College Football Bowl Schedule 2008-2009

Bowl Game	Date/Time	Site	Matchup	Network
Congressional Bowl	Dec. 20/10 a.m.	Washington, D.C.	Army/Navy/At-Large vs. ACC	ESPN
New Mexico	Dec. 20/TBA	Albuquerque, N.M.	Mountain West vs. WAC	ESPN
St. Petersburg Bowl	Dec. 20/5:30 p.m.	St. Petersburg, Fla.	Big East vs. C-USA	ESPN2
Pioneer Las Vegas	Dec. 20/7 p.m.	Las Vegas, Nev.	Mountain West vs. Pac-10	ESPN
R&L Carriers New Orleans	Dec. 21/7 p.m.	New Orleans, La.	Sun Belt vs. C-USA	ESPN
San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia	Dec. 23/7 p.m.	San Diego, Calif.	Mountain West vs. Pac-10	ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii	Dec. 24/7 p.m.	Honolulu, Hawaii	WAC vs. Pac-10	ESPN
Motor City	Dec. 26/6:30 p.m.	Detroit, Mich.	Big Ten vs. MAC	ESPN
Meineke Car Care	Dec. 27/Noon	Charlotte, N.C.	ACC vs. Big East	ESPN
Champs Sports	Dec. 27/3:30 p.m.	Orlando, Fla.	ACC vs. Big Ten	ESPN
Emerald	Dec. 27/7 p.m.	San Francisco, Calif.	ACC vs. Pac-10	ESPN
PetroSun Independence	Dec. 28/7 p.m.	Shreveport, La.	Big 12 vs. SEC	ESPN
Papajohn’s.com	Dec. 29/2 p.m.	Birmingham, Ala.	Big East vs. SEC	ESPN
Valero Alamo	Dec. 29/7 p.m.	San Antonio, Texas	Big Ten vs. Big 12	ESPN
Roady’s Humanitarian	Dec. 30/3:30 p.m.	Boise, Idaho	ACC vs. WAC	ESPN
Pacific Life Holiday	Dec. 30/7 p.m.	San Diego, Calif.	Big 12 vs. Pac-10	ESPN
Texas	Dec. 30/7 p.m.	Houston, Texas	Big 12 vs. C-USA	NFL
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces	Dec. 31/11 a.m.	Fort Worth, Texas	Mountain West vs. C-USA	ESPN
Brut Sun	Dec. 31/1 p.m.	El Paso, Texas	Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame vs. Pac-10	CBS
Gaylord Hotels Music City	Dec. 31/2:30 p.m.	Nashville, Tenn.	ACC vs. SEC	ESPN
Insight	Dec. 31/5 p.m.	Tempe, Ariz.	Big Ten vs. Big 12	NFL
Chick-fil-A	Dec. 31/6:30 p.m.	Atlanta, Ga.	ACC vs. SEC	ESPN
Outback	Jan. 1/10 a.m.	Tampa, Fla.	Big Ten vs. SEC	ESPN
Konica Minolta Gator	Jan. 1/Noon	Jacksonville, Fla.	ACC vs. Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame	CBS
Capital One	Jan. 1/Noon	Orlando, Fla.	Big Ten vs. SEC	ABC
Rose presented by Citi	Jan. 1/4 p.m.	Pasadena, Calif.	*BCS vs. BCS	ABC
FedEx Orange	Jan. 1/7 p.m.	Miami, Fla.	*BCS vs. BCS	FOX
AT&T Cotton	Jan. 2/1 p.m.	Dallas, Texas	Big 12 vs. SEC	FOX
AutoZone Liberty	Jan. 2/4 p.m.	Memphis, Tenn.	C-USA vs. SEC	ESPN
Allstate Sugar	Jan. 2/7 p.m.	New Orleans, La.	*BCS vs. BCS	FOX
International	Jan. 3/11 a.m.	Toronto, Canada	Big East vs. MAC	ESPN2
Tostitos Fiesta	Jan. 5/7 p.m.	Phoenix, Ariz.	*BCS vs. BCS	FOX
GMAC	Jan. 6/7 p.m.	Mobile, Ala.	C-USA vs. MAC/WAC	ESPN
FedEx BCS National Championship	Jan. 8/7 p.m.	Miami, Fla.	*BCS #1 vs. BCS #2	FOX

 

Comments

[Sam Turay]

PLAYOFF SYSTEM!!!!!

Top 12 ranked teams, according to BCS, make the playoff round

Teams ranked 1 thru 4 get a first round bye
-5 plays 12 (Game 1)
-6 plays 11 (Game 2)
-7 plays 10 (Game 3)
-8 plays 9 (Game 4)
(Not bowl games so other teams get chance to go to bowl games)
(Games held at home stadium of higher seeded team)
(Played week/day of 1st bowl game Ex: Congressional Bowl-Dec. 20)

The four winning teams play the four "bye" teams
-1 plays game 1 winner
-2 plays game 2 winner
-3 plays game 3 winner
-4 plays game 4 winner
(Played week after 1-4 teams get ‘bye’)

Then there are quarterfinals
-Rose Bowl
-Sugar Bowl
-Fiesta Bowl
-Orange Bowl
(Played week after ‘bye’ teams play)

Semifinals
Winners of the bowls match up and play each other.
(Played week quarterfinals)

The championship game
Winners of the Semifinals
(Played week after semifinals or 2 weeks after semifinals-optional)

AT MOST IT ADDS 2 WEEKS 2 THE COLLEGE SEASON!!!!!