NCAA 2018/19 College Football Bowl Season [Dec 16 - Jan 8]

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New Years 6 Bowls

College Football Playoff Semifinal at Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
#2 Clemson Vs #3 Notre Dame
Sunday December 30, 8AM ESPN ESPN2 WatchESPN
Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Tom Rinaldi and Holly Rowe

College Football Playoff Semifinal at Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida
#1 Alabama Vs #4 Oklahoma
Sunday December 30, 12 PM ESPN ESPN2 WatchESPN
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Laura Rutledge, Maria Taylor

College Football Playoff National Championship Game Presented by AT&T
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Orange Bowl winner Vs Cotton Bowl winner
Tuesday January 8, 12PM ESPN ESPN2 WatchESPN
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor, Tom Rinaldi


Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
#10 Florida Vs #7 Michigan
Sunday December 30, 4AM ESPN WatchESPN
Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams

Playstation Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
#11 LSU Vs #8 UCF
Wednesday January 2, 5AM ESPN WatchESPN
Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay

Rose Bowl Game, Presented by Northwestern Mutual
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
#6 Ohio State Vs #9 Washington
Wednesday January 2, 9AM ESPN WatchESPN
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Tom Rinaldi, Maria Taylor


All State Sugar Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
#15 Texas Vs #5 Georgia
Wednesday January 2, 12:15PM ESPN WatchESPN
Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe

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Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
North Carolina A&T Vs Alcorn State
Sunday December 16, 4AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Jay Walker, Molly McGrath


Autonation Cure Bowl
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Tulane Vs Louisiana
Sunday December 16, 5:30AM CBSSN
Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, John Schriffen

New Mexico Bowl
Dreamstyle Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico
North Texas Vs Utah State
Sunday December 16, 6AM WatchESPN
Mark Neely, John Congemi, Quint Kessenich

Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
#21 Fresno State Vs Arizona State
Sunday December 16, 7:30AM WatchESPN
Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Tom Rinaldi

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
Eastern Michigan Vs Georgia Southern
Sunday December 16, 9:30AM WatchESPN
Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia, Lauren Sisler

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Middle Tennessee Vs Appalachain State
Sunday December 16, 1PM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker

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Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida
UAB Vs Northern Illinois
Wednesday December 19, 11AM ESPN WatchESPN
Dave Lamont, Desmond Howard, Jon Vilma, Alyssa Lang

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DXL Frisco Bowl
Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
San Diego State Vs Ohio
Thursday December 20, 12PM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Kevin Brown, Andre Ware, Kris Budden

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Bad Boy Motors Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Marshal Vs South Florida
Friday December 21, 12PM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra

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Markers Wanted Bahamas Bowl
Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Florida International Vs Toledo
Saturday December 22, 4:30AM ESPN WatchESPN
Steve Levy, Desmond Howard, Laura Rutledge

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho
Western Michigan Vs BYU
Saturday December 22, 8AM ESPN WatchESPN
Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey, Alex Corddry

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Birmingham Bowl
Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
Memphis Vs Wake Forest
Sunday December 23, 4AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas
Houston Vs Army
Sunday December 23, 7:30AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Chris Cotter, Emmanuel Acho, Jim Mora, Quint Kessenich

Dollar General Bowl
Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama
Buffalo Vs Troy
Sunday December 23, 11AM WatchESPN
Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones

SoFi Hawaii Bowl
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaii Vs Louisiana Tech
Sunday December 23, 2:30PM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Allison Williams

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Servpro First Responder Bowl
Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas
Boston College Vs #25 Boise State
Thursday December 27, 5:30AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Lowell Galindo, Ahmad Brooks, Kris Budden

Quick Lane Bowl
Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Minnesota Vs Georgia Tech
Thursday December 27, 9:15AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, Allison Williams

Cheez-IT Bowl
Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Cal Vs TCU
Thursday December 27, 1PM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker

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Walk-on's Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium, Shreveport, Louisiana
Temple Vs Duke
Friday December 28, 5:30AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, Lauren Sisler

