With 70 college football teams participating in 35 different bowls during the 2011-12 bowl season, chances are there will be a game or seven to keep you interested.
The fun begins on December 17, 2011 and concludes on January 9, 2012 with the Allstate BCS National Championship Game.
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Note: All start times Eastern
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Gildan New Mexico at University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM
Temple (8-4) vs. Wyoming (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Bronco Stadium, Boise, ID
Ohio (9-4) vs. Utah State (7-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN)
R+L Carriers New Orleans at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
San Diego State (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg at Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Florida International (8-4) vs. Marshall (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
TCU (10-2) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, December 22, 2011
MAACO Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
Arizona State (6-6) vs. Boise State (11-1), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Sheraton Hawaii at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI
Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Miss (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, December 26, 2011
AdvoCare V100 Independence at Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA
Missouri (7-5) vs. North Carolina (7-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Little Caesars at Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Belk at Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
Louisville (7-5) vs. NC State (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman at RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
Toledo (8-4) vs. Air Force (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Bridgepoint Education Holiday at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
California (7-5) vs. Texas (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Champs Sports at Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Valero Alamo at Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Washington (7-5) vs. Baylor (9-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, December 30, 2011
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces at Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX
BYU (9-3) vs. Tulsa (8-4), 12 p.m. (ESPN)
New Era Pinstripe at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY
Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:20 p.m. (ESPN)
Franklin American Mortgage Music City at LP Field, Nashville, TN
Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 6:40 p.m. (ESPN)
Insight at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
Iowa (7-5) vs. Oklahoma (9-3), 10:40 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Meineke Car Care of Texas at Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), 12 p.m. (ESPN)
Hyundai Sun at Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX
Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS)
AutoZone Liberty at Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN
Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Kraft Fight Hunger at AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
Illinois (6-6) vs. UCLA (6-7), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Chick-fil-A at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, January 2, 2012
TicketCity at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Houston (12-1) vs. Penn State (9-3), 12 p.m. (ESPNU)
Outback at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Michigan State (10-3) vs. Georgia (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)
Capital One at Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl at EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL
Ohio State (6-6) vs. Florida (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Wisconsin (11-2) vs. Oregon (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Tostitos Fiesta at U. of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Allstate Sugar at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Discover Orange at Sun Life Stadium, Miami, FL
West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, January 6, 2012
AT&T Cotton at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)
Saturday, January 7, 2012
BBVA Compass Bowl at Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
SMU (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, January 8, 2012
GoDaddy.com at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, January 9, 2012
Allstate BCS National Championship Game at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA
LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sources:
All data provided by ESPN.com
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