College Bowl Games

The attention-getting games are the College Football Playoff games.
Clemson vs. Oklahoma
Alabama vs. Michigan State
The 2015 NCAA Champ will come from those games.

Stanford probably has the greatest complaint of those schools left out of the final four but they shouldn't have given that game away to Oregon. Stanford looked terrible against Northwestern to open the season but they are one of the best four teams in the nation now. That Oregon game cost them dearly.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
BOWL	DATE	LOCATION	MATCHUP
Championship Bowl	Jan. 11	Glendale, Arizona	Semifinal winners
Orange Bowl	Dec. 31	Miami, Fla.	No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl	Dec. 31	Arlington, Tex.	No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Michigan St.

SELECTION COMMITTEE BOWL GAMES
BOWL	DATE	LOCATION	MATCHUP
Sugar Bowl	Jan. 1	New Orleans, La.	No. 16 Okla. State vs.No. 12 Ole Miss
Rose Bowl	Jan. 1	Pasadena, Calif.	No. 5 Iowa vs No. 6 Stanford
Fiesta Bowl	Jan. 1	Glendale, Ariz.	No. 8 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Ohio State
Peach Bowl	Dec. 31	Atlanta, Ga.	No. 9 Florida State vs. No. 18 Houston

OTHER BOWL GAMES
BOWL	DATE	LOCATION	MATCHUP
Cactus Bowl	Jan. 2	Tempe, Ariz.	West Virginia vs. Arizona State
Alamo Bowl	Jan. 2	San Antonio, Tex.	TCU vs. Oregon
Liberty Bowl	Jan. 2	Memphis, Tenn.	Kansas State vs. Arkansas
TaxSlayer Bowl	Jan. 2	Jacksonville, Fla.	Penn State vs. Georgia
Citrus Bowl	Jan. 1	Orlando, Fla.	Michigan vs. Florida
Outback Bowl	Jan. 1	Tampa, Fla.	Northwestern vs. Tennessee
Holiday Bowl	Dec. 30	San Diego, Calif.	Wisconsin vs. USC
Music City Bowl	Dec. 30	Nashville, Tenn.	Louisville vs. Texas A&M
Belk Bowl	Dec. 30	Charlotte, N.C.	NC State vs. Mississippi State
Birmingham Bowl	Dec. 30	Birmingham, Ala.	Memphis vs. Auburn
Texas Bowl	Dec. 29	Houston, Tex.	Texas Tech vs. LSU
Arizona Bowl	Dec. 29	Tucson, Ariz.	Colorado State vs. Nevada
Russell Athletic Bowl	Dec. 29	Orlando, Fla.	North Carolina vs. Baylor
Armed Forces Bowl	Dec. 29	Fort Worth, Tex.	Cal vs. Air Force
Quick Lane Bowl	Dec. 28	Detroit, Mich.	Central Michigan vs. Minnesota
Military Bowl	Dec. 28	Annapolis, Md.	Pittsburgh vs. Navy
Foster Farms Bowl	Dec. 26	Santa Clara, Calif.	Nebraska vs. UCLA
Independence Bowl	Dec. 26	Shreveport, La.	Virginia Tech vs. Tulsa
Pinstripe Bowl	Dec. 26	New York, N.Y.	Duke vs. Indiana
Heart of Dallas Bowl	Dec. 26	Dallas, Tex.	Washington vs. Southern Miss
Sun Bowl	Dec. 26	El Paso, Tex.	Miami vs. Washington State
St. Petersburg Bowl	Dec. 26	St. Petersburg, Fla.	UConn vs. Marshall
Hawaii Bowl	Dec. 24	Honolulu, Hawaii	Cincinnati vs. San Diego State
Bahamas Bowl	Dec. 24	Nassau, Bahamas	Middle Tennessee vs. W. Michigan
GoDaddy.com Bowl	Dec. 23	Mobile, Ala.	Bowling Green vs. Georgia Southern
Poinsettia Bowl	Dec. 23	San Diego, Calif.	Boise State vs. Northern Illinois
Boca Raton Bowl	Dec. 22	Boca Raton, Fla.	Temple vs. Toledo
Idaho Potato Bowl	Dec. 22	Boise, Idaho	Akron vs. Utah State
Miami Beach Bowl	Dec. 21	Miami, Fla.	USF vs. Western Kentucky
New Orleans Bowl	Dec. 19	New Orleans, La.	Louisiana Tech vs. Arkansas State
Camellia Bowl	Dec. 19	Montgomery, Ala.	Ohio vs. Appalachian State
Royal Purple Bowl	Dec. 19	Las Vegas, Nev.	BYU vs. Utah
New Mexico Bowl	Dec. 19	Albuquerque, N.M.	Arizona vs. New Mexico
Cure Bowl	Dec. 19	Orlando, Fla.	San Jose State vs. Georgia State

80 teams get to experience postseason fun. That's a lot. I remember the days in which about a quarter of that many teams were invited.

Cal gets their first bowl game since they lost to Texas in the Holiday Bowl in 2011. Cal vs. Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl is a rematch of the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl. Cal defeated Air Force in that edition 42-36. This should be an interesting matchup. Air Force's option attack against against Cal's hurry-up attack. Air Force specializes in 8-minute drives. Cal takes about a minute for many of their drives.

All of the bowl games interest me but the games beyond the playoff games and the Cal-Air Force game that interest me the most are these:

Rose Bowl: Iowa-Stanford

Fiesta Bowl: Notre Dame-Ohio State

Peach Bowl: Florida State-Houston

Alamo Bowl: TCU-Oregon

Citrus Bowl: Michigan-Florida

Holiday Bowl: Wisconsin-USC

Birmingham Bowl: Memphis-Auburn

Russell Athletic Bowl: North Carolina-Baylor

Military Bowl: Pittsburgh-Navy

Foster Farms Bowl: Nebraska-UCLA

Hawaii Bowl: Cincinnati-San Diego State

Boca Raton Bowl: Temple-Toledo

Bowl season starts in ten days. The San Jose State Spartans with their 5-7 record take on the 6-6 Georgia State Panthers in the Cure Bowl.