December 20
Bahamas Bowl: Marshall vs. Ohio
2 p.m. ET, ESPN – Nassau, Bahamas
Frisco Bowl: SMU vs. Florida Atlantic
7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 – Frisco, Texas
December 21
New Mexico Bowl: Southern Miss vs. Utah State
2 p.m. ET, ESPN – Albuquerque, N.M.
Cure Bowl: Tulane vs. Georgia State
2:30 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network – Orlando, Fla.
Boca Raton Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Northern Illinois
3:30 p.m. ET, ABC – Boca Raton, Fla.
Camellia Bowl: Buffalo vs. Arkansas Sate
5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN – Montgomery, Ala.
Las Vegas Bowl: Stanford vs. Fresno State
7:30 p.m. ET, ABC – Las Vegas, Nev.
New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. North Texas
9 p.m. ET, ESPN – New Orleans, La.
The Skinny
Texas transfer Shane Buechele has gotten off to a hot start and SMU has earned a couple of impressive wins over quality Group of Five opponents in Arkansas State and North Texas. Might the Mustangs be a sleeper to emerge from the AAC West and challenge UCF for conference supremacy?
Cincinnati had an opportunity to make a statement and announce itself as the team to beat in the Group of Five, but it could not be competitive against Ohio State in Columbus. The Buckeyes rolled to a 42-0 victory, knocking the Bearcats out of the New Year’s Six picture. There’s still time to recover, but a six touchdown defeat, regardless of the opponent, will be difficult to erase from memory.
Fresno State is 0-2, but it still looks like it will have a lot to say in the Mountain West race this season after suffering close defeats to power-five opponents USC and Minnesota to open the season. The schedule eases up now for Jeff Tedford’s team, and they should be 5-2 (and undefeated in the Mountain West) when they travel to Hawaii on the first weekend in November.
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