2018 Bowl Season

[BabyIrish]

College football bowl schedule

Conference Bowl Season Record:

ACC (11 bids): 5-5
Winners: Wake Forest, Duke, Syracuse, UVA, Clemson,
Losers: Georgia Tech, Miami, VT, Pitt, NC St.

Big 10 (9 bids): 5-4
Winners: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Iowa, OSU
Losers: Purdue, Michigan, MSU, PSU

Big 12 (7 bids): 4-3
Winners: TCU, Baylor, Okie St., UT
Losers: WVU, ISU, OU,

Pac 12 (7 bids): 3-4
Winners: WSU, Stanford, Oregon,
Losers: Arizona State, California, Utah, Washington

SEC (11 bids): 6-5
Winners: Auburn, UF, Bama, TAMU, Kentucky, LSU,
Losers: Vanderbilt, So. Car, Missouri, Miss. St, UGA

Group of 5 against P5: 1-1

AAC (7 bids): 2-5
Mountain West (6 bids): 3-2
Conference USA (6 bids): 4-2
MAC (6 bids): 1-5
Sun Belt (5 bids): 3-2
Independents (3 bids): 2-1

Upcoming

Monday, Jan. 7

8 p.m. - College Football National Championship Presented By AT&T: 1. Alabama vs 2. Clemson (ESPN)

Completed

Tuesday, Jan. 1

12:00 - Outback Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Iowa- Iowa- 27, Miss St.- 22
1 p.m. - VRBO Citrus Bowl: Kentucky vs. Penn State- Kentucky- 27, PSU- 24
1 p.m. - PlayStation Fiesta Bowl: LSU vs. UCF- LSU- 40, UCF- 32
5 p.m. - Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual: Washington vs. Ohio State- OSU- 28, Washington- 23
8:45 p.m. - Allstate Sugar Bowl: Texas vs. Georgia- UT- 28, UGA- 21

Monday, Dec. 31

12 p.m. - Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman: Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech- Cincy- 35, VT- 31
2 p.m. - Hyundai Sun Bowl: Stanford vs. Pittsburgh- Stanford- 14, Pitt- 13
3 p.m. - Redbox Bowl: Michigan State vs. Oregon- Oregon- 7, MSU- 6
3:45 p.m. - AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Missouri vs. Oklahoma State- Okie St- 38, Missouri- 33
7:00 - San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl: Northwestern vs. Utah- N’Western- 31, Utah- 20
7:30 - TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Texas A&M- TAMU- 52, NC St- 13

Saturday, Dec. 29

12 p.m. - Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl: Florida vs. Michigan- UF- 41, UM- 15
12 p.m. - Belk Bowl: South Carolina vs. Virginia- UVA- 28, So. Car- 0
1:15 p.m. - NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Nevada- Nevada- 16, Ark. St- 13
4 p.m. - Cotton Bowl Classic: No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Notre Dame- Clem- 30, ND- 3
8 p.m. - Capital One Orange Bowl: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Oklahoma- Bama- 45, OU- 34

Friday, Dec. 28

1:30 p.m. - Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Purdue vs. Auburn- Auburn- 63, Purdue- 14
5:15 p.m. - Camping World Bowl: West Virginia vs. Syracuse- Syracuse- 34, WVU- 18
9 p.m. - Valero Alamo Bowl: Iowa State vs. Washington State- WSU- 28, ISU- 26

Thursday, Dec. 27

1:30 p.m. - Walk-On’s Independence Bowl: Temple vs. Duke- Duke- 56, Temple- 27
5:15 p.m. - New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Miami vs. Wisconsin- Wisconsin- 35, Miami- 3
9 p.m. - Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. Vanderbilt- Baylor- 45, Vandy- 38

Wednesday, Dec. 26
1:30 p.m. - SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Boston College vs. Boise State- Cancelled (1st Bowl Game cancelled ever)
5:15 p.m. - Quick Lane Bowl: Minnesota vs. Georgia Tech- Minn- 34, GT- 10
9 p.m. - Cheez-It Bowl: California vs. TCU- TCU- 10, Cal- 7 (OT)

Saturday, Dec. 22

12 p.m. - Jared Birmingham Bowl: WF- 37, Memphis- 34
3:30 p.m. - Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Army- 70, UH- 14
7 p.m. - Dollar General Bowl: Troy-42, UB-32
10:30 p.m. - SoFi Hawai’i Bowl: La Tech- 31, Hawaii- 14

