[quote=“49er1, post:11, topic:28468”]SHEEESH!
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls13/story/_/id/10112150/every-bowl-game-ranked-1-35[/quote]
[font=Verdana]24. AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Dec. 31 (ESPN, 4 p.m. ET): Rice (10-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6)[/font]
[font=Verdana]The Owls and Bulldogs reached Memphis off of big wins. Rice defeated Marshall 41-24 in the Conference USA championship game, claiming its first outright league title since 1957. The Bulldogs won their last two games in overtime, including a 17-10 win over rival Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl to finish .500.[/font]
[font=Verdana]30. Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Dec. 30 (ESPN, 11:45 a.m. ET): Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (7-4)[/font]
[font=Verdana]The Blue Raiders stayed home in the postseason last season despite winning eight games. They were red-hot at the end of this season, winning their last five games while averaging 523.4 yards and 42.6 points. They’ll have to slow down Navy’s triple-option attack, which averages 320.1 rushing yards per game.[/font]
[font=Verdana]31. Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, Dec. 27 (ESPN, 2:30 p.m. ET): Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5)[/font]
[font=Verdana]The Terrapins will play their bowl game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, which is about 27 miles from the Maryland campus. The Terps haven’t played there since losing to the Midshipmen 19-7 in 1965. Marshall nearly beat ACC foe Virginia Tech this season, losing 29-21 in three overtimes.[/font]
[font=Verdana]32. R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Dec. 21 (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET): Tulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4)[/font]
[font=Verdana]New Orleans certainly knows how to throw a party, and this in-state contest figures to be quite festive. The Green Wave will play in their first bowl game since 2002 after laboring through 10 consecutive losing seasons until this year’s turnaround. Tulane will play in the Superdome, its home stadium since 1975, before moving to a new, on-campus stadium next year. The Green Wave are 21-5 against the Ragin’ Cajuns.[/font]
[font=Verdana]33. Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg, Dec. 23 (ESPN, 2 p.m. ET): East Carolina (9-3) vs. Ohio (7-5)[/font]
[font=Verdana]The Bobcats, who have won their past two bowl games, might have a difficult time slowing down ECU’s high-powered offense. The Pirates ranked second in Conference USA in total offense, averaging 459.8 yards and 40.4 points per game. It’s a pretty good quarterback battle between ECU’s Shane Carden, who led the league with 3,866 yards, and Ohio’s Tyler Tettleton.[/font]
[font=Verdana]35. Heart of Dallas Bowl Presented by PlainsCapital Bank, Jan. 1 (ESPNU, noon ET): UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4)[/font]
[font=Verdana]The Mean Green get to stay close to home while playing in their first bowl since 2004. The Rebels are playing in their first bowl game since defeating Arkansas 31-14 in the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl. As Rebels coach Bobby Hauck told his team last month, “Hell may have just frozen over – the Rebels are bowl eligible!” Well, an ice storm did hit Texas this week.[/font]