New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Miami Vs Wisconsin
Friday December 28, 9:15AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Bob Wischusen, Mike Golic Jr, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra

Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Baylor Vs Vanderbilt
Friday December 28, 1PM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic

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Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
Purdue Vs Auburn
Saturday December 29, 5:30AM ESPN WatchESPN
Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones

Camping World Bowl
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
#16 West Virginia Vs #20 Syracuse
Saturday December 29, 9:15AM ESPN WatchESPN
Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich

Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
#24 Iowa State Vs #13 Washington State
Saturday December 29, 1PM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill

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Belk Bowl
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
South Carolina Vs Virginia
Sunday December 30, 4AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Adam Amin, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman


Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
#10 Florida Vs #7 Michigan
Sunday December 30, 4AM ESPN WatchESPN
Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams

Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Arizona Stadium, Tuscon, Arizona
Nevada Vs Arkansas State
Saturday December 29, 9:30AM CBSSN
Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, John Schriffen

College Football Playoff Semifinal # at Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
#2 Clemson Vs #3 Notre Dame
Sunday December 30, 8AM ESPN ESPN2 WatchESPN
Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Tom Rinaldi and Holly Rowe


College Football Playoff Semifinal # at Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida
#1 Alabama Vs #4 Oklahoma
Sunday December 30, 12PM ESPN ESPN2 WatchESPN
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Laura Rutledge, Maria Taylor
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Military Bowl
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
Cincinnati Vs Virginia Tech
Tuesday January 1, 4AM ESPN WatchESPN
Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia, Alex Corddry

Hyundai Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas
Stanford Vs Pittsburgh
Tuesday January 1, 6AM CBS
Brad Nessler, Gary Danileson, Jamie Erdahl

Redbox Bowl
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Michigan State Vs Oregon
Tuesday January 1, 7AM FOX
Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman

Autozone Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, Tennessee
#23 Missouri Vs Oklahoma State
Tuesday January 1, 7:45AM ESPN WatchESPN
Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra

San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl
SDCCU Stadium, San Diego, California
#22 Northwestern Vs #17 Utah
Tuesday January 1, 11AM FS1
Gus Johnson, Joe Klatt, Jenny Taft

Taxslayer Gator Bowl
TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, Florida
NC State Vs #19 Texas A&M
Tuesday January 1, 11:30AM ESPN WatchESPN
Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich

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Outback Bowl
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
#18 Mississippi State Vs Iowa
Wednesday January 2, 4AM ESPN2 WatchESPN
Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath

VBRO Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
#14 Kentucky Vs #12 Penn St
Wednesday January 2, 5AM WatchESPN
Dave Flemming, Brock Huard, Laura Rutledge

Playstation Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
#11 LSU Vs #8 UCF
Wednesday January 2, 5AM ESPN WatchESPN
Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay


Rose Bowl Game, Presented by Northwestern Mutual
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
#6 Ohio State Vs #9 Washington
Wednesday January 2, 9AM ESPN WatchESPN
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Tom Rinaldi, Maria Taylor

All State Sugar Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
#15 Texas Vs #5 Georgia
Wednesday January 2, 12:15PM ESPN WatchESPN
Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe

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College Football Playoff National Championship Game Presented by AT&T
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Orange Bowl winner Vs Cotton Bowl winner
Tuesday January 8, 12PM ESPN ESPN2 WatchESPN
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor, Tom Rinaldi

* All times in AEDT

 

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Megacast details for the Semi-final games

