PRE XMAS BOWL SEASON VIEWERS GUIDE

HEY Y'ALL. COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S BACK SATURDAY. MAKE SURE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE GAMES. YOU'LL WANT TO DURING THE ENDLESS PIT OF DOOM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE OFFSEASON.

FOOTBALL SATURDAY

Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl
Alcorn State vs NC A&T (pick) - High Noon on ABC
The first season of this bowl should be a very LIT scene in Atlanta featuring two of the top fan bases and bands the MEAC and SWAC have to offer. This is set to become an annual game.

Gildan New Mexico Bowl 
Arizona (pick) vs New Mexico - 2pm on the Mothership
Main thing to watch in this game is the focus level of Arizona and their coaching staff. This was largely a disappointing year for the Wildcats even though many considered it already a rebuilding year. How does a team maintain focus when they're faced with guarding the triple option attack of FootbawBawb

Las Vegas Bowl
BYU vs Utah (The Holy War) - 330pm on ABC
Not very often you get rivals matched up in bowl games. With this being Bronco Mendenhall's final game at the helm of BYU therehas to be some sort of intrigue to which team shows up. He's going after win 100 at BYU.
Utah have a stellar run defense that's stopped virtually everyone. Expect them to keep the ball in front of them, actually on both sides as this should be a grind it out kind of battle that comes down to the last possession.

Camellia Bowl
App State vs Ohio - 530pm on the Mothership
App State's first bowl comes against a team that's having about about as stellar of a year as the Mountaineers. Ohio overcame numerous injuries on the defensive side of a ball, sputtering to a 8-4 finish. The Bobcats expect much of the group, that when it was healthy, a very good defense back against a high scoring App State offensive attack. I expect my home state's Happy Appy State team to roll.

Cure Bowl 
Georgia State vs San Jose State - 7pm - CBSSN
As Bill Connelly noted this bowl is pointless but it should be fun! Both teams are sub 500. Moar footbaw!

New Orleans Bowl
Arkansas State vs Louisiana Tech - 9pm - The Mothership
Both teams are within driving distance of this one so expect a solid showing in the Super Dome. Also expect many points featuring two teams that like to pile it on offensively. Arkansas State is one of the more aggressive teams in the Group of 5 with home run threats on offense and a defense that likes to get after it. Going with Carolina's former OC in this one.

Monday Night Afternoon Football

Miami Beach Bowl 
Western Kentucky vs South Florida - 230pm - The Mothership
Try not to get caught watching this one while at work. That'll be the challenge many of us face next Monday.  Gimme the Hilltoppers

Tuesday Football (MACtion Alert)

Idaho Potato Bowl
Akron vs Utah State - 330pm - The Mothership
Like the Miami Beach Bowl this game will be a test to see how much you actually care about getting work done. What you will see are two talented defenses doing battle on the blue turf. Akron finds themselves in their first bowl in a decade, look for the zips to care of biz in this one.

Boca Raton Bowl
Toledo vs Temple - 7pm on the Mothership
MACtion extraordinares vs the new kids on the black in the American. This should be one of the more enjoyable bowl games of the season. I'm taking the defense in this one: Temple.

Wednesday Football (SunBEAST and MACtion Alerts)

Poinsettia Bowl
The Smurfs vs Northern Illinois - 430pm on the Mothership
Two former BCS Crashers do battle in a matchup feeting some very hot and cold teams in 2015. Both teams showed off their skills at various points of the year and also produced their own stinkers. Going with the smurfs in this one simply because Dave Doeren's replacement still hasnt won a bowl game.

GoDaddy Bowl
Bowling Green vs Georgia Southern - 8pm on ESPN
Oh the commercials.... gimme GaSo over the MACtion Kings.

Christmas Eve

Bahamas Bowl
Middle Tennessee State vs Western Michigan - High Noon on the Mothership
There's a bowl in the Bahamas y'all. I'm leaning MTSU.

Do wish the #Vols ended up in the Bahamas Bowl: Can you imagine the headlines out of Nassau involving this fan base: pic.twitter.com/Zoa5hwKOtZ

— Santa Frat (@FootbawFrat) December 18, 2015

Hawaii Bowl 
Cinci vs San Diego State -  8pm on the Mothership
Like A Christmas Story on for 24 hours straight there's no greater tradition over the holidays than the a poorly attended Hawaii Bowl. For the players coaches, and families involved, spending the holidays in paradise does not suck.

Happy Holidays y'all.