NCAA GDT: 2019-20 Bowl Thread (non-playoff games)
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Big Poppa Puck
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OhCaptainMyCaptain
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Why? How does it negatively impact anyone to have more bowl games?
The positives of more bowl games are that more games matter at the end of the year, more football games to watch, more games to bet on, and these small bowl games mean a lot to programs like Illinois, for example. It gives them something to build on.
The negatives are...… ? What? Too much football? Rabble rabble rabble participation trophies?
Just never understood why people complain about more bowl games. If you're not interested... don't watch. It's that simple.
rangerssharks414
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Don't forget more practice time to get ready for next year if players are coming back.
Sure, there are a lot of bowls, but it's a good experience for the athletes and gives most of them one last game to play with their teammates (since most aren't going to sniff an NFL camp).
Sure, there are a lot of bowls, but it's a good experience for the athletes and gives most of them one last game to play with their teammates (since most aren't going to sniff an NFL camp).
Big Poppa Puck
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I love the bowl games. I just think there's too many and there should never be a chance of a 5-7 team in a bowl.
I also hate this thing they've been doing the past 10 or so years where bowls that should probably be this weekend are being played between New Years and the title game. No reason for the Idaho Potato, Birmingham, Lending Tree and Armed Forces to be played after the NY6. In the grand scheming of the things I guess it don't matter, but growing up I always liked how/thought the later the game was, the "better" it was.
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Full Bowl Schedule:
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Red= College Football Playoff
Blue= New Year's Six
| Date | Bowl | Time (ET) | Location | Matchup | TV Network |
| Dec. 20 | Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl | 2:00 PM | Nassau, BS | Buffalo (MAC) vs. Charlotte (C-USA) | ESPN |
| Dec. 20 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl | 7:30 PM | Frisco, TX | Utah State (MWC) vs. Kent State (MAC) | ESPN2 |
| Dec. 21 | New Mexico Bowl | 2:00 PM | Albuquerque, NM | Central Michigan (MAC) vs. San Diego State (MWC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 21 | FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl | 2:30 PM | Orlando, FL | Liberty (Ind.) vs. Georgia Southern (Sun Belt) | CBSSN |
| Dec. 21 | Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl | 3:30 PM | Boca Raton, FL | SMU (AAC) vs. FAU (C-USA) | ABC |
| Dec. 21 | Camellia Bowl | 5:30 PM | Montgomery, AL | Arkansas State (Sun Belt) vs. FIU (C-USA) | ESPN |
| Dec. 21 | Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl | 7:30 PM | Las Vegas, NV | Boise State (MWC) vs. Washington (Pac-12) | ABC |
| Dec. 21 | R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | 9:00 PM | New Orleans, LA | Appalachian State (Sun Belt) vs. UAB (C-USA) | ESPN |
| Dec. 23 | Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl | 2:30 PM | Tampa, FL | UCF (AAC) vs. Marshall (C-USA) | ESPN |
| Dec. 24 | SoFi Hawai'i Bowl | 8:00 PM | Honolulu, HI | Hawaii (MWC) vs. BYU (Ind.) | ESPN |
| Dec. 26 | Walk-On's Independence Bowl | 4:00 PM | Shreveport, LA | Louisiana Tech (C-USA) vs. Miami, FL (ACC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | 8:00 PM | Detroit, MI | Pittsburgh (ACC) vs. Eastern Michigan (MAC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 27 | Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman | 12:00 PM | Annapolis, MD | North Carolina (ACC) vs. Temple (AAC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 27 | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | 3:20 PM | Bronx, NY | Michigan State (Big Ten) vs. Wake Forest (ACC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 27 | Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl | 6:45 PM | Houston, TX | Oklahoma State (Big 12) vs. Texas A&M (SEC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 27 | San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl | 8:00 PM | San Diego, CA | USC (Pac-12) vs. Iowa (Big Ten) | FS1 |
| Dec. 27 | Cheez-It Bowl | 10:15 PM | Phoenix, AZ | Air Force (MWC) vs. Washington State (Pac-12) | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | Camping World Bowl | 12:00 PM | Orlando, FL | Notre Dame (Ind.) vs. Iowa State (Big 12) | ABC |
| Dec. 28 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | 12:00 PM | Arlington, TX | Penn State (Big Ten) vs. Memphis (AAC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | 4:00 PM | Atlanta, GA | LSU (SEC) vs. Oklahoma (Big 12) | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | 8:00 PM | Glendale, AZ | Ohio State (Big Ten) vs. Clemson (ACC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | SERVPRO First Responder Bowl | 12:30 PM | Dallas, TX | Western Michigan (MAC) vs. Western Kentucky (C-USA) | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | 4:00 PM | Nashville, TN | Mississippi State (SEC) vs. Louisville (ACC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Redbox Bowl | 4:00 PM | Santa Clara, CA | California (Pac-12) vs. Illinois (Big Ten) | Fox |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | 8:00 PM | Miami Gardens, FL | Virginia (ACC) vs. Florida (SEC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Belk Bowl | 12:00 PM | Charlotte, NC | Virginia Tech (ACC) vs. Kentucky (SEC) | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | 2:00 PM | El Paso, TX | Florida State (ACC) vs. Arizona State (Pac-12) | CBS |
