BOWL SEASON OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2020
BOWL SEASON MATCHUPS A Little Bit of Everything By KEVIN McNAMARA
B
owl Season has arrived.
traditional, rivalry games and virtually all inter-
The most unpredictable regular season in college football history has ended.
to see just which conference appears best in 2020.
Challenges posed by the pandemic have left
We will leave the College Football Playoff
thousands of players, many teams and 16 bowl games on the sidelines but the 56 fortunate teams that will compete in 28 bowl games can’t wait to turn the page and enjoy postseason competition. “I had the great fortune
conference contests, the bowls will create a window
matchups between Alabama-Notre Dame (Rose
“Our opportunity to play another game against a top-10 opponent fires us up.” – KIRBY SMART
a player,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said in hearing that his team would play in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl against unbeaten Cincinnati. “When we played
Sugar Bowl) to another day. Here is a look at the many intriguing games on tap in Bowl Eastern):
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Nevada (6-2) vs. Tulane (6-5)
in it, it wasn’t nearly as prestigious as it is now. I know
Nevada started 5-0 but lost
our guys are excited to get another time to play. Our
to bowl teams Hawaii and
opportunity to play another game against a top-10
unbeaten San Jose State
opponent fires us up.”
down the stretch. Tulane
Smart’s sentiments are echoed throughout
Ohio State (Allstate
Season: (all times
Georgia Buldogs Head Coach
a long time ago to get to play in that bowl game as
Bowl) and Clemson-
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began the season 2-4 but rallied into Bowl Season by
college football. The bowls have created some
winning four of its last five and will hope for a third
fantastic matchups. After being robbed of so many
consecutive bowl victory. BOWL SEASON | December 2020
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