Friday, Dec. 21

12:30 p.m. - Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl: FIU- 35, Toledo-32
4 p.m. - Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: BYU- 49, WMU-18

Thursday, Dec. 20

8 p.m. - Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl: Marshall- 38, USF- 20

Wednesday, Dec. 19

8 p.m. - DXL Frisco Bowl: Ohio-27, SDSU- 0

Tuesday, Dec. 18

7 p.m. - Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl: UAB- 37, NIU- 13

Saturday, Dec. 15

12 p.m. - Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl: NC A&T- 24, Alcorn St- 22
2:00 p.m. - New Mexico Bowl: Utah St- 52, UNT- 13
2:30 p.m. - AutoNation Cure Bowl: Tulane- 41, Louisiana- 24
3:30 - Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl: Fresno St- 31, ASU- 20
5:30 p.m. - Raycom Media Camellia Bowl: Ga S- 23, EMU- 21
9 p.m. - R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: App St- 45, MTU- 13

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Bold prediction: SEC will have a losing record in bowls this year. I like a lot of the matchups.
UCF vs LSU. Michigan vs Florida. Kentucky vs Penn St. Ok st vs Mizzou. South Carolina vs Virginia.

 

[BabyIrish]

Bold prediction: SEC will have a losing record in bowls this year. I like a lot of the matchups.
UCF vs LSU. Michigan vs Florida. Kentucky vs Penn St. Ok st vs Mizzou. South Carolina vs Virginia.

Doesn’t the SEC usually have a losing record? I feel like it happens often.
Agreed the matchups after Christmas look intriguing.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Why does ESPN broadcast the playoffs on ESPN, instead of ABC?

Feel like that would throttle viewers, no?

 

[Irish YJ]

Why does ESPN broadcast the playoffs on ESPN, instead of ABC?

Feel like that would throttle viewers, no?

This is the 5th or 6th year the CFP and NYG games were all on ESPN.
Guessing this is one of the biggest hooks they have for subscription.

 

[ulukinatme]

Doesn’t the SEC usually have a losing record? I feel like it happens often.
Agreed the matchups after Christmas look intriguing.

Isn't the narrative usually "<Insert SEC team here> doesn't want to be here." Lower bowls are beneath them.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

This is the 5th or 6th year the CFP and NYG games were all on ESPN.
Guessing this is one of the biggest hooks they have for subscription.

I understand that the playoffs have always been on ESPN, just bringing the question up again.

 

[irish4ever]

Bold prediction: SEC will have a losing record in bowls this year. I like a lot of the matchups.
UCF vs LSU. Michigan vs Florida. Kentucky vs Penn St. Ok st vs Mizzou. South Carolina vs Virginia.

I dunno. I'd say that the SEC will win 1 or 2 of those (LSU?, Mizzoui? and/or So. Car.?) and then a sweep the Bama, Georgia, Miss. St., and Texas A&M games. Plus, there's Vandy with a decent chance of knocking off Baylor. Unfortunately, I do see the meatchickens throttling the Gators though. As always, michigan SUX!!!

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

I think Purdue comes out hyped up against Auburn.

But, won't matter. Media will say that Auburn was just going through the motions and using the practices for next year's "real bowl".

 

[Legacy]

