OFFICIAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES THREAD

#1 Georgia Bulldogs will play THE Ohio State Buckeyes in the CFP playoff game on 12/31 in ATL.
We'll be there barking and yelling our fool heads off! GO DAWGS!!

The bowl season will be a little sad this year due to the passing of Mike Leach.

There are so many great stories about Mike Leach, but of course my favorite happened while he was the offensive coordinator for Oklahoma in 1999. On the day Oklahoma played our arch rival Texas, he had one of our players "accidentally" drop a fake playlist in the tunnel both teams went up after the pregame warm up. A Texas graduate assistant picked it up and took it to the Texas coaching staff. Tom Herman, who was on the Texas staff, now says the coaches thought it might be a set up, but dismissed the idea because it was just too absurd that anyone would try such a stunt. Texas decided the playlist was real and set up their defense to according to the fake playlist. Of course, Oklahoma ran plays to the opposite side of the field, and were up 17-0 before the Texas coaching staff had a chance to regroup after figuring out that Leach had set them up.

DH and I are both UT grads, and our son and DGD are Clemson grads, so this all orange Orange Bowl will have a lot of interest in our households.

I agree. We are big fans of Leach since he was a Texas Tech (who did him sooooo dirty), and are sad knowing he wont be around to see his team win another Bowl game. We will watch on Jan 2. though. 

Texas Tech is playing on the 28th --- DS has tickets so he's excited. 

A close family friend is a starter for OU, so we will watch for Ethan on the 29th  in the Cheez-It Bowl. 

Other than that, we will flip through the other Bowl Games but I dont know that we will care particularly who wins. 

*I would LOVE for UT to lose to Washington though in the Alamo Bowl. That would make my day*

My Buckeyes are playing NYE. I wish we weren't playing the night game - it has the strong likelihood of ruining the night for me. 😕

I will be cheering HARD, however.

As you said cadoodlebug my Boilermakers play your Tigers. I’m not expecting much of a game. Four of our top players(including our quarterback) have opted out of playing. Pretty disappointing. Our coach moved on to Louisville. The most exciting announcement this week is that Drew Brees is going to be the quarterback coach for the game.

Boiler Up!

The Texas Bowl will be interesting this year. Family bragging rights are on the line! My Ole Miss will be playing DD's Texas Tech. Even better, it's here in Houston! Still undecided if I am going to the game or not.

The Miss State bowl game (Jan 2) is going to be bittersweet for us this year with the death of coach Mike Leach. Everyone is still reeling from the news of his death. I'm sure the team will play their hardest in his memory though. Really going to miss him as the coach.

This current trend IS so sad as a fan. I really used to enjoy bowl games, because they were true matchups, but now so many star players are opting out that the games, for the most part, don’t mean as much and aren’t as fun to watch. 

Carolina Gamecocks are playing Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl. So very excited. Go Cocks. I too, however, do not like players opting out of the game because of the draft. I don't think it's right. Really letting your team down and the fans!

I lasted through 3 quarters of the Texas Bowl last night and then I had to go to bed. My Rebels lost it mid season and last night's game showed they were not even close to getting it back. But since DD is a Texas Tech alum, the game is still a family win! Hopefully next season will be better.


This. And honestly, college football in general is loosing its luster. The portal and NIL will be the death of football as we knew it IMO. It's rare for a team to have complete cohesiveness lately, especially when you get towards the end of the season and they are starting to look at the portal. Instead of the focus being on the team and winning as a team, which can take time to build, the players seem to be focused on themselves and how much money is in it for them. Then they have bloated the number of bowl games to the point where none of them are very special. Okay, off my soap box now.

My sister is a manager for the Syracuse football team and they are playing our home team right now. I know she has been working hard this week (as well as every season) and has a lot invested in the team. My kids want Minnesota to win but I don’t really care.

Our family went 1-2 in bowl games, and the two we lost were heartbreakers.

My Oklahoma Sooners lost to Florida State 32-35. Florida State was heavily favored and the game was in Florida, so I’m really proud of my Sooners. We have an awesome recruiting class coming in, so I am optimistic about the future.

My daughter’s fiancé is a NC State grad and they lost to Maryland 16-12.

My son is a Notre Dame grad and they beat South Carolina 45-38.