2021-22 College Football Bowl Game Schedule

[kingofnerf]

I couldn't find a simple table of the bowl games, so I made one myself for us to discuss.





Date


Bowl Game


Opponents


Broadcast Date/Channel




Friday, Dec. 17


Bahamas Bowl


Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo


12 p.m. ET | ESPN




 


Cure Bowl


Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina


6 p.m. | ESPN2




Saturday, Dec. 18


Boca Raton Bowl


Appalachian State vs. Western Kentucky


11 a.m. | ESPN




 


Celebration Bowl


Jackson State vs. South Carolina State


12 p.m. | ABC




 


New Mexico Bowl


Fresno State vs. UTEP


2:15 p.m. | ESPN




 


Independence Bowl


No. 13 BYU vs. UAB


3:30 p.m. | ABC




 


LendingTree Bowl


Eastern Michigan vs. Liberty


5:45 p.m. | ESPN




 


LA Bowl


Oregon State vs. Utah State


7:30 p.m. | ABC




 


New Orleans Bowl


No. 23 Louisiana vs. Marshall


9:15 p.m. | ESPN




Monday, Dec. 20


Myrtle Beach Bowl


Tulsa vs. Old Dominion


2:30 p.m. | ESPN




Tuesday, Dec. 21


Famous Idaho Potato Bowl


Kent State vs. Wyoming


3:30 p.m. | ESPN




 


Frisco Bowl


No. 24 San Diego State vs. UTSA


7:30 p.m. | ESPN




Wednesday, Dec. 22


Armed Forces Bowl


Missouri vs. Army


8 p.m. | ESPN




Thursday, Dec. 23


Frisco Football Classic


Miami (Ohio) vs. North Texas


3:30 p.m. | ESPN




 


Gasparilla Bowl


Florida vs. UCF


7 p.m. | ESPN




Friday, Dec. 24


Hawai'i Bowl


Memphis vs. Hawai'i


8 p.m. | ESPN




Saturday, Dec. 25


Camellia Bowl


Ball State vs. Georgia State


2:30 p.m. | ESPN




Monday, Dec. 27


Quick Lane Bowl


Western Michigan vs. Nevada


11 a.m. | ESPN




 


Military Bowl


East Carolina vs. Boston College


2:30 p.m. | ESPN




Tuesday, Dec. 28


Birmingham Bowl


No. 20 Houston vs. Auburn


12 p.m. | ESPN




 


First Responder Bowl


Air Force vs. Louisville


3:15 p.m. | ESPN




 


Liberty Bowl


Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State


6:45 p.m. | ESPN




 


Holiday Bowl


No. 18 NC State vs. UCLA


8 p.m. | FOX




 


Guaranteed Rate Bowl


Minnesota vs. West Virginia


10:15 p.m. | ESPN




Wednesday, Dec. 29


Fenway Bowl


Virginia vs. SMU


11 a.m. | ESPN




 


Pinstripe Bowl


Virginia Tech vs. Maryland


2:15 p.m. | ESPN




 


Cheez-It Bowl


No. 19 Clemson vs. Iowa State


5:45 p.m. | ESPN




 


Alamo Bowl


No. 14 Oregon vs. No. 16 Oklahoma


9:15 p.m. | ESPN




Thursday, Dec. 30


Duke's Mayo Bowl


North Carolina vs. South Carolina


11:30 a.m. | ESPN




 


Music City Bowl


Tennessee vs. Purdue


3 p.m. | ESPN




 


Peach Bowl


No. 10 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh


7 p.m. | ESPN




 


Las Vegas Bowl


Wisconsin vs. Arizona State


10:30 p.m. | ESPN




Friday, Dec. 31


Gator Bowl


No. 17 Wake Forest vs. No. 25 Texas A&M


11 a.m. | ESPN




 


Sun Bowl


Washington State vs. Miami (FL)


12 p.m. | CBS




 


Arizona Bowl


Central Michigan vs. Boise State


2 p.m. | Barstool Sports




 


Cotton Bowl Classic (College Football Playoff semifinal)


No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Cincinnati


3:30 p.m. | ESPN




 


Orange Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal)


No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 3 Georgia


7:30 p.m. | ESPN




Saturday, Jan. 1


Outback Bowl


No. 21 Arkansas vs. Penn State


12 p.m. | ESPN2




 


Citrus Bowl


No. 15 Iowa vs. No. 22 Kentucky


1 p.m. | ABC




 


Fiesta Bowl


No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State


1 p.m. | ESPN




 


Rose Bowl


No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 11 Utah


5 p.m. | ESPN




 


Sugar Bowl


No. 7 Baylor vs. No. 8 Ole Miss


8:45 p.m. | ESPN




Tuesday, Jan. 4


Texas Bowl


Kansas State vs. LSU


9 p.m. | ESPN




Monday, Jan. 10


College Football Playoff National Championship Game


TBD


8 p.m. | ESPN

 

[kingofnerf]

Georgia State is (7-5/6-2) and they beat Coastal 42-40 on 11-13, one week after only losing to #16 Louisiana 21-17.

Here is GSU's schedule this year:





Date


At


Opponent


Result




September 4, 2021 (Saturday)


Home


Army


L, 10-43




September 11, 2021 (Saturday)


Away


#24 North Carolina


L, 17-59




September 18, 2021 (Saturday)


Home


Charlotte


W, 20-9




September 25, 2021 (Saturday)


Away


#23 Auburn


L, 24-34




October 2, 2021 (Saturday)


Home


Appalachian State


L, 16-45




October 9, 2021 (Saturday)


Away


ULM


W, 55-21




October 23, 2021 (Saturday)


Home


Texas State


W, 28-16




October 30, 2021 (Saturday)


Away


Georgia Southern


W, 21-14




November 4, 2021 (Thursday)


Away


#16 Louisiana


L, 17-21




November 13, 2021 (Saturday)


Away


Coastal Carolina


W, 42-40




November 20, 2021 (Saturday)


Home


Arkansas State


W, 28-20




November 27, 2021 (Saturday)


Home


Troy


W, 37-10





Shawn Elliott is not afraid to schedule tough opponents to give himself a chance at an upset and make his team better along the way.

GSU finished second in the Sun Belt conference to App State, but still had the SoS to still make the Panthers a good candidate for a bowl game.

GSU's bowl history:





Date


Coach


Bowl


Opponent


Result




12/19/2015


Trent Miles


Cure Bowl


San Jose State


L 16–27




12/16/2017


Shawn Elliott


Cure Bowl


Western Kentucky


W 27–17




12/31/2019


Shawn Elliott


Arizona Bowl


Wyoming


L 17–38




12/26/2020


Shawn Elliott


LendingTree Bowl


Western Kentucky


W 39–21





This year will make it four bowls in as many years for Shawn.

Shawn Elliott will be coming for that upset in Game 1 next season.

He will probably get it, too, and it will be well-deserved.

 

[kingofnerf]

The Celebration Bowl on 12-18 is Jackson State (Deion Sanders) vs. SC State (Buddy Pough).

PrimeTime vs. OldSkool

It's on ABC at noon.  That should be a good game.

I am sure everyone's seen that AFLAC commercial with Saban and Sanders.  Makes you wonder if Saban will put PrimeTime on his staff at some point?