2017-18 Bowl Attendance under 50% Capacity in Bold

TE--BOWL--TEAM A--TEAM B--'16 ATT.--'17 ATT.-- -/+,% full
Dec. 16--New Orleans-Troy v North Texas--24,904--32.6% full
Dec. 16--Cure--W. Kentucky v Georgia St--27,213--28%
Dec. 16--Las Vegas--Boise State v Oregon--29,286--91%
Dec. 16--New Mexico--Marshall v Colorado State--29,688--66.5%
Dec. 16--Camellia--Middle Tenn v Arkansas St--20,257--98.1%
Dec. 19--Boca Raton--FAU v Akron--24,726--88%
Dec. 20--Frisco--SMU v La. Tech--15,262--70.3%
Dec. 21--Gasparilla--Temple v FIU--15,717--52.7%
Dec. 22--Bahamas--UAB v Ohio--13,422--90.4%
Dec. 22--Potato--Central Mich v Wyoming--24,975--45.4%
Dec. 23--Birmingham--Texas Tech v USF--31,229--40%
Dec. 23--Armed Forces--San Diego St v Army--40,542--80%
Dec. 23--Dollar General--App. St v Toledo--32,377--70.6%
Dec. 24--Hawaii--Fresno State v Houston--23,175--41%
Dec. 26--Heart of Dallas--Utah v West Virginia--39,117--22%
Dec. 26--Quick Lane--Duke v Northern Illinois--19,117--31%
Dec. 26--Cactus--Kansas State v UCLA--33,328--67.5%
Dec. 27--Independence--Southern Miss--FSU--28,995--65%
Dec. 27--Pinstripe--Iowa v Boston College--37,918--69.4%
Dec. 27--Foster--Arizona v Purdue--27,608--68,5%
Dec. 27--Texas--Texas v Missouri--68,412--94.5%
Dec. 28--Military--Virginia v Navy--26,656--105.7%
Dec. 28--Camping World--Virginia Tech v Okla St--48,625--57%
Dec. 28--Holiday--Washington St v Michigan St--48,704--66.7%
Dec. 28--Alamo--Stanford v TCU--59,815--88.7%
Dec. 29--Belk--Wake Forest v Texas A&M--46,902--44.4%
Dec. 29--Sun--NC State v Arizona State--42,166--51,500-81.8%
Dec. 29--Music City--Kentucky v Northwestern--68,496--70.4%
Dec. 29--Arizona--Utah St v New Mexico St--33,868--70.3%
Dec. 29--Cotton--USC v Ohio State--59,615--67.5%
Dec. 30--TaxSlayer--Louiville v Mississippi St--43,102--61%
Dec. 30--Liberty--Iowa State v Memphis--51,087--93.9%
Dec. 30--Fiesta--Washington v Penn State--71,279--85.9%
Dec. 30--Orange--Wisconsin v Miami--67,432--99.5%
Jan. 1--Outback--Michigan v S. Carolina--51,119--69.3%
Jan. 1--Peach--UCF v Auburn--75,996--95%
Jan. 1--Citrus--Notre Dame v LSU--46,063--82%
Jan. 1--Rose--Georgia v Oklahoma--95,128--102%
Jan. 1--Sugar--Alabama v Clemson--54,077--94.6%
Jan. 8--National--Alabama v Georgia--74,512--100%

Out of 40 bowl games, eight were below 50% capacity and another ten were below 70% capacity.

The average attendance for bowl games this season was 40,508. That’s down from 41,718 in 2016-17, according to NCAA attendance figures. It’s the seventh consecutive season during which there has been an overall decline in bowl attendance.

2016-17 college football bowl game attendance

 

[BabyIrish]

Bowl Season starts today. Possibly some intriguing matchups: N Texas vs Utah St, Middle Tenn vs App State and the first Group of 5 vs P5 matchup in Fresno St vs ASU.

 

[calvegas04]

2017-18 Bowl Attendance under 50% Capacity in Bold

TE--BOWL--TEAM A--TEAM B--'16 ATT.--'17 ATT.-- -/+,% full
Dec. 16--New Orleans-Troy v North Texas--24,904--32.6% full
Dec. 16--Cure--W. Kentucky v Georgia St--27,213--28%
Dec. 16--Las Vegas--Boise State v Oregon--29,286--91%
Dec. 16--New Mexico--Marshall v Colorado State--29,688--66.5%
Dec. 16--Camellia--Middle Tenn v Arkansas St--20,257--98.1%
Dec. 19--Boca Raton--FAU v Akron--24,726--88%
Dec. 20--Frisco--SMU v La. Tech--15,262--70.3%
Dec. 21--Gasparilla--Temple v FIU--15,717--52.7%
Dec. 22--Bahamas--UAB v Ohio--13,422--90.4%
Dec. 22--Potato--Central Mich v Wyoming--24,975--45.4%
Dec. 23--Birmingham--Texas Tech v USF--31,229--40%
Dec. 23--Armed Forces--San Diego St v Army--40,542--80%
Dec. 23--Dollar General--App. St v Toledo--32,377--70.6%
Dec. 24--Hawaii--Fresno State v Houston--23,175--41%
Dec. 26--Heart of Dallas--Utah v West Virginia--39,117--22%
Dec. 26--Quick Lane--Duke v Northern Illinois--19,117--31%
Dec. 26--Cactus--Kansas State v UCLA--33,328--67.5%
Dec. 27--Independence--Southern Miss--FSU--28,995--65%
Dec. 27--Pinstripe--Iowa v Boston College--37,918--69.4%
Dec. 27--Foster--Arizona v Purdue--27,608--68,5%
Dec. 27--Texas--Texas v Missouri--68,412--94.5%
Dec. 28--Military--Virginia v Navy--26,656--105.7%
Dec. 28--Camping World--Virginia Tech v Okla St--48,625--57%
Dec. 28--Holiday--Washington St v Michigan St--48,704--66.7%
Dec. 28--Alamo--Stanford v TCU--59,815--88.7%
Dec. 29--Belk--Wake Forest v Texas A&M--46,902--44.4%
Dec. 29--Sun--NC State v Arizona State--42,166--51,500-81.8%
Dec. 29--Music City--Kentucky v Northwestern--68,496--70.4%
Dec. 29--Arizona--Utah St v New Mexico St--33,868--70.3%
Dec. 29--Cotton--USC v Ohio State--59,615--67.5%
Dec. 30--TaxSlayer--Louiville v Mississippi St--43,102--61%
Dec. 30--Liberty--Iowa State v Memphis--51,087--93.9%
Dec. 30--Fiesta--Washington v Penn State--71,279--85.9%
Dec. 30--Orange--Wisconsin v Miami--67,432--99.5%
Jan. 1--Outback--Michigan v S. Carolina--51,119--69.3%
Jan. 1--Peach--UCF v Auburn--75,996--95%
Jan. 1--Citrus--Notre Dame v LSU--46,063--82%
Jan. 1--Rose--Georgia v Oklahoma--95,128--102%
Jan. 1--Sugar--Alabama v Clemson--54,077--94.6%
Jan. 8--National--Alabama v Georgia--74,512--100%

