Back to bowl games today
Cheez-It Bowl
4:30, ESPN
Oklahoma St. v. Miami
Here comes the big boys, all hail the big boys. These are two pretty evenly matched teams (25 v. 23 on F+). The fancystats actually like Okie St.'s defense much more than their offense. Miami has the reputation of a good team but they got destroyed by North Carolina and Clemson, and had a streak of three wins by a combined 7 points. D'Eriq King runs around a lot trying to make things happen,s o you can tune in to see that. No Chuba Hubbard, who never really got going this year and is now off to the NFL.
Alamo Bowl
9 pm, ESPN
Colorado v. Texas
Kind of a late tip for a lazy midweek bowl game, but so be it. Colorado escaped the clutches of the Pac 12 to make a bowl game, though there isn't much evidence they are actually good. Four fairly close wins over UCLA, Stanford, Arizona, and SDSU and a blowout loss to Utah. They are 57th on F+, going up against 19th ranked Texas and a team that hasn't lost a bowl game under Tom Herman.