The Hawaii Bowl is typically played on either Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the game matches teams from either Conference USA or the Pac-10 vs. WAC member schools.
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl – The Poinsettia Bowl is in its fourth year. Here are the results from the previous games:
2005: Navy 51, Colorado State 30
2006: TCU 37, Northern Illinois 7
2007: Utah 35, Navy 32
As a reward for yet another undefeated season, Boise State will be going to the Poinsettia Bowl. The matchup on Dec 23 between Boise State and TCU is one of five bowl games – and the only non-BCS game – matching teams in the top 12 of the final BCS standings.
Troy, in their second New Orleans Bowl appearance, will take on the University of Southern Mississippi, Sunday Dec. 21st, at 7:00 pm in the Louisiana Superdome. The matchup will mark the first time ever that the two teams will meet in 30 years.
The EagleBank Bowl is an annual college football bowl game to be played on December 20, 2008 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.. It is one of the two newest bowl games to be approved by the NCAA.
The EagleBank Bowl, with Bethesda, Maryland-based EagleBank serving as title sponsor, is the first NCAA-sanctioned bowl game ever to take place in Washington, D.C., and also kicks off the college football post-season lineup. A focus of this historic event is to honor the sacrifices made by all those who serve the country.
In a matchup of two high-powered offenses, Mountain West Conference selection BYU (10-2 overall/6-2 MWC) will face Pac-10 Conference representative Arizona (7-5/5-4 Pac-10) in Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl XVII on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 5 p.m. PT.
Organized by community leaders out of a need to fill hotel rooms during a traditionally slow period in a world-class destination city, the Las Vegas Bowl first kicked off on Dec. 18, 1992, and has been nationally televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC every year.
The St. Petersburg Bowl is owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television (ERT), which markets and owns five other bowl games — the PapaJohns.com Bowl, Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl, Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl and New Mexico Bowl. South Florida will play Memphis in the 2008 edition of the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl.
The field is set for the third annual New Mexico Bowl now that Colorado State has officially accepted its invitation today. It is the Rams’ first appearance in the New Mexico Bowl and their first bowl game since 2005. They will play Fresno State, which accepted its invitation on Thursday.
The Boise State Broncos could make a return to a BCS Bowl game if they stay unbeaten, but the San Jose St. Spartans are standing in their way tonight.
Sportsbook.com and other oddsmakers respect San Jose St, installing them as just a touchdown underdog with a Total of 41.5. ESPN2 will broadcast starting at 9 pm ET.
Major conference college action begins tonight with SEC’s Auburn versus Big East’s West Virginia. We also have a preview of New Mexico at Air Force out of the MWC.
When the schedule came out this looked like a great non-conference tilt, but each team has had problems.
