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Cure Bowl 2018: 3 reasons to watch Tulane vs. Louisiana

By John Scimeca

NEW ORLEANS, LA - SEPTEMBER 24: Glen Cuiellette #14 of the Tulane Green Wave celebrates after throwing for a touchdown during the second half of a game against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns at Yulman Stadium on September 24, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - SEPTEMBER 24: Glen Cuiellette #14 of the Tulane Green Wave celebrates after throwing for a touchdown during the second half of a game against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns at Yulman Stadium on September 24, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – NOVEMBER 10: Terren Encalade #5 of the Tulane Green Wave celebrates a touchdown during the first half against the East Carolina Pirates at Yulman Stadium on November 10, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA – NOVEMBER 10: Terren Encalade #5 of the Tulane Green Wave celebrates a touchdown during the first half against the East Carolina Pirates at Yulman Stadium on November 10, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

3. The Cure Bowl will more or less kick off the 2018 bowl season

While the NCAA Division II and Division III national championship games on Friday and Saturday are packaged as part of the bowl season, we all know that what truly starts everything is the big boys. The first FBS Division I bowl game is this game, which kicks off at 1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 15.

Four more bowl games follow the Cure Bowl on “Kickoff Saturday,” including the New Mexico Bowl, the Las Vegas Bowl, the Camellia Bowl, and the New Orleans Bowl.

This full slate of bowl contests will be sure to satisfy both the diehard fan and the casual football viewer. Want to see the Mountain West champion in action? Try No. 21 Fresno State against Arizona State in Las Vegas during the afternoon. How about the Sun Belt’s best in the New Orleans Superdome? Try Appalachian State against Middle Tennessee for the night game.

Five bowl games is a big start to college football’s beloved postseason marathon, a three-week smorgasbord full of drama, big gains, twists, turns, tackles, dynamic highlights, head-scratchers, and tears. But it all has to start somewhere. And in 2018, that “somewhere” is Orlando, Fla., with Tulane and Louisiana.

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