| Dec. 31 | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | 3:45 PM | Memphis, TN | Navy (AAC) vs. Kansas State (Big 12) | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl | 4:30 PM | Tucson, AZ | Wyoming (MWC) vs. Georgia State (Sun Belt) | CBSSN |
| Dec. 31 | Valero Alamo Bowl | 7:30 PM | San Antonio, TX | Utah (Pac-12) vs. Texas (Big 12) | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Vrbo Citrus Bowl | 1:00 PM | Orlando, FL | Michigan (Big Ten) vs. Alabama (SEC) | ABC |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | 1:00 PM | Tampa, FL | Minnesota (Big Ten) vs. Auburn (SEC) | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual | 5:00 PM | Pasadena, CA | Wisconsin (Big Ten) vs. Oregon (Pac-12) | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | 8:45 PM | New Orleans, LA | Georgia (SEC) vs. Baylor (Big 12) | ESPN |
| Jan. 2 | TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl | 3:00 PM | Birmingham, AL | Boston College (ACC) vs. Cincinnati (AAC) | ESPN |
| Jan. 2 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | 7:00 PM | Jacksonville, FL | Indiana (Big Ten) vs. Tennessee (SEC) | ESPN |
| Jan. 3 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | 3:30 PM | Boise, ID | Ohio (MAC) vs. Nevada (MWC) | ESPN |
| Jan. 4 | Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | 11:30 AM | Fort Worth, TX | Southern Miss (C-USA) vs. Tulane (AAC) | ESPN |
| Jan. 6 | LendingTree Bowl | 7:30 PM | Mobile, AL | Louisiana (Sun Belt) vs. Miami, OH (MAC) | ESPN |
| Jan. 13 | College Football Playoff National Championship | 8:00 PM | New Orleans, LA | Peach Bowl winner vs. Fiesta Bowl winner | ESPN |
Red= College Football Playoff
Blue= New Year's Six
John Price
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Was listening to a podcast and the audible guys Bruce and stew appeared very defensive of the bowls. If you don't like them all don't watch em. I don't like all the bowls so I don't watch until nye
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Get ready for more because two bowl games will be debuting next season
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Michigan and Minnesota should get rag dolled by Alabama and Auburn, could be a bad year for the conference in bowls.
rangerssharks414
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If you told me like five years ago that Arizona State would be favored against Florida State in football, I would have laughed in your face.
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GKJ
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Doing a Fenway Bowl I guess is giving up on the Frozen Fenway stuff they were doing
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I dig the Bahamas Bowl.. the exotic location, the quiet, virtually empty stadium.. Thought it was more distinguished when it was the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, but.. It's a cool start to the Bowl season.
The Central Michigan-Western Kentucky edition from a few years back was one of the wildest, most entertaining bowl games I've ever seen.
Congrats to Buffalo, they had a good season.
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The only issue is oversaturation but judging by thread inactivity most people aren't watching or caring about the bowls so far so it's fine
OhCaptainMyCaptain
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Yeah I figured that's what some people are thinking, but I just don't see the issue. At worst, there are games on that some people won't watch. At best, there are all the positives I mentioned above.
Again, I can understand people saying they are not interested in a bunch of these games. That's understandable. But to say there needs to be less doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I'd rather have these on TV than... what? The national cornhole championships? Give me more football any time!!
Also, you know who that hurts the most if a large number of bowls are cut down? Non P-5 teams, because the P-5 teams will get selected more, without question.
I'm not saying every team needs to be playing in a bowl game, but if all you can come up with as a negative is that there is too much football.... well... I guess I just don't see an issue with that.
Again, I can understand people saying they are not interested in a bunch of these games. That's understandable. But to say there needs to be less doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I'd rather have these on TV than... what? The national cornhole championships? Give me more football any time!!
Also, you know who that hurts the most if a large number of bowls are cut down? Non P-5 teams, because the P-5 teams will get selected more, without question.
I'm not saying every team needs to be playing in a bowl game, but if all you can come up with as a negative is that there is too much football.... well... I guess I just don't see an issue with that.
GKJ
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The oversaturation of bowls wouldn't be as big of a deal if Fox and CBS had the broadcast rights to more of them. One of the reasons it seems like so much is because ESPN is going to spread them out and place them in any time slot they possibly can. It just seems like it goes on forever. I'd be more interested in a lot of them if more of them were played at the same time and I could flip around like I would if it were a college football Saturday.
The post-New Year's Bowls are completely dead spots as well. If I were the Las Vegas Bowl, I'd be trying to get it moved to replace one of them and play on January 2 or whatever, especially with the new stadium.
The post-New Year's Bowls are completely dead spots as well. If I were the Las Vegas Bowl, I'd be trying to get it moved to replace one of them and play on January 2 or whatever, especially with the new stadium.
