[LUAlum1215]

A bowl game vs a Power 5 opponent, will be better than a bowl game vs a Sun Belt opponent.
I will hold firm that the best bowl matchup I have seen is LU vs South Carolina . Now before anyone gets their pantyhose in a wad, I realize SC has a bad record, but they've still a SEC team.

Thus the game of taking the name brand over a better quality product. Sure it would be fun to play, and likely best, an SEC team. But Coastal would be a better football game and has far more meaning to LU football.

[FlamesHighontheTide]

My vote for who we play in a bowl game goes as follows:

1. Coastal because I would want to be the first team to beat them this year to prove we are the better program

2. SEC team

3. ACC team not named Virginia Tech or NC State

[ballcoach15]

BYU has been selected to play UCF in Boca Raton Bowl.

[Sly Fox]

Here is where things stand officially as of lunchtime on Monday.

Dec. 19

Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
SMU vs. UTSA
Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
4:30 p.m. on ESPN2 and the ESPN App

Dec. 21

Myrtle Beach Bowl
North Texas vs. App State
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)
2:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Nevada vs. Tulane
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl
UCF vs. BYU
FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)
7 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Louisiana Tech vs. Georgia Southern
Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Montgomery Bowl
Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
7 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2 and the ESPN App

Dec. 24

New Mexico Bowl
Hawai'i vs. Houston
TBD (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 25

Camellia Bowl
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
2:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 26

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
Noon on ABC and the ESPN App

Cure Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)
3:30 p.m. on ABC and the ESPN App

LendingTree Bowl
Western Kentucky vs Georgia State
Ladd-Peebles Stadium (Mobile, Ala.)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Army vs TBA
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
7 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Chase Field (Phoenix)
10:15 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 28

Military Bowl Presented by Perspecta
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
2:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 29

Cheez-It Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
5:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome (San Antonio)
9 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 30

Duke's Mayo Bowl
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
7:15 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Dec. 31

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
4 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Arizona Bowl
Western Michigan vs. Boise State
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
4 p.m. on CBSSN


Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Jan. 1

TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
Legion Field (Birmingham, Alabama)
Noon on ESPN2 and the ESPN App

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
12:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Vrbo Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
1 p.m. on ABC and the ESPN App

Jan. 2

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
TIAA Bank Field (Jacksonville, Florida)
Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

Outback Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
12:30 p.m. on ABC and the ESPN App

PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
4 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

[farmfanucdgrad]

Hmmmm....Liberty still has a lot of options with potential bowls. I may be asking a rhetorical question but I'm only wondering out loud if Liberty's Covid-19 situation (with active cases and then tracing protocols) has precluded them from being considered for the the earlier slot of bowls scheduled from December 19th through 26th? Everything remains interesting...including more programs unwilling to go bowling while of course almost every SEC program (as an example) is going bowling no matter how atrocious their record (although I'm not sure if Vanderbilt will)? To be continued....I hope Liberty A) gets better Covid-19 wise B) Is selected to a bowl and C) that HF remains or that at least someone like Art Briles or whoever is capable to step in to continue the iconic rise of the program into next year.

[ballcoach15]

Good work Sly. I'm beginning to like Orlando, Tampa and Montgomery more and more. Looks as if the "early" bowl game slots have been filled.

[ballcoach15]

Hmmmm....Liberty still has a lot of options with potential bowls. I may be asking a rhetorical question but I'm only wondering out loud if Liberty's Covid-19 situation (with active cases and then tracing protocols) has precluded them from being considered for the the earlier slot of bowls scheduled from December 19th through 26th? Everything remains interesting...including more programs unwilling to go bowling while of course almost every SEC program (as an example) is going bowling no matter how atrocious their record (although I'm not sure if Vanderbilt will)? To be continued....I hope Liberty A) gets better Covid-19 wise B) Is selected to a bowl and C) that HF remains or that at least someone like Art Briles or whoever is capable to step in to continue the iconic rise of the program into next year.

Actually the COVID deal could work in our favor, in that we'll be over it, where as some other team may get hit prior to bowl game. As for losing teams, the NCAA made a bad decision to allow losing teams to go to a bowl, (unless not enough winning teams are out there). Any team that only wins 2 or 3 games does not belong in a bowl.

[Jonathan Carone]

The Cure Bowl has wanted us all along. Wouldn't be surprised if we end up there.

[Cider Jim]

Camellia Bowl will be played in Montgomery on December 25th. No better place to spend Christmas than in Alabama.

Ballcoach, that would be a HARD SELL to most of our wives, unless they were from Alabama.

[ballcoach15]

The Cure Bowl has wanted us all along. Wouldn't be surprised if we end up there.

I have been thinking the same thing, since the Boca Raton Bowl has their 2 teams.

[ballcoach15]

Camellia Bowl will be played in Montgomery on December 25th. No better place to spend Christmas than in Alabama.

Ballcoach, that would be a HARD SELL to most of our wives, unless they were from Alabama.

I understand what you are saying, but only thing better than Christmas in Alabama, would be a kid getting to go to Santa's Workshop at North Pole for Christmas.

[Cider Jim]

...Only thing better than Christmas in Alabama, would be a kid getting to go to Santa's Workshop at North Pole for Christmas.

POST OF THE YEAR

[BlueBlood]

The Cure Bowl has wanted us all along. Wouldn't be surprised if we end up there.

I'm game. I know its the same bowl, but it'll be in a different stadium, against a different team. You can do a lot worse than FL in December.

[ballcoach15]

A Liberty vs South Carolina matchup, would be Cure Bowl's best matchup in the short history of the bowl.

[chris leedlelee]

A Liberty vs South Carolina matchup, would be Cure Bowl's best matchup in the short history of the bowl.

It would unironically be quite the even matchup.

[Damien Sordelett]

The Cure Bowl has wanted us all along. Wouldn't be surprised if we end up there.

I wouldn't make plans for Orlando.

[Geraldos Mustache]

Liberty University in the Liberty Bowl?
I like it.

[ballcoach15]

SMU backs out of Frisco Bowl. Game is only 4 days away. According to sources, Frisco Bowl is now canceled. UTSA will now play in First Responder Bowl. UTSA must be a hot commodity to get another bowl this quick.

[Risewithus]

Anyone see this? Any truth to it...https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull-se ... he-buckeye

[stokesjokes]

My understanding is that if you would have played in a certain bowl because of bowl tie-ins or contracts with the bowl and that bowl was then cancelled, then you could create your own bowl. I don’t see us falling under that scenario given what our bowl contracts are.

[Risewithus]

Thanks. Another gut punch.

[ballcoach15]

I would like to think that if another school could create their own bowl game, then they could invite Liberty as their opponent.

[stokesjokes]

That thought just crossed my mind as well. It’s a long shot to hope for.

[Cider Jim]

Create your own Bowl? Yes, please! Anybody have Coastal or Marshall on speed dial?

[tyndal23]

Few teams played 12 games - nothing stopping 2 teams from playing who want to play and it could be on a neutral site and adhere to normal game week practice hours.. UVA if they want the extra week of practice comes to mind...