Out of 40 bowl games, eight were below 50% capacity and another ten were below 70% capacity.

The average attendance for bowl games this season was 40,508. That’s down from 41,718 in 2016-17, according to NCAA attendance figures. It’s the seventh consecutive season during which there has been an overall decline in bowl attendance.

2016-17 college football bowl game attendance

and that is the announced attendance, wonder what the real numbers are

 

[Bishop2b5]

I think Purdue comes out hyped up against Auburn.

But, won't matter. Media will say that Auburn was just going through the motions and using the practices for next year's "real bowl".

Hard to predict much with Auburn right now. They're consistently inconsistent and there are a lot of problems with the team and the coaching staff. This game could be a blowout either way and it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Legacy]

Some nice early games. I'm looking forward to the NM Bowl - Utah State (3rd) and N.Texas (21st) have some high-powered scoring offenses that rely on their passing game and in top 20 in 20+ and 30+ Both QBs rank in the top 20 in Yards per game.

Fresno State and Appy State also should put some points on the board. Fresno State may roll, especially with Harry with ASU skipping the bowl. Appy has a top ten scoring defense. In the Camelia Bowl Georgia Southern and Eastern Michigan should be the opposite from the NM Bowl - a defensive struggle.

The 16 best, weirdest, and most beautiful college football bowl trophies

 

[BabyIrish]

Some nice early games. I'm looking forward to the NM Bowl - Utah State (3rd) and N.Texas (21st) have some high-powered scoring offenses that rely on their passing game and in top 20 in 20+ and 30+ Both QBs rank in the top 20 in Yards per game.

Fresno State and Appy State also should put some points on the board. Fresno State may roll, especially with Harry with ASU skipping the bowl. Appy has a top ten scoring defense. In the Camelia Bowl Georgia Southern and Eastern Michigan should be the opposite from the NM Bowl - a defensive struggle.

The 16 best, weirdest, and most beautiful college football bowl trophies

Not too bad of a first day:

Pac 12: 0-1
Group of 5 against P5: 1-0

Saturday, Dec. 15

NC A&T- 24, Alcorn St- 22
Utah St- 52, UNT- 13
Tulane- 41, Louisiana- 24
Fresno St- 31, ASU- 20
Ga S- 23, EMU- 21
App St- 45, MTU- 13

 

[BabyIrish]

AAC is 1-3 so far this Bowl Season with its losses coming to Memphis, Houston and USF, three of its stronger teams. The ending of the Wake Memphis game was wild.

Memphis scored and went for two. Wake picked it off and almost ran it back for two which would have made the game 34-32 and Wake could kick a FG to win. Wake went down the field and scored with 35 seconds left.

Memphis on the kickoff had an up man receive a squib kick. He ran about 10 yards and dove to save time. When he dove he dove right into the bac of the leg of one of his teammates probably blowing out the dudes knee. They drove right down the field and went for a fg to tie. Wake used its timeouts to ice. Memphis false started on its next attempt and then missed as the game expired. All this happened to Memphis after leading the first quarter 28-7.

