NCAA College Football: Bowl Season Schedule
It’s Christmas Eve and we have a full slate of NFL football action on tap as 14 games go today, along with the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in the NCAA. Once we get past Christmas Day, we get to go Bowling on six of the next seven days! Monday kicks it off with the Independence Bowl!
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Wolf Pack vs. Golden Eagles
Merry Christmas Everyone! Or, as they say on the Islands; Mele Kalikimaka!
Christmas Eve brings us the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl featuring the Nevada Wolf Pack vs. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. Kickoff is set for Saturday, December 24, 2011, at 8:00 PM ET from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.
This contest pits the explosive Wolf Pack running attack (8th overall) against the stout Golden Eagles run defense that was 20th in the NCAA allowing just 112.6 yards per game. Overall So. Miss brings the better defense as they gave up just 21.06 points per game while Nevada allowed their opponents 25.25 PPG. We would side with the Golden Eagles here!
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl Kicks Off A Busy NCAA Bowl Week
The Independence Bowl kicks off a huge run of Bowl action as the Missouri Tigers battle North Carolina Tar Heels on Monday, December 26, 2011 from Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. That starts a run 23 Bowl games over the next week.
Below is a condensed look at the remaining NCAA College Football Bowl Season contests. It all leads up to the LSU Tigers facing the Alabama Crimson Tide in the BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 9, 2012!
| Monday, December 26, 2011 | Time |
| Independence Bowl: Missouri vs. North Carolina | 4:00 PM |
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 | Time |
| Little Caesars Bowl: Purdue vs. Western Michigan | 3:30 PM |
| Belk Bowl: Louisville vs. North Carolina State | 7:00 PM |
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 | Time |
| Military Bowl: Air Force vs. Toledo | 3:30 PM |
| Holiday Bowl: California vs. Texas | 7:00 PM |
| Thursday, December 29, 2011 | Time |
| Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State vs. Notre Dame | 4:30 PM |
| Alamo Bowl: Baylor vs. Washington | 8:00 PM |
| Friday, December 30, 2011 | Time |
| Armed Forces Bowl: BYU vs. Tulsa | 11:00 AM |
| Pinstripe Bowl: Iowa State vs. Rutgers | 2:20 PM |
| Music City Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest | 5:40 PM |
| Insight Bowl: Iowa vs. Oklahoma | 9:00 PM |
| Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Time |
| Car Care Bowl: Northwestern vs. Texas A&M | 11:00 AM |
| Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Utah | 1:00 PM |
| Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois vs. UCLA | 2:30 PM |
| Liberty Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM |
| Peach Bowl: Auburn vs. Virginia | 6:30 PM |
| Monday, January 2, 2012 | Time |
| Ticket City Bowl: Houston vs. Penn State | 11:00 AM |
| Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs. South Carolina | 12:00 PM |
| Gator Bowl: Florida vs. Ohio State | 12:00 PM |
| Outback Bowl: Georgia vs. Michigan State | 12:00 PM |
| Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Wisconsin | 4:00 PM |
| Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Stanford | 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, January 3, 2012 | Time |
| Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs. Virginia Tech | 7:30 PM |
| Wednesday, January 4, 2012 | Time |
| Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. West Virginia | 7:30 PM |
| Friday, January 6, 2012 | Time |
| Cotton Bowl: Arkansas vs. Kansas State | 7:00 PM |
| Saturday, January 7, 2012 | Time |
| DI-AA Championship: North Dakota State vs. Sam Houston State | 12:00 PM |
| BBVA Compass Bowl: Pitt vs. SMU | 12:00 PM |
| Sunday, January 8, 2012 | Time |
| Go Daddy Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois | 8:00 PM |
| Monday, January 9, 2012 | Time |
| BCS Championship: Alabama vs. LSU | 7:30 PM |
