SATURDAY
Noon, ESPN
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Penn State v. Memphis
Some coaching upheaval for both teams, as Memphis lost their head coach and PSU is in between offensive coordinators. They will be warmed by playing at JerryWorld and the nonprofit Cotton Bowl Foundation, which used to give a few cents to "underserved" youth but as far as I can tell did away with that to better serve their employees. For example, in 2018 their president, Ohio alum Rick Baker, made a $461,377 salary, and that wasn't quite enough to put on one game, so he also got a $834,800 bonus for his efforts. Don't worry that he was overworked, though, as he also had a CFO making $500K and several other employees making six digit salaries. To put on one game! Go Lions.
Noon, ABC
Camping World Bowl
Notre Dame v. Iowa State
Matt Campbell keeps getting mentioned for other jobs, yet here he is still at ISU, now playing ND in a bowl game. Two good teams (ND 19th in SP+ and ISU was 23rd) that should make for an entertaining afternoon. ISU was a little unlucky this year with a 2 point loss to Baylor and 1 point losses to Iowa and Oklahoma. ND canned its offensive coordinator and hasn't hired a new one, so who knows what the offense will look like. Probably more yelling from Brian Kelly and erratic QB play.
4 pm, ESPN
Chik-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Oklahoma v. LSU
I am going on record that the Sooners will make a game out of this one. People are acting as if they have no shot at all. But LSU has transitioned into a glorified Big 12 team, and Oklahoma is very comfortable playing a Big 12 game. Boomer Sooner
8 pm, ESPN
Playstation Fiesta Bowl
Clemson v Ohio State
Welp
