2011
Bowl Games Stink!
This pretty much sums up my feelings about the BCS. And it’s always a fun day when I get to draw a skunk or two. I’m not looking forward to the Bowl season really. The system is just so archaic and so drab really. And it’s spread out all over the months of December and January. I used to love Bowl games on New Year’s day when I was a kid. That was before the sponsors took over and gave us things like the Tostitos bowl and the Fed Ex Bowl. Half the companies go out of business every other year so you never know which bowl is which anymore. I hate it. So I think I’ll just hang around and watch Friday Night Lights on DVD. It’s much more entertaining. If you need your fix for 3 hour commercials masquerading as football games I’ve included the line up here. Check out some of the names: Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Dec. 17th, 2 p.m. EST, ESPN Temple vs. Wyoming Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Dec. 17th, 5:30 p.m. EST, ESPN Ohio vs. Utah State R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Dec. 17th, 9 p.m. EST, ESPN San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl, Dec. 20th, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN Florida International vs. Marshall S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Dec. 21st, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN (18) TCU vs. Louisiana Tech MAACO Las Vegas Bowl, Dec. 22nd, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN Arizona State vs. (7) Boise State Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Dec. 24th, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN Nevada vs. (21) Southern Miss AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, Dec. 26th, 5 p.m. EST, ESPN2 Missouri vs. North Carolina Little Caesars Bowl, Dec. 27th, 4:30 p.m. EST, ESPN Western Michigan vs. Purdue Belk Bowl, Dec. 27th, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN Louisville vs. NC State Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman, Dec. 28th, 4:30 p.m. EST, ESPN Toledo vs. Air Force Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, Dec. 28th, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN California vs. (24) Texas Champs Sports Bowl, Dec. 29th, 5:30 p.m. EST, ESPN Florida State vs. Notre Dame Valero Alamo Bowl, Dec. 29th, 9 p.m. EST, ESPN Washington vs. (12) Baylor Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Dec. 30th, Noon EST, ESPN BYU vs. Tulsa New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Dec. 30th, 3:20 p.m. EST, ESPN Rutgers vs. Iowa State Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Dec. 30th, 6:40 p.m. EST, ESPN Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest Insight Bowl, Dec. 30th, 10 p.m. EST, ESPN Iowa vs. (14) Oklahoma Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl, Dec. 31st, Noon EST, ESPN Texas A&M vs. Northwestern Hyundai Sun Bowl, Dec. 31st, 2 p.m. EST, CBS Georgia Tech vs. Utah AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Dec. 31st, 3:30 p.m. EST, ABC Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Dec. 31st, 3:30 p.m. EST, ESPN Illinois vs. UCLA Chick-fil-A Bowl, Dec. 31st, 7:30 p.m. EST, ESPN Virginia vs. (25) Auburn TicketCity Bowl, Jan. 2nd, Noon EST, ESPNU (19) Houston vs. (22) Penn State Outback Bowl, Jan. 2nd, 1 p.m. EST, ABC (17) Michigan State vs. (16) Georgia Capital One Bowl, Jan. 2nd, 1 p.m. EST, ESPN (20) Nebraska vs. (9) South Carolina Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl, Jan. 2nd, 1 p.m. EST, ESPN2 Ohio State vs. Florida Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio, Jan. 2nd, 5 p.m. EST, ESPN (10) Wisconsin vs. (5) Oregon Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 2nd, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN (4) Stanford vs. (3) Oklahoma State Allstate Sugar Bowl, Jan. 3rd, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN (13) Michigan vs. (11) Virginia Tech Discover Orange Bowl, Jan. 4th, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN (23) West Virginia vs. (15) Clemson AT&T Cotton Bowl, Jan. 6th, 8 p.m. EST, FOX (8) Kansas State vs. (6) Arkansas BBVA Compass Bowl, Jan. 7th, 1 p.m. EST, ESPN SMU vs. Pittsburgh GoDaddy.com Bowl, Jan. 8th, 9 p.m. EST, ESPN Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois Allstate BCS National Championship Game (Yeah, right), Jan. 9th, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN (1) LSU vs. (2) Alabama
