It's a somewhat sad way of looking at things, but with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system, it's somewhat reality. With the BCS Bowl Games announced, the dregs of the College Bowl Schedule can be announced with the leftover bowl games.
While the BCS Bowl Games are the big focus in the College Bowl Schedule, the rest of the bowl games do at least one thing for the attendees. All the included schools will see a big bonus in terms of income due to being included in a bowl game.
It is unnerving to see the full list of College Bowl Games. It's not just the sheer number of college bowl games, but the sponsors. There was a time when a bowl game was just a bowl game. Now almost all bowl games have sponsors, whether they are Little Caesar's Pizza or GMAC.
Here is the full 2009 - 2010 Holiday Season College Bowl Schedule. All times are EST.
New Mexico Bowl: Dec. 19 2:30 PM, Albuquerque, NM, Wyoming vs. Fresno State ESPN
St. Petersburg Bowl: Dec. 19 8:00 PM, St. Petersburg, FL, Rutgers vs. UCF, ESPN
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Dec. 20 8:00 PM, New Orleans, LA, MTSU vs. Southern Miss, ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas Bowl: Dec. 22 8:00 PM, Las Vegas, NV, Oregon State vs. BYU, ESPN
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: Dec. 23 8:00 PM, San Diego, CA, Utah vs. California, ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Dec. 24 8:00 PM, Honolulu, HI, Nevada vs. SMU, ESPN
Emerald Bowl Dec. 26 8:30 PM, San Francisco, CA, Boston College vs. USC, ESPN
Meineke Car Care Bowl: Dec. 26 at 4:00 PM, Charlotte, NC, North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh, ESPN
Little Caesars Bowl: Dec. 26 5:00 PM, Detroit, MI, Ohio vs. Marshall, ESPN
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl: Dec. 27 8:00 PM, Nashville, TN, Kentucky vs. Clemson, ESPN
Independence Bowl: Dec. 28 5:00 PM, Shreveport, LA, Texas A&M vs. Georgia, ESPN
Champs Sports Bowl: Dec. 29 8:00 PM, Orlando, FL, Miami (FL) vs. Wisconsin, ESPN
EagleBank Bowl: Dec. 29 4:30 PM, Washington, DC, Army or UCLA** vs. Temple, ESPN
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl: Dec. 30 8:00 PM, San Diego, CA, Nebraska vs. Arizona, ESPN
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl: Dec. 30 4:30 PM, Boise, ID, Idaho vs. Bowling Green, ESPN
Texas Bowl: Dec. 31 3:30 PM, Houston, TX, Missouri vs. Navy, ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: Dec. 31 11 AM, Fort Worth, TX, Air Force vs. Houston, ESPN
Brut Sun Bowl: Dec. 31 12 noon, El Paso, TX, Stanford vs. Oklahoma, CBS
Insight Bowl: Dec. 31 5:30 PM, Tempe, AZ, Minnesota vs. Iowa State, NFL Network
Chick-fil-A Bowl: Dec. 31 7:30 PM, Atlanta, GA, Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee, ESPN
Outback Bowl: Jan. 1 11:00 AM, Tampa, FL, Northwestern vs. Auburn, ESPN
Capital One Bowl: Jan. 1 1:00 PM, Orlando, FL, Penn State vs. LSU, ABC
Konica Minolta Gator Bowl: Jan. 1 1:00 PM, Jacksonville, FL, West Virginia vs. Florida State, CBS
Rose Bowl presented by Citi: Jan. 1 5:00 PM, Pasadena, CA, Oregon vs. Ohio State, ABC
Allstate Sugar Bowl: Jan. 1 8:30 PM, New Orleans, LA, Florida vs. Cincinnati, FOX
AT&T Cotton Bowl: Jan. 2 2:00 PM, Arlington, TX, Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi, FOX
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Jan. 2 5:30 PM, Memphis, TN, East Carolina vs. Arkansas, ESPN
International Bowl: Jan. 2 12 noon, Toronto, Canada, South Florida vs. Northern Illinois, ESPN2
Papajohns.com Bowl: Jan. 2 2:00 PM, Birmingham, AL, Connecticut vs. South Carolina, ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl: Jan. 2 9:00 PM, San Antonio, TX, Texas Tech vs. Michigan State, ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Jan. 4, 7:00 PM in Glendale, AZ, TCU vs. Boise State, FOX
FedEx Orange Bowl: Jan. 5 8:00 PM, Miami, FL, Georgia Tech vs. Iowa, FOX
GMAC Bowl: Jan. 6 7:00 PM, Mobile, AL, Central Michigan vs. Troy, ESPN
Citi BCS National Championship: Jan. 7 8:00 PM, Pasadena, CA, Texas vs. Alabama, ABC
Written by Michael Santo
HULIQ.com
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