Here we go. 35 bowl games, 70 college football teams, and of course all the Tostitos.
This season the BCS national championship will be played in New Orleans in the Superdome. This season the Superdome will host three bowl games, starting with the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, continuing with the Allstate Sugar Bowl and wrapping up with the BCS National Championship Game. As if that is not enough, the New Orleans Saints will host Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers on January 1, two days prior to the Sugar Bowl. And if the current NFC standings hold up, the Saints will also host a wild card game the weekend before the BCS championship. New Orleans will be football crazy.
But of course there are a ton of bowl games that will range in terms of national attractiveness. We’ll have some games that make you wonder just how a team (or both teams) got in to the bowl season, while there will be the marquee games in early January that the entire college football world will be watching closely.
We have the full rundown of the bowl games here for you, along with television information, kickoff times, who is playing in each game and any other important information that may be needed. We will be breaking down all of these games in due time so be sure to be following along on Twitter so you know when our takes are up.
We’ll start with the big games, the BCS games first, and then start going in chronological order. All times are eastern. Schools with links will take you to the official Bloguin blogs covering those respective schools.
Allstate BCS Championship Game
New Orleans, LA
Monday, January 9, 2012
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Discover Orange Bowl
Miami, FL
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
8 p.m. ESPN
Clemson vs. West Virginia
Allstate Sugar Bowl
New Orleans, LA
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, AZ
Monday, January 2, 2012
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Oklahoma State vs. Stanford
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO
Pasadena, CA
Monday, January 2, 2012
5 p.m. ESPN
Oregon vs. Wisconsin
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Gildan New Mexico Bowl |
Dec. 17 | 2 p.m. | Wyoming | Temple | ESPN |
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Famous Idaho Potato Bowl |
Dec. 17 | 5:30 p.m. | Ohio | Utah State |
ESPN |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Dec. 17 | 9 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette | San Diego State | ESPN |
| Beef O’Brady’s Bowl | Dec. 20 | 8 p.m. | Florida International | Marshall | ESPN |
| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | Dec. 21 | 8 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | TCU | ESPN |
| MAACO Bowl Las Vegas | Dec. 22 | 8 p.m. | Boise State | Arizona State | ESPN |
| Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl | Dec. 24 | 8 p.m. | Nevada | Southern Mississippi | ESPN |
| Advocare V100 Independence Bowl | Dec. 26 | 5 p.m. | Missouri | North Carolina | ESPN2 |
| Little Caesar’s Bowl | Dec. 27 | 4:30 p.m. | Western Michigan | Purdue | ESPN |
| Belk Bowl | Dec. 27 | 8 p.m. | Louisville | N.C. State | ESPN |
| Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman | Dec. 28 | 4:30 p.m. | Air Force | Toledo | ESPN |
| Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl | Dec. 28 | 8 p.m. | California | Texas | ESPN |
| Champs Sports Bowl | Dec. 29 | 5:30 p.m. | Notre Dame | Florida State | ESPN |
| Valero Alamo Bowl | Dec. 29 | 9 p.m. | Baylor | Washington | ESPN |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl | Dec. 30 | 12 p.m. | BYU | Tulsa | ESPN |
| New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Dec. 30 | 3:20 p.m. | Iowa State | Rutgers | ESPN |
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Dec. 30 | 6:40 p.m. | Wake Forest | Mississippi State | ESPN |
| Insight Bowl | Dec. 30 | 10 p.m. | Oklahoma | Iowa | ESPN |
| Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas | Dec. 31 | 12 p.m. | Northwestern | Texas A&M | ESPN |
| Hyundai Sun Bowl | Dec. 31 | 2 p.m. | Georgia Tech | Utah | CBS |
| AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Dec. 31 | 3:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt | Cincinnati | ABC |
| Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl | Dec. 31 | 3:30 p.m. | Illinois | UCLA | ESPN |
| Chick-fil-A Bowl | Dec. 31 | 7:30 p.m. | Auburn | Virginia | ESPN |
| TicketCity Bowl | Jan. 2 | 12 p.m. | Penn State | Houston | ESPNU |
| Capital One Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. | Nebraska | South Carolina | ESPN |
| TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. | Florida | Ohio State | ESPN2 |
| Outback Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. | Georgia | Michigan State | ABC |
| AT&T Cotton Bowl | Jan. 6 | 8 p.m. | Arkansas | Kansas State | FOX |
| BBVA Compass Bowl | Jan. 7 | 1 p.m. | Pittsburgh | SMU | ESPN |
| GoDaddy.com Bowl | Jan. 8 | 9 p.m. | Arkansas State | Northern Illinois | ESPN |