• Command Center(ESPN2 and ESPN App): A split-screen with four simultaneous camera views, which could include the main ESPN camera angle, the SkyCam view and isolated camera feeds of both head coaches at any given time. Enhanced statistics and real-time drive charts supplement the game action.
• Coaches Film Room (ESPNEWS and ESPN App): Head coaches watch the game in a film room, offering strategic advice in real time. Participating coaches will be announced next week
• Thinking Out Loud (SEC Network for Orange Bowl Only): Trio of Marcus Spears, Greg McElroy and Alyssa Lang make their MegaCast debut together, bringing hijinks, highlights and hilarity. More on SEC Network’s Orange Bowl plans are here.
• DataCenter (ESPN Goal Line and ESPN App): A perfect catch-all viewing option, as ESPN’s main telecast will be surrounded by up-to-date real time stats, analytics, social media reaction and player information.
• SkyCam (ESPN3 and ESPN App): The popular view from above the action — and behind the offense on most plays. This unique angle has been one of ESPN’s alternate viewing options for many years.
• All-22 (ESPN3 and ESPN App): Watch the game the same way players and coaches study film, with a vantage point high above the field of play. The angle allows for the 22 players on the field to be seen at all times providing the ability to distinguish how plays develop.
  
  
  
• ESPN Radio (ESPN App): Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons (Cotton Bowl) and Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay (Orange Bowl) call the games. The broadcast is available throughout the country on more than 400 ESPN Radio stations, the ESPN App, com, SiriusXM, Apple Music, iHeartRadio and TuneIn.

• ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio (ESPN App): Spanish-language call with Lalo Varela and Pablo Viruega (Cotton Bowl), and Kenneth Garay and Sebastian Martinez-Christensen (Orange Bowl) on television. Radio announcers will be announced soon.
• Hometown Audio Feed (ESPN3 and ESPN App): A partnership with JMI Sports, Learfield, and Notre Dame Global Partnerships pairs the ESPN telecast with the hometown radio call of the four teams. Broadcasters:

• • Alabama: Eli Gold, John Parker Wilson, Rashad Johnson and Chris Stewart
  • Clemson: Don Munson, Rodney Williams and Reggie Merriweather
  • Notre Dame: Paul Burmeister, Ryan Harris and Jack Nolan
  • Oklahoma: Toby Rowland, Teddy Lehman, Merv Johnson, Chris Plank and Gabe Ikard

Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl games will also have a "mini" Megacast with Command Center, SkyCam and All-22 feeds

 

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Sunday December 30
College Gameday Live from ... 1AM ESPN WatchESPN

Wednesday January 2
Rose Bowl Parade 3AM ESPN WatchESPN

Tuesday January 8
College Football Live 5:30AM ESPN
College Gameday Live from The College Football National Championship game 7AM ESPN
Championship Drive 10AM ESPN

 

[AJ_2000]

I did enjoy the NYE/NYD semi finals from previous years, but still ok by me to be on a Sunday.

 

[drd23]

I think they chose the right 4 for the play-offs. I still expect the championship game will be Bama vs Clemson part 3

 

[aussiedude]

This year they got the 4 seed right.

Ohh how i hope ESPN get Bob Stoops in for the megacast just for lols.

 

[balmainforever]

I think that Georgia is a better team than the sooners.
However, realistically you couldn't pick a two loss team without a conference title.

 

[juice t]

Because the world needs another Florida-Michigan game

 

[aussiedude]

I think that Georgia is a better team than the sooners.
However, realistically you couldn't pick a two loss team without a conference title.

Georgia had their chance to get in. there was no need to put them 4th.

If Kentucky won the East and Georgia was a 2 loss team they might of had an argument like Alabama last year.

but then there would of been massive backlash having 2 SEC teams and 1 ACC team and 1 half ACC team.

They should of put in UCF and had the only 4 unbeaten teams in the playoffs, because it doesnt matter if it was Ohio St, Oklahoma or UCF they will lose to Alabama if Tua is healthy. Even with Hurts they will likely still lose.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Because the world needs another Florida-Michigan game

I would’ve switched Ucf and Michigan

I would also get rid of orange/sugar/rose affiliations
They get preference, but top 12 in no matter what imo

Give it to penn State over texas.

 

[juddy_Like]

Central Florida v The Gators would have been fun.

Shame McIllwein couldn’t of held of accepting the Central Michigan job for another month. Him as Michigan WR coach vs the school he got fired from.

No way in hell, I would have Georgia in the four... people need to differentiate the arguments of “do they deserve a playoff shot” with “do they deserve a shot at the National Title”. Georgia blew there chance.

