develop a real passing attack.

Two great semifinal games. Surprised to see TCU pull off their win, but showed the naysayers they deserve to be there.

LMAO at the commentators in that UF game. I watched the link first w/o sound, and was rewarded on replaying it with the volume up.

Saturday, Dec. 31

Music City Bowl (Noon, ABC)

Kentucky vs. Iowa

Sugar Bowl (Noon, ESPN)

No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 9 Kansas State

Fiesta Bowl (4 p.m., ESPN)

No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 3 TCU (CFP semifinal)

Peach Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Ohio State (CFP semifinal)

Amazing come back win by Tulane over USC. What a game!

That muffed kick off then the safety. That was all bad special teams and offense. But, yes defense. Refs were trying to help USC. Good ole replay though.

UF has very real problems now and in the fall. Tulane vs USC might be the game of the year. What a battle. Little Tulane behind all game picking off the heisman and the big California school.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Pulling for TCU in the championship game Monday night. The Big12 2023 schedule comes out in February and it would be cool for UCF to host the National Champions in the bounce house.

It's been a fun year for college football. 2023 looks to be more exciting. At least for me with UCF finally in the Big12.

For the bowl loss, meh, it sucked. Duke wanted it more! LOL. I could tell early in the first quarter UCF was going to lose. UCF did good in recruiting and transfers the past couple weeks.

Gus Malzhan has hired a new OC and says he isn't calling plays anymore. New OC is Darron Hinshaw. Ex UCF qb from 91-94 who pre-dates Daunte Culpepper. He has extensive experience the past couple decades coaching. Hopefully he does wonders for UCF coming up. We need offense improvement.

Go Horned Frogs against George 'dawgs. Monday night should be interesting.

Texas Christian's mascot is a horny toad? LOL.

Go Dogs.



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“It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti

Not a fan of either, but a Michigan Ohio St rematch would probably have been the most interesting and fun to watch, but since that isn't happening...

DAWGS are gonna repeat!

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"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell


"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.


If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.

GO UNDER FROGS !!!

From unranked and picked to finish seventh in the preseason to playing for a national title.

Dykes said TCU is proof it can be done.

"It gives hope to everybody," he said. "I bet there are lots of people in places like Manhattan (Kan.), Houston, Orlando (Fla.) or Stillwater (Okla.) who are saying, 'If they can do it, we can do it.' And I think they're right."

Just don't call them underfrogs.

"I think that Cinderella story ended a long time ago," TCU linebacker Dee Winters said.

God they got their asses kicked. What a brutal humiliation for TCU.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

If anyone really thought that was going to be a game you don't shit about the GAME. They could have destroyed them with every backup at every position if they would have started! Thats how good the dawgs can be when healthy and playing for something!

I fell asleep in the first quarter on the couch. Glad I missed that smack down!

2 early thoughts:

- Joega would have beaten ANY college team last night!

- Last night's ass kicking was NOT a very good argument for an expanded playoff!

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"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell


"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.


If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.

Final AP Poll

1 dawgs
2 TCU
3 Michigan
4 yuckeyes
5 bama
6 vols
7 penn state
8 Washington
9 Tulane
10 Utah
11 FSU
12 USC
13 Clemson
14 K-State
15 Oregon
16 LSU
17 Oregon State
18 Notre Dame
19 Troy
20 Miss-State
21 UCLA
22 Pitt
23 SoCarolina
24 Fresno State
25 Texas

Others receiving votes:

Duke 49, UTSA 45, Air Force 40, Boise State 38, Minnesota 35, Texas Tech 19, North Carolina 8, North Carolina State 6, Iowa 4, Louisville 3, Purdue 3, Maryland 2, Marshall 2, Cincinnati 1, Illinois 1

One columnist said that Georgia "eviscerated" TCU.

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Based on how Ohio State performed against UGa, I expected them to be #2 in that poll.

Funny thing about Alabama is they are the only other team that could have given the Dawgs a real game (assuming they retained their focus, as oppose to their erratic losses).

In the end though, I think the expanded playoff is a good thing. Maybe 8 teams instead of 12, but it can help to (slowly) build some parity in the game.

As it is now, the most successful big-name teams attract the best talent, and thus have the most success. If players see that other schools have realistic paths to a title, it may entice them to select other schools than the traditional powerhouses.

Unfortunately, players are now looking more for a realistic path to the NFL than to a title. The expanded transfer portal may accelerate that, but it might also bring more parity to the game; e.g., UGa's entire second string could form another competitive university team.

One downside is that it favors experienced upperclassmen, and may lead to fewer players completing degrees because of all the issues with transferring academic credits.

^^This! I agree completely.

Think about it this way. The Vanderbilt Commodores lost to GA by 55 points. TCU lost by 58 points. By that metric...is Vandy better than TCU? Vanderbilt didn't even qualify (nor should they have) for a bowl and TCU was selected to the BCS.

Every 5 years or so there are maybe 5-6 teams good enough to win it all. Most years it really is only 2 or three.

No need for an expansion. It will make the regular season and Conference Championships that much less meaningful. Watering down the product will result in less interest, not more.

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Slide On

College football playoff expansion to 12 teams: How will it work and when will it start?
The Playoff will expand college football's playoff tournament from four teams to twelve, adding two extra rounds of competition.


How will a 12-team College Football Playoff work?
The top four conference champions will be followed by the top six at-large bids and the two highest-ranked remaining conference champions in the 12-team format. Ordered by College Football Playoff rankings.

That assures at least one "Group of 5? club will reach the Playoff each year and, although rare, provides more than one G5 team to replace a "Power 5? team.

Keep in mind Notre Dame, Army, UConn, and UMass, who are not conference members, will never be in the top four under the authorized system. They cannot win a conference title. No independent club will ever get a Playoff bye.

Seeds 5-8 host playoff games against seeds 9-12, giving the top four a bye. After that, the remaining eight teams will play in the New Year's Day 6 bowls (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, Cotton, and Peach). After that, the quarterfinal and semifinal bowls will swap annually.

The top team will then pick its quarterfinal opponent and location. Next, the No. 2 and No. 3 teams will choose their venues. Finally, the No. 4 team automatically plays in the quarterfinals' final bowl.

The highest-ranked team entering the semifinals will choose its bowl, while the other two will play in the Playoff's last bowl by default.
https://en.as.com/ncaa/college...-when-will-it-start-n/

I just asked Siri and it said Georgia subjugated TCU.