College Football Bowl Games: Every contest ranked from best (1) to worse (41)

[huskymedic]

32. Myrtle Beach Bowl
Who: UConn (6-6) vs. Marshall (8-4)
When: Dec. 19, 2:30 p.m. ET
Where: Brooks Stadium, Conway, S.C.
Why: The Huskies were consistently among the worst teams in all of FBS prior to the change Jim Mora Jr. has instituted in the program, doing some heavy lifting in notching six wins (more than the past four years combined) and reaching a bowl for the first time since 2015. The Thundering Herd had a successful first year in the Sun Belt and are looking to get to nine wins after previously upsetting Notre Dame early in the season.

 

[DoctorWho85]

I feel like some of those that are ranked higher are not going to be interesting at all. Not saying they'll be worst or better than UConn Marshall, but a lot ranked above us seem very boring.

 

[huskymedic]

33. Myrtle Beach Bowl: UConn (6-6) vs. Marshall (8-4)​

Dec. 19, 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN

Let’s take a second to appreciate what’s happened at UConn this season. The Huskies are heading to a bowl for the first time since the 2015 season and the six wins UConn has racked up are more than the team had in its past three seasons combined. They could be significant underdogs, however, to a Marshall team that won its last four games of the season and beat Notre Dame in Week 2.

 

[Husky25]

It's not unreasonable. Some game has to be ranked last and even the most ardent college football fan will have little interest in a 6 win G5 upstart independent whose eligibility has little benefit to any other program.

In fact the most ardent college football fan probably ignores 2/3 to 3/4 of bowl games

 

[Windham4th]

I will ignore every bowl except ours.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

One of the most boring is who they recruited for the Fenway bowl. Bet they will have poor turnout

 

[HuskyDogArt]

32. Myrtle Beach Bowl
Who: UConn (6-6) vs. Marshall (8-4)
When: Dec. 19, 2:30 p.m. ET
Where: Brooks Stadium, Conway, S.C.
Why: The Huskies were consistently among the worst teams in all of FBS prior to the change Jim Mora Jr. has instituted in the program, doing some heavy lifting in notching six wins (more than the past four years combined) and reaching a bowl for the first time since 2015. The Thundering Herd had a successful first year in the Sun Belt and are looking to get to nine wins after previously upsetting Notre Dame early in the season.

I just hope UConn will upset Marshall... We have to pay them back from the last bowl game.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

One of the most boring is who they recruited for the Fenway bowl. Bet they will have poor turnout

I've heard Satterfield will coach Louisville the first half, and Cincinnati the second half!

Really, someone said that in the bowl game prediction. I believe that is against the rules, butit would be funny.

 

[Kolumbo]

This is an odd matchup - location

19. Fenway Bowl
Who: Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Louisville (7-5)
When: Dec. 17, 11 a.m. ET
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Mass.
Why: The Keg of Nails hasn’t taken place since 2013 but will be on the line for these two old MVC/CUSA/Big East/AAC rivals who are a short drive away from each other. The last two times they’ve met, things went to overtime, so hopefully that’s a trend that continues. To make things even spicier, the Bearcats moved to replace Luke Fickell with none other than their opponent’s head coach Scott Satterfield ... 12 days before the game. Oh, and the two sides share a sideline at the bandbox ballpark. Fun, fun, fun.