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Thursday 13 december 2018
Bowl Season! Reasons to watch all 39 games and who will win

By RALPH D. RUSSO Why watch? Meaningless Frisco (Texas) Bowl while since BYU had a WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26
AP College Football Writer bowls? As Sun Devils coach San Diego State (plus 3) vs. classic BYU quarterback, SERVPRO First Responder
A moment of silence, Herm Edwards once said: Ohio but freshman Zach Wilson Bowl
please, for Wyoming, “You play to win the game” Why watch? Two of the might make the Cougars Dallas
Southern Miss, Miami (Ohio) Boston College (plus 3) vs.
and Louisiana-Monroe. Boise State
Those four teams reached Why watch? Who hasn’t
bowl eligibility, but there been longing for a rematch
were no postseason games of the 2005 MPC Comput-
available for them to play. ers Bowl? ... BOISE STATE 28-
Don’t dare say there are 23.
too many bowls. Not when Quick Lane Bowl
the Cowboys, Golden Ea- Detroit
gles, RedHawks and War- Minnesota (plus 3½) vs.
hawks were left out. No Georgia Tech
freebie Fossil watches for Why watch? It’s retiring
them to re-gift. No go-kart Georgia Tech coach Paul
races after practice. Johnson’s last game with
The fun starts for those who the Yellow Jackets and
did get into the postsea- you’re going to miss that
son — and those who get smirk when he’s gone ...
to watch it — on Saturday GEORGIA TECH 24-21.
with five FBS bowl games Cheez-It Bowl
and stretches through New Phoenix
Year’s Day. The College California (pick’em) vs. TCU
Football Playoff national Why watch? With Kliff Kings-
championship will be de- bury back to being an of-
cided on Jan. 7, but it al- fensive coordinator, Cal’s
ready kind of feels like we In this Jan. 2, 2017, file photo, Southern California place kicker Matt Boermeester (39) celebrates Justin Wilcox could be the
after kicking the game winning field goal against Penn State during the second half of the Rose
know who will be in that. Bowl NCAA college football game, in Pasadena, Calif. handsomest head coach
It goes fast. Make time Associated Press in the Power Five ... TCU 17-
to savor every bowl, and 14.
watch them all. Do it for the — which is also a great slo- oldest coaches in FBS go fun again ... BYU 28-17. ___
Cowboys, Golden Eagles, gan for one of those Vegas head-to-head in San Di- ___ THURSDAY, DEC. 27
RedHawks and Warhawks. casinos ... FRESNO STATE 28- ego State’s Rocky Long, 68, SATURDAY, DEC. 22 Independence Bowl
SATURDAY, DEC. 15 21. and Ohio’s Frank Solich, 74. Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Shreveport, Louisiana
Celebration Bowl Camellia Bowl There is a Clint Eastwood Memphis (minus 5) vs. Temple (minus 3½) vs. Duke
At Atlanta Montgomery, Alabama movie here about tough Wake Forest Why watch? Temple interim
North Carolina A&T (no Georgia Southern (minus 1) senior citizens still getting it Why watch? Both teams coach Ed Foley promised
line) vs. Alcorn State vs. Eastern Michigan done .... SAN DIEGO STATE play fast offense and little the Owls will play hard and
Why watch? You wouldn’t Why watch? You never 31-27 defense ... MEMPHIS 49-42. how could you not believe
run a marathon without know when Eastern Michi- ___ Armed Forces Bowl him? ... TEMPLE 27-21.
stretching, right? Con- gan will break out its lip- THURSDAY, DEC. 20 Fort Worth, Texas Pinstripe Bowl
sider this FCS matchup a synching skills ... GEORGIA Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Houston (plus 5) vs. Army New York
warmup ... NORTH CARO- SOUTHERN 28-23. Bowl Why watch? Army has Miami (minus 4) vs. Wiscon-
LINA A&T 28-14. New Orleans Bowl At St. Petersburg, Florida been playing football sin
Cure Bowl Middle Tennessee (plus 7) Marshall (minus 2½) vs. since 1891 and never won Why watch? In a matchup
Orlando, Florida vs. Appalachian State South Florida 11 games in a season. The of preseason top-10 teams,
Tulane (minus 3½) vs. Louisi- Why watch? The final game Why watch? South Florida Black Knights can get there find out who will be this sea-
ana-Lafayette for one of the most suc- started the season 7-0 and with a victory ... ARMY 28- son’s biggest flop ... WIS-
Why watch? Tulane’s mag- cessful father-son, coach- could finish it 7-6, which 20. CONSIN 23-21.
nificent logo, the Angry quarterback duos in col- would be a first in major Dollar General Bowl Texas Bowl
Wave , answers the ques- lege football. Middle Ten- college football ... MAR- Mobile, Alabama Houston
tion: What kind of monster nessee QB Brent Stockstill SHALL 31-17. Buffalo (minus 2½) vs. Troy Baylor (plus 3½) vs. Vander-
would a mad environmen- has thrown for 12,165 yards ___ Why watch? Fan of a Pow- bilt
tal scientist create? ... TU- playing for his father, head FRIDAY, DEC. 21 er Five team and tired of Why watch? The Bears and
LANE 28-24 coach Rick Stockstill ... AP- Bahamas Bowl your coach? Scout a cou- Commodores both won
New Mexico Bowl PALACHIAN STATE 28-20. Nassau ple possible replacements their final games to get
Albuquerque ___ Toledo (minus 5½) vs. FIU in Buffalo’s Lance Leipold bowl-eligible.
North Texas (plus 8) vs. Utah TUESDAY, DEC. 18 Why watch? A football and Troy’s Neal Brown ... They should be pumped to
State Boca Raton (Florida) Bowl game on a tropical island TROY 24-23. be here ... VANDERBILT 35-
Why watch? This bowl has UAB (minus 2½) vs. Northern sponsored by an industrial Hawaii Bowl 28.
been decided by one Illinois park in Illinois between a Honolulu ___
score eight times in its 12- Why watch? The joy of team from northwest Ohio Louisiana Tech (plus 1) vs. FRIDAY, DEC. 28
year history, often with sacks: All-America DE Sut- and another from south Hawaii Music City Bowl
unpredictable twists and ton Smith and Northern Il- Florida. Is this Mad Libs? ... Why watch? This is the Nashville, Tennessee
turns. Think “Breaking Bad,” linois lead the nation with TOLEDO 35-24. last college game before Purdue (plus 3½) vs. Auburn
but nobody dies ... NORTH 50 quarterback takedowns Famous Idaho Potato Bowl three, bowl-less days. Not Why watch? Bowl season is
TEXAS 35-28. and UAB is third with 43. ... Boise only should you watch, but all about conference brag-
Las Vegas Bowl UAB 17-14. Western Michigan (plus 12) hope it lasts five hours ... ging rights and the transi-
Fresno State (minus 4) vs. ___ vs. BYU LOUISIANA TECH 34-28. tive properties of previous
Arizona State WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19 Why watch? It’s been a ___ results. q