Full College Football Bowl Schedule 2011-2012: Air Dates and Channels
by Andy NeuenschwanderIt's that time of year again: time to scream at your TV while everyone else is trying to enjoy a peaceful holiday because your coach decided to try to throw on 4th and 1.
That's right, it's Bowl Season! The BCS selections have been made and the college football bowl schedule is set. Already college football fans are in an uproar about the selection for this year's BCS National Championship, which is essentially a rematch between LSU and Alabama, who played a notoriously low-scoring game earlier this year.
Besides that game, there are some really interesting matchups, including the Fiesta Bowl between Oklahoma State and Stanford (either of which would have been more reasonable pick for #2 than Alabama). So if you're wondering when you can catch the Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuit Bowl (note: not a real bowl), you can find it here.
Check out the full 2011-2012 college football bowl schedule, organized by air date, below:
December 17
Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Wyoming vs. Temple
2 p.m. ET, ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio vs. Utah State
5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
9 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 20
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl
Florida International vs. Marshall
8 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 21
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
TCU vs. Louisiana Tech
8 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 22nd
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas
Boise State vs. Arizona State
8 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 24
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Southern Mississippi vs. Nevada
8 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 26
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
North Carolina vs. Missouri
5 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 27
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Purdue vs. Western Michigan
4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Belk Bowl
North Carolina State vs. Louisville
8 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 28
Military Bowl
Toledo vs. Air Force
4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl
California (U.C. Berkeley) vs. Texas
8 p.m. ET ESPN
December 29
Champs Sports Bowl
Florida State vs. Notre Dame
5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl
Baylor vs. Washington
9 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 30
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
BYU vs. Tulsa
12 p.m. ET, ESPN
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Iowa State vs. Rutgers
3:20 p.m. ET, ESPN
Franklin Am. Mortgage Music City Bowl
Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest
6:40 p.m. ET, ESPN
Insight Bowl
Iowa vs. Oklahoma
10 p.m. ET, ESPN
December 31
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Vanderbilt vs. Cincinnati
3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois vs. UCLA
3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Virginia vs. Auburn
7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl
Texas A&M vs. Northwestern
12 p.m. ET, ESPN
Hyundai Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. Utah
2 p.m. ET, CBS
January 2
TicketCity Bowl
Penn State vs. Houston
12 p.m. ET, ESPNU
Outback Bowl
Michigan St. vs. Georgia
1 p.m. ET, ESPN
Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl
Florida vs. Ohio State
1 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Capital One Bowl
South Carolina vs. Nebraska
1 p.m. ET, ESPN
Rose Bowl presented by VIZIO
Wisconsin vs. Oregon
5 p.m. ET, ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Oklahoma State vs. Stanford
8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
January 3
Allstate Sugar Bowl
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech
8: 30 p.m. ET, ESPN
January 4
Discover Orange Bowl
Clemson vs. West Virginia
8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
January 6
AT&T Cotton Bowl
Arkansas vs. Kansas St.
8 p.m. ET, Fox
January 7
BBVA Compass Bowl
Pittsburgh vs. SMU
1 p.m. ET, ESPN
January 8
GoDaddy.com Bowl
Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State
9 p.m. ET, ESPN
January 9
Allstate BCS National Championship Game
LSU vs. Alabama
8:30 p.m., ESPN