Actually, eleven counting the St. Petersburg Bowl on Monday, but this press release from ESPN counts Tuesday on forward.
The Hawaii Bowl from Honolulu between Boise State and Oregon State starts the sequence of ten bowl games between tonight and Saturday.
The bowls will take Christmas Day off, but then from Thursday through Saturday, we go from two games on December 26 to three on December 27 and to a whopping four on December 28.
The bowls include the Texas and Fight Hunger Bowls on Friday and the Pinstripe, Belk and Buffalo Wild Wings Bowls on Saturday. If all things play out, the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl should go to six or seven overtimes.
In addition to ESPN, ESPN Radio will have coverage of 8 of the upcoming ten bowl games.
Here’s the press release.
College Football: Extensive Bowl Coverage Continues
ESPN’s extensive college football bowl coverage – 34 of the 35 games across ESPN networks including all five Bowl Championship Series (BCS) matchups – will conclude with the BCS National Championship – No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Auburn – on Monday, Jan. 6, at 8:30 p.m. across six television networks plus audio and digital platforms.
The upcoming schedule will be highlighted by seven games on ESPN and ESPN Radio over two days Friday, Dec. 27, and Saturday, Dec. 28, including BYU vs. Washington (Fight Hunger Bowl), Miami (Fla.) vs. No. 18 Louisville (Russell Athletic Bowl) and Michigan vs. Kansas State (Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl). A complete schedule is available here.
Date Time (ET) Game / Commentatores Network(s) Tue, Dec 24 8 p.m. Hawaii Bowl: Boise State vs. Oregon State
ESPN: Steve Levy, Lou Holtz, Mark May & Maria Taylor
Radio: Kevin Winter & Trevor MatichESPN & ESPN Radio Thu, Dec 26 6 p.m. Little Caesars Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green
Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley & Niki NotoESPN 9:30 p.m. Poinsettia Bowl: Utah State vs. No. 23 Northern Illinois
TV: Joe Davis, Mike Bellotti & Cara Capuano
Radio: Bill Rosinkski, David Norrie & Joe SchadESPN & ESPN Radio Fri, Dec 27 2:30 p.m. Military Bowl: Marshall vs. Maryland
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine EdwardsESPN 6 p.m. Texas Bowl: Syracuse vs. Minnesota
TV: Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Kaylee Hartung
Radio: Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Brooke WeisbrodESPN & ESPN Radio 9:30 p.m. Fight Hunger Bowl: BYU vs. Washington
TV: Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill
Radio: Dave Flemming, Mike Bellotti & Shelley SmithESPN & ESPN Radio Sat, Dec 28 Noon Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers vs. Notre Dame
TV: Chris Fowler, Jesse Palmer & Paul Carcaterra
Radio: Connell McShane, Jack Ford & C.J. PapaESPN & ESPN Radio 3:20 p.m. Belk Bowl: Cincinnati vs. North Carolina
TV: Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams
Radio: Tom Hart, David Diaz-Infante & Cara CapuanoESPN & ESPN Radio 6:45 p.m. Russell Athletic Bowl: Miami (Fla.) vs. No. 18 Louisville
TV: Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich
Radio: Dave Lamont, Anthony Becht & Brooke WeisbrodESPN & ESPN Radio 10:15 p.m. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: Michigan vs. Kansas State
TV: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake
Radio: Bill Rosinkski, David Norrie & Joe SchadESPN & ESPN Radio
That will do it.