Alabama might legit score 80 on that Sooners D. That is one of worse defence I have ever watched.

Would have taken West Virginia over Texas.

 

[drd23]

Alabama might legit score 80 on that Sooners D. That is one of worse defence I have ever watched.

They are ranked something like 90th in the nation, which is ******* terrible for a team that is in the running for a national title.

 

[aussiedude]

And Oklahoma could put 50 on Alabama. the Bama D is not what it has been in the past. they have given up some big scores for an Alabama team this season.

If this was a normal Alabama D i would fear for the life of Kyler Murry since they will snap him in half with how small he is.

 

[juddy_Like]

Giving Saban a month to plan for Murray... yeah I still feel for his life.

 

[aussiedude]

Urban Myer stepping down as HC after the rose bowl.

Good riddance. i hope you lost a lot of sleep from covering up the DV history of one of your most trusted assistants.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Urban Myer stepping down as HC after the rose bowl.

Good riddance. i hope you lost a lot of sleep from covering up the DV history of one of your most trusted assistants.

He’ll be back in 2 years
It’s what he does

I’ll say he’ll be the next usc coach

 

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He’ll be back in 2 years
It’s what he does

I’ll say he’ll be the next usc coach

His dream job is apparently Notre Dame he will go there and they will be more than happy to throw Kelly out the door for him.

Then he will do what he always does and use health issues as an excuse to walk away as he sets fire the the school.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Probably a better match in Boston college than Arizona State

Plus

I want revenge
Matt Ryan beat us on the blue

 

[Cassius_Clay]

And Oklahoma could put 50 on Alabama. the Bama D is not what it has been in the past. they have given up some big scores for an Alabama team this season.

If this was a normal Alabama D i would fear for the life of Kyler Murry since they will snap him in half with how small he is.

Oklahoma scores 50 and you think they cant beat Alabama?

I see Murray is now a $1.50 favourite for the Heisman. Does anyone know how low Tua actually got?

 

[aussiedude]

Oklahoma scores 50 and you think they cant beat Alabama?

I see Murray is now a $1.50 favourite for the Heisman. Does anyone know how low Tua actually got?

Oklahoma could play with 30 players on D and still give up big plays. they are a prime example of the Big12. all show on offence, and no shows on D

 

[Dirty Bird]

Oklahoma could play with 30 players on D and still give up big plays. they are a prime example of the Big12. all show on offence, and no shows on D

Honestly think you're being quite a bit unfair on the Big XII
They're playing modern spread offences. nearly exclusively league wide.
Other conferences are still playing past schemes.

I honestly feel if we got a Big XII/B16 league-wide series like we see in baseketball (sec/bigxii, acc/b16) the Big XII would curbstomp the b16. The offences don't have much of a drop off as the scheme works. And as the opposition aren't fighting fire with fire and playing a slower offence, they can slow down their opposition pretty well.

Yes, it appears the conference doesn't possess a defence. But is that because defence or s**t or offence is good? Ill say the latter as Oklahoma's offence hasn't really slowed down out of conference either.

 

[AJ_2000]

And Oklahoma could put 50 on Alabama. the Bama D is not what it has been in the past. they have given up some big scores for an Alabama team this season.

If this was a normal Alabama D i would fear for the life of Kyler Murry since they will snap him in half with how small he is.

The Oakland A's side of me wants him to have no part in this game!

 

[drd23]

Not sure I agree with Murray winning the Heismann

 

[aussiedude]

Bowl game announcers added to OP

 

[Paul Kersey]

Central Florida v The Gators would have been fun.

Shame McIllwein couldn’t of held of accepting the Central Michigan job for another month. Him as Michigan WR coach vs the school he got fired from.

No way in hell, I would have Georgia in the four... people need to differentiate the arguments of “do they deserve a playoff shot” with “do they deserve a shot at the National Title”. Georgia blew there chance.

Alabama might legit score 80 on that Sooners D. That is one of worse defence I have ever watched.

Would have taken West Virginia over Texas.

Liked for the Sooners comment, nearly unliked for the WV one