Bowling for Dollars

Here is the 2012-2013 bowl schedule with payouts:


Dec. 15 Gildan New Mexico Bowl


Nevada vs. Pac-12 Albuquerque, N.M. 1 p.m. ESPN $912,500

Dec. 15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

MAC vs. Utah State Boise, Idaho 4:30 p.m. ESPN $650,000

Dec. 20 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

San Diego State vs. BYU San Diego, Calif. 8 p.m. ESPN $1 million

Dec. 21 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg

Big East vs. Conference USA St. Petersburg, Fla. 7:30 p.m. ESPN $1.075 million

Dec. 22 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Conference USA vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans, La. 12 p.m. ESPN $1 million

Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas

Mountain West vs. Pac-12 Las Vegas, Nev. 3:30 p.m. ESPN $2.2 million

Dec. 24 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl

SMU vs. Mountain West Honolulu, Hawaii 8 p.m. ESPN $1.3 million

Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

Big Ten vs. MAC Detroit, Mich. 7:30 p.m. ESPN $1.5 million

Dec. 27 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman

ACC vs. TBA (Army) Washington, D.C. 3 p.m. ESPN $2 million

Dec. 27 Belk Bowl

ACC vs. Big East Charlotte, N.C. 6:30 p.m. ESPN $3.4 million

Dec. 27 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl

Big 12 vs. Pac-12 San Diego, Calif. 9:45 p.m. ESPN $4.15 million

Dec. 28 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl

ACC vs. SEC Shreveport, La. 2 p.m. ESPN $2.3 million

Dec. 28 Russell Athletic Bowl

ACC vs. Big East Orlando, Fla. 5:30 p.m. ESPN $4.55 million

Dec. 28 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas

Big Ten vs. Big 12 Houston, Texas 9 p.m. ESPN $3.4 million

Dec. 29 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl

Conference USA vs. Mountain West Dallas, Texas 11:45 a.m. ESPN $1.2 million

Dec. 29 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl

Pac-12 vs. TBA (Navy) San Francisco, Calif. 3:15 p.m. ESPN or ESPN2 $1.675 million

Dec. 29 New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Big East vs. Big 12 Bronx, N.Y. 3:15 p.m. ESPN or ESPN2 $3.6 million

Dec. 29 Valero Alamo Bowl

Big 12 vs. Pac-12 San Antonio, Texas 6:45 p.m. ESPN $6.35 million

Dec. 29 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

Big Ten vs. Big 12 Tempe, Ariz. 10:15 p.m. ESPN $6.65 million

Dec. 31 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl

SEC vs. ACC Nashville, Tenn. 12 p.m. ESPN $3.725 million

Dec. 31 Hyundai Sun Bowl

ACC vs. Pac-12 El Paso, Texas 2 p.m. CBS $4 million

Dec. 31 AutoZone Liberty Bowl

SEC/Big East/Conference USA Memphis, Tenn. 3:30 p.m. ABC $2.875 million

Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl

ACC vs. SEC Atlanta, Ga. 7:30 p.m. ESPN $6.9 million

Jan. 1 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl

SEC vs. Big Ten Jacksonville, Fla. 12 p.m. ESPN2 $5.45 million

Jan. 1 TicketCity Bowl

Big Ten vs. Conference USA Dallas, Texas 12 p.m. ESPNU $2.2 million

Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl

SEC vs. Big Ten Orlando, Fla. 1 p.m. ESPN $8.5 million

Jan. 1 Outback Bowl

SEC vs. Big Ten Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. ABC $7 million

Jan. 1 Rose Bowl presented by Vizio

BCS vs. BCS Pasadena, Calif. 5 p.m. ESPN $36 million

Jan. 1 Discover Orange Bowl

BCS vs. BCS Miami, Fla. 8:30 p.m. ESPN TBA

Jan. 2 Allstate Sugar Bowl

BCS vs. BCS New Orleans, La. 8:30 p.m. ESPN TBA

Jan. 3 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

BCS vs. BCS Glendale, Ariz. 8:30 p.m. ESPN TBA

Jan. 4 AT&T Cotton Bowl

SEC vs. Big 12 Arlington, Texas 8 p.m. FOX $7.25 million

Jan. 5 BBVA Compass Bowl

Big East vs. SEC Birmingham, Ala. 1 p.m. ESPN $1.925 million

Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl

MAC vs. Sun Belt Mobile, Ala. 9 p.m. ESPN $1.5 million

Jan. 7 Discover BCS National

Championship Game



I totally want to go the the Cap One Bowl:  biggest payout, other than BCS bowls, and matchup against the second or third team from the Big 10.  I believe that would be a winnable game.

Do not want to play in the Cotton Bowl because I don't want to play a Big 12 team.  I suppose some would say it was karma, but I would rather play someone new.

The Outback would match us against a Big 10 team, again probably (possibly?) beatable and Chick-fil-A would pair us with an ACC team ---Florida State?  Not sure I like that matchup, though it may be because I remember a very wet Cotton Bowl game where FSU beat us by the score of 10-2.  Just stinking awful.