Let's go bowling!

So Chris gets home from work late Thursday night, and as our sucky schedules would have it, Kimberly is already in bed for her 4:40am wake-up. Working 2p-10p sucks sometimes. So a growler of Merrifield, VA's Sweetwater Tavern Kokopelli IPA is cracked open, and this football-loving arse is planted on the couch for some Steelers/Rams on the NFL Network (DirecTV rules!). Once it becomes a 41-24 shellacking late in the 4th quarter, the telly is switched over to ESPN for the first college football bowl game of the season:

The San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

What a name. I giggle every time. You can't make that stuff up.

So, for to properly plan all your college viewing pleasure, here is the schedule for bowl games for the next 3 weeks or so. As work permits, you can find Chris on the couch for most of these:

POINSETTIA BOWL
San Diego

Dec. 20, 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Utah (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4)

Last season: No. 25 TCU 37, Northern Illinois 7

NEW ORLEANS BOWL
New Orleans

Dec. 21, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Florida Atlantic (7-5) vs. Memphis (7-5)

Last season: Troy 41, Rice 17

PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL
Birmingham, Ala.

Dec. 22, 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Southern Miss (7-5)

Last season: South Florida 24, East Carolina 7

NEW MEXICO BOWL
Albuquerque, N.M.

Dec. 22, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
New Mexico (8-4) vs. Nevada (6-6)

Last season: San Jose State 20, New Mexico 12

LAS VEGAS BOWL
Las Vegas

Dec. 22, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
BYU (10-2) vs. UCLA (6-6)

Last season: No. 19 BYU 38, Oregon 8

HAWAII BOWL
Honolulu, Hawaii

Dec. 23, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
East Carolina (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-2)

Last season: Hawaii 41, Arizona State 24

MOTOR CITY BOWL
Detroit

Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Central Michigan (8-5) vs. Purdue (7-5)

Last season: Central Michigan 31, Middle Tennessee 14

HOLIDAY BOWL
San Diego

Dec. 27, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Arizona State (10-2) vs. Texas (9-3)

Last season: No. 20 Cal 45, No. 21 Texas A&M 10

CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL
Orlando, Fla.

Dec. 28, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Boston College (10-3) vs. Michigan State (7-5)

Last season: Maryland 24, Purdue 7

TEXAS BOWL
Houston

Dec. 28, 8 p.m. (NFL Network)
TCU (7-5) vs. Houston (8-4)

Last season: No. 16 Rutgers 37, Kansas State 10

EMERALD BOWL
San Francisco

Dec. 28, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Maryland (6-6) vs. Oregon State (8-4)

Last season: Florida State 44, UCLA 27

MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL
Charlotte, N.C.

Dec. 29, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
UConn (9-3) vs. Wake Forest (8-4)

Last season: No. 23 Boston College 25, Navy 24

LIBERTY BOWL
Memphis, Tenn.

Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Mississippi State (7-5) vs. UCF (10-3)

Last season: South Carolina 44, Houston 36

ALAMO BOWL
San Antonio

Dec. 29, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Penn State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)

Last season: No. 18 Texas 26, Iowa 24

INDEPENDENCE BOWL
Shreveport, La.

Dec. 30, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Colorado (6-6) vs. Alabama (6-6)

Last season: Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 31

ARMED FORCES BOWL
Fort Worth, Texas

Dec. 31, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Cal (6-6) vs. Air Force (9-3)

Last season: Utah 25, Tulsa 13

SUN BOWL
El Paso, Texas

Dec. 31, 2 p.m.(CBS)
USF (9-3) vs. Oregon (8-4)

Last season: Oregon State 39, Missouri 38

HUMANITARIAN BOWL
Boise, Idaho

Dec. 31, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Fresno State (8-4) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5)

Last season: Miami 21, Nevada 20

MUSIC CITY BOWL
Nashville, Tenn.

Dec. 31, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Florida State (7-5) vs. Kentucky (7-5)

Last season: Kentucky 28, Clemson 20

INSIGHT BOWL
Tempe, Ariz.

Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m. (NFL Network)
Indiana (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6)

Last season: Texas Tech 44, Minnesota 41 (OT)

CHICK-FIL-A BOWL
Atlanta

Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Clemson (9-3) vs. Auburn (8-4)

Last season: Georgia 31, No. 14 Virginia Tech 24

OUTBACK BOWL
Tampa, Fla.

Jan. 1, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Tennessee (9-4)

Last season: Penn State 20, No. 17 Tennessee 10

COTTON BOWL
Dallas

Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m. (FOX)
Missouri (11-2) vs. Arkansas (8-4)

Last season: No. 10 Auburn, No. 22 Nebraska

GATOR BOWL
Jacksonville, Fla.

Jan. 1, Noon (CBS)
Virginia (9-3) vs. Texas Tech (8-4)

Last season: No. 13 West Virginia 38, Georgia Tech 35

CAPITAL ONE BOWL
Orlando, Fla.

Jan. 1, 1 p.m. (ABC)
Michigan (8-4) vs. Florida (9-3)

Last season: No. 6 Wisconsin 17, No. 12 Arkansas 14

ROSE BOWL
Pasadena, Calif.

Jan. 1, 4:30 p.m. (ABC)
USC (10-2) vs. Illinois (9-3)

Last season: No. 8 USC 32, No. 3 Michigan 18

SUGAR BOWL
New Orleans

Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m. (FOX)
Hawaii (12-0) vs. Georgia (10-2)

Last season: No. 4 LSU 41, No. 11 Notre Dame 14

FIESTA BOWL
Glendale, Ariz.

Jan. 2, 8:00 p.m. (FOX)
West Virginia (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (11-2)

Last season: No. 9 Boise State 43, No. 7 Oklahoma 42 (OT)

ORANGE BOWL
Miami

Jan. 3, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Kansas (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2)

Last season: No. 5 Louisville 24, No. 15 Wake Forest 13

INTERNATIONAL BOWL
Toronto

Jan. 5, Noon (ESPN2)
Rutgers (7-5) vs. Ball State (7-5)

Last season: Cincinnati 27, Western Michigan 24

GMAC BOWL
Mobile, Ala.

Jan. 6, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Tulsa (9-4) vs. Bowling Green (8-4)

Last season: Southern Miss 28, Ohio 7

BCS TITLE GAME
New Orleans

Jan. 7, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Ohio State (11-1) vs. LSU (11-2)

Last season: No. 2 Florida 41, No. 1 Ohio State 14