Written by Matt Zemek at The Comeback
There are now 40 bowl games, up from 38, so with that we thought we’d share 40 facts for the coming postseason in college football.
First, a note. For purposes of definition, a “major bowl” means any of the Rose, Sugar or Orange Bowls in any year; any of the eight BCS National Championship Games from 2006 through 2013; the Fiesta Bowl after 1981; the Cotton Bowl in all seasons except 1996 through 2013; and the last two Peach Bowl games as part of the New Year’s Six. On to the list.
40 – There are two new games this bowl season: The Cure Bowl and the Arizona Bowl.
39 – There are three first-time bowl participants: Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, and Georgia State.
38 – With Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, and Georgia State in their first bowl games, they are playing for their first bowl wins. Western Michigan and Akron are the other two teams playing for a first bowl win this season.
37 – Temple will play Toledo in the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl on December 22nd. Temple reached two bowls from 1930 through 2008.
The Owls have made three bowls the past seven seasons.
36 – Duke’s last bowl win came in the 1961 Cotton Bowl. Indiana’s last win came in the 1991 Copper Bowl.
The two teams meet in the 2015 Pinstripe Bowl. Someone will throw a party — unlike 1961 and 1991, bowl games can no longer end in a tie.
35 – Michigan faces Florida in another Citrus Bowl (now the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, formerly Capital One Bowl). The matchup was one Michigan coach’s last game and will be another Michigan coach’s first bowl game.
The 2008 bowl game was Lloyd Carr’s last at Michigan. The 2016 game against Florida will be Jim Harbaugh’s first bowl game as Michigan’s head coach.
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