“Bowl Picks–A Bad Year”

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The College Football Playoffs are set.  The rich get richer, the little guy gets nothing, and college football staggers to the finish line.

As expected, the elite of college football got into the 4-team playoffs, known as the Alabama Invitation.  The Crimson Tide will face Notre Dame in one semi final.  Clemson will meet Ohio State in the other semi final matchup.

You had a good season Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, BYU, here are some crumbs for your team, but you won’t get the big pay day.

Tough choices to find teams, even sub-500 teams, who got bowl bids, when so many teams, USC-Washington and others opted out, deciding not to play an extra game, in an empty stadium, with a roster charred by Covid problems.

Here’s a look at the bowl matchups so far:

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College Football Playoff National Championship
College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
Jan. 11: 8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

College Football Playoff Semifinal at The Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Notre Dame
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
Jan. 1: 4 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl
No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Ohio State
Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans)
Jan. 1: 8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Bowl schedule
Dec. 21

Myrtle Beach Bowl
Appalachian State vs. North Texas
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)
2:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Tulane vs. Nevada
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl
UCF vs. BYU
FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)
7 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 23
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Louisiana Tech vs. Georgia Southern
Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans)
3 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Montgomery Bowl
Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
7 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2 and the ESPN App

Dec. 24

New Mexico Bowl
Hawai’i vs. Houston
Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 25

Camellia Bowl
Marshall vs. Buffalo
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
2:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 26

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
South Carolina vs. UAB
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
Noon on ABC and the ESPN App

Cure Bowl
Liberty vs. Coastal Carolina
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Louisiana vs. UTSA
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)
3:30 p.m. on ABC and the ESPN App

LendingTree Bowl
Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State
Ladd-Peebles Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
7 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 28

Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
2:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 29

Cheez-It Bowl
Oklahoma State vs. Miami
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
5:30pm ET on ESPN and the ESPN app

Valero Alamo Bowl
Texas vs. Colorado
Alamodome (San Antonio)
9 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 30

Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Wake Forest vs. Wisconsin
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Iowa vs. Missouri
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
4 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Oklahoma vs. Florida
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 31
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Tulsa vs. Mississippi State
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

Arizona Bowl
Ball State vs. San Jose State
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
2 p.m. on CBSSN

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
West Virginia vs. Tennessee
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
4 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Mercari Texas Bowl
Arkansas vs. TCU
NRG Stadium (Houston)
8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Jan. 1
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

Cincinnati vs. Georgia
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

Vrbo Citrus Bowl
Auburn vs. Northwestern
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
1 p.m. on ABC and the ESPN App

Jan. 2

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
NC State vs Kentucky
TIAA Bank Field (Jacksonville, Florida)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

Outback Bowl
Ole Miss vs. Indiana
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
12:30 p.m. on ABC and the ESPN App

PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
Oregon vs. Iowa State
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
4 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Capital One Orange Bowl
Texas A&M vs. North Carolina
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)

8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

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