This thread is going to be for all the college football games of the 2016/2017 Bowl season. I don't think it's necessary to have a "minor" and a "major" bowl thread. Some people may not know what thread to post in for a particular game and thus confusion will ensue resulting in posting in the wrong thread. Let's just avoid all that with one thread for the bowl season... excluding the playoff games, of course. I can create an OP for those two games. (if someone wants to do that, go right ahead)

With that said, here is your 2016/2017 College football Bowl Schedule...

Ranked teams and the New Year's six bowls are BOLDED


Dec. 17

Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl
North Carolina Central vs. Grambling
12 p.m., ABC
Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Gildan New Mexico Bowl
New Mexico vs. UTSA
2 p.m., ESPN
University Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M.

Las Vegas Bowl Presented by Geico
Houston vs. San Diego State
3:30 p.m., ABC
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
Appalachian State vs. Toledo
5:30 p.m., ESPN
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Ala.

AutoNation Cure Bowl
UCF vs. Arkansas State
5:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla.

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Southern Mississippi vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
9 p.m., ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans

Dec. 19

Miami Beach Bowl
Central Michigan vs. Tulsa
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Marlins Park, Miami

Dec. 20

Boca Raton Bowl
Memphis vs. Western Kentucky
7 p.m., ESPN
FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla.

Dec. 21

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
BYU vs. Wyoming
9 p.m., ESPN
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego

Dec. 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Idaho vs. Colorado State
7 p.m., ESPN
Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho

Dec. 23

Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
1 p.m., ESPN
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Louisiana Tech vs. No. 25 Navy
4:30 p.m., ESPN
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas

Dollar General Bowl
Ohio vs. Troy
8 p.m., ESPN
Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Ala.

Dec. 24

Hawai'i Bowl
Hawai'i vs. Middle Tennessee
8 p.m., ESPN
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu

Dec. 26

St. Petersburg Bowl
Miami (Ohio) vs. Mississippi State
11 a.m., ESPN
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Quick Lane Bowl
Maryland vs. Boston College
2:30 p.m., ESPN
Ford Field, Detroit

Camping World Independence Bowl
NC State vs. Vanderbilt
5 p.m., ESPN2
Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La.

Dec. 27

Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl
Army vs. North Texas
12 p.m., ESPN
Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman
No. 24 Temple vs. Wake Forest
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md.

National Funding Holiday Bowl
Minnesota vs. Washington State
7 p.m., ESPN
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego

Motel 6 Cactus Bowl
Boise State vs. Baylor
10:15 p.m., ESPN
Chase Field, Phoenix

Dec. 28

New Era Pinstripe Bowl
No. 23 Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern
2 p.m., ESPN
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y.

Russell Athletic Bowl
No. 16 West Virginia vs. Miami
5:30 p.m., ESPN
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla.

Foster Farms Bowl
Indiana vs. No. 19 Utah
8:30 p.m., Fox
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.

AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl
Texas A&M vs. Kansas State
9 p.m., ESPN
NRG Stadium, Houston

Dec. 29

Birmingham Bowl
South Florida vs. South Carolina
2 p.m., ESPN
Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala.

Belk Bowl
Arkansas vs. No. 22 Virginia Tech
5:30 p.m., ESPN
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.

Valero Alamo Bowl
No. 12 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 Colorado
9 p.m., ESPN
Alamodome, San Antonio

Dec. 30

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Georgia vs. TCU
12 p.m., ESPN
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, Tenn.

Hyundai Sun Bowl
No. 18 Stanford vs. North Carolina
2 p.m., CBS
Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Nebraska vs. No. 21 Tennessee
3:30 p.m., ESPN
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn.

Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
South Alabama vs. Air Force
5:30 p.m., Campus Insiders
Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Ariz.

Capital One Orange Bowl
No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 Florida State
8 p.m., ESPN
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla.

Dec. 31

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl
No. 20 LSU vs. No. 13 Louisville
11 a.m., ABC
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla.

TaxSlayer Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky
11 a.m., ESPN
EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Fla.

Jan. 2

Outback Bowl
No. 17 Florida vs. Iowa
1 p.m., ABC
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
No. 15 Western Michigan vs. No. 8 Wisconsin
1 p.m., ESPN
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual
No. 9 USC vs. No. 5 Penn State
5 p.m., ESPN
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.

Allstate Sugar Bowl
No. 14 Auburn vs. No. 7 Oklahoma
8:30 p.m., ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans


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Let us 'member the 2016 College Football season. We will miss you...

#MACtion sign guy is my favorite gif of the year.

Game I'm most looking forward to for absolutely no good reason: Maryland vs Boston College in the Pizza!Pizza! Bowl. Moveable force (Maryland's awful D) meets Resistable Object (BC's putrid offense).

Fantastic work as always AUG.

I randomly saw this image today. It's from this season and I've just been staring at it. It's so creepy and wonderful.




This is the gif of the year imo. Perfect metaphor for LOL Sparty's season. Also, lol ranked 8, jesus christ

It's really just a product of my boredom on a friday night with my fiancee' still at work. But, thanks.

Sooo....what's the story behind the team that's kicking off from the opposing 20yard line?

ref throwing flag after hitting urban meyer in the face is def #1

3 unsportsmanlike penalties that kept moving the kickoff spot.

Lamar Jackson won the heisman but couldn't even beat Kentucky.

Cool story bro

I read that apparently Major Applewhite is going to coach Houston in their bowl game. Seems unprecedented for a new coach to come on board that fast after a coach leaves. Don't schools usually just name an interim for the bowl game and the new guy comes in after? Seems like that's what most schools do. I imagine he isn't going to install a new offense or anything with the game being this weekend. Might as well start evaluating players I guess.

http://m.startribune.com/gophers-foo...ame/406928136/

Minnesota players are boycotting their bowl game unless 10 of their teammates have their suspensions overturned.

hes not a "new guy", he was the OC at houston this year and got promoted.

Hellmuth is right. Totally forgot.

so is the holiday bowl on or not?

So this was going to be Pac12 #3 vs. B1G #7 ?

Apparently northern Illinois is the backup school that would take Minnesota's place if they back out of the bowl game

https://vid.me/OT50/mike-francesa-co...-games-there-a

Did he skip 14 ?

Louisville OC suspended for the bowl game over WakeyLeaks

https://louisville.rivals.com/news/l...onnie-galloway

I'm glad we're not calling this game plan gate or some dumb ****

I forgot he was the OC prior. Honest mistake. Dick.

But if that wasn't the case, you usually see the new coach on board after the bowl game. Just sayin

Looks like Minnesota might actually back out of their bowl game. Wow. Gotta feel bad for those fans who made plans for it.

Lol and the boycott is over. Way to stand your ground guys! Wonder how they got convinced to play? Free bowl game stuff? Now if they boycott the day of the game that would be a ****storm. Like the broadcast starts and Minnesota doesn't even come out of the locker room. That would be the way to stick it to the Minnesota administration.

Bowl season is here!!! Weeee. Guess I'm the only one excited for it?

What exactly is going on here? The way it was described briefly on the radio was that players were accused of gang raping a girl, the lawyer has said there is digital evidence, the players admit to video taping all of them ****ing her and claim it was consensual, the administration has suspended a bunch of them until facts come out, the team threatened to not play unless the school reinstated them, and the administration (both athletic department and overall) replied lolno.

If that's accurate - and again I'm not sure it is which is why I'm asking - then good on minnesota for being a school that puts safety of their non-athlete students over winning a football game. Not as many of those around lately as we would hope

Nobody got arrested or charged as far as I know