Screw Memphis and the AAC haha.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

How about Army today?! Hanging 70 on Houston!


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[Irish YJ]

Memphis was without their stud RB (almost 2000 yards this year), as well as other players. Houston was without their starting QB who is responsible for at least 50 TDs, a top 10 NFL pick on D, and several others. USF had to move to their back up QB in the first 10 minutes of the game, and was without a few others too. USF was not that good this year either anyway. But all three losses were teams that were missing huge parts of their team. And UCF will be without their stud QB...

AAC is 1-3 so far this Bowl Season with its losses coming to Memphis, Houston and USF, three of its stronger teams. The ending of the Wake Memphis game was wild.

Memphis scored and went for two. Wake picked it off and almost ran it back for two which would have made the game 34-32 and Wake could kick a FG to win. Wake went down the field and scored with 35 seconds left.

Memphis on the kickoff had an up man receive a squib kick. He ran about 10 yards and dove to save time. When he dove he dove right into the bac of the leg of one of his teammates probably blowing out the dudes knee. They drove right down the field and went for a fg to tie. Wake used its timeouts to ice. Memphis false started on its next attempt and then missed as the game expired. All this happened to Memphis after leading the first quarter 28-7.

Screw Memphis and the AAC haha.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Memphis was without their stud RB (almost 2000 yards this year), as well as other players. Houston was without their starting QB who is responsible for at least 50 TDs, a top 10 NFL pick on D, and several others. USF had to move to their back up QB in the first 10 minutes of the game, and was without a few others too. USF was not that good this year either anyway. But all three losses were teams that were missing huge parts of their team. And UCF will be without their stud QB...

I understand Houston was short handed. But that’s still no excuse to completely shit the bed to Army 70-14.


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[BabyIrish]

I understand Houston was short handed. But that’s still no excuse to completely shit the bed to Army 70-14.


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Yep, Army couldn’t hit +20 on Navy. I could care less who was missing, the AAC is garbage.

 

[Irish YJ]

I understand Houston was short handed. But that’s still no excuse to completely shit the bed to Army 70-14.


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Army is a very good team this year. Keep in mind they are 10-2 and it took some luck for OK to beat them in OT.

Take away 50 TDs worth of O production and our best defensive player from ND and we might lose to Army by a bunch. I expected Army to put up a bunch as Houston's D has been turrible without Oliver (believe they were missing two other starters too). Had Houston had King at QB, it would have been a two boat race IMO.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

There is no reason to defend the AAC, they arent making a good showing in the bowls so far period. Many teams lose guys to injuries or have guys sit out bowls for draft purposes.

 

[BabyIrish]

There is no reason to defend the AAC, they arent making a good showing in the bowls so far period. Many teams lose guys to injuries or have guys sit out bowls for draft purposes.

Yep- There losses are Marshall, Army and Wake Forest so far

 

[ACamp1900]

I saw the Army score in my peripheral last night at a casino bar and was like, “No way I saw that score correctly,... right??”

 

[Bluto]

Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl. That is the best bowl name ever.

 

[BabyIrish]

Last week of action for college football begins today!! Can’t wait to start seeing P5 conferences face off against each other.

 

[Legacy]

Picks, Baby? or anyone else?

Odds - Consensus Picks - predicts close games against the spread (left column). Notre Dame - Clemson is overwhelming consensus (61%) to take the points (+13) with the Irish. Oklahoma (52%) slim consensus (+14) points against Alabama.

 

[BabyIrish]

Picks, Baby? or anyone else?

Odds - Consensus Picks - predicts close games against the spread (left column). Notre Dame - Clemson is overwhelming consensus (61%) to take the points (+13) with the Irish. Oklahoma (52%) slim consensus (+14) points against Alabama.

I’ll take that Minnesota line all day long. Seeing GT run the option without Johnson could be a mess

 

[Irishize]

Hard to predict much with Auburn right now. They're consistently inconsistent and there are a lot of problems with the team and the coaching staff. This game could be a blowout either way and it wouldn't surprise me.

Most casual fans will assume Auburn is spiraling into dysfunction while the “feel good story” of the year is Purdue. As much as I’d love the Boilers to win one for Tyler Trent, my gut tells me they get beat handily. Hope I’m wrong but bowl games are so unpredictable.

 

[NDohio]

Wednesday, Dec. 26
1:30 p.m. - SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Boston College vs. Boise State (ESPN)

Well, well, well...

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/12/26/college-bowl-game-cancelled-dallas-weather/