Your 2012-1013 Bowl Game Announcing Schedule
It's the most wonderful time of the year... because it's bowl season! Well, in all actuality, most of these games are going to be terrible, but that shouldn't stop you from trying to enjoy our last dose of college football until next August. Believe it or not, bowl season begins on December 15th with the prestigious New Mexico Bowl between Nevada and Arizona and ends nearly a month later on January 7th with No. 1 Notre Dame playing No. 2 Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game. The full bowl schedule featuring every game in between with start times and announcers is after the jump...
Sat, Dec 15
Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Nevada vs. Arizona (ESPN, 1 PM) - Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Kaylee Hartung
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Toledo vs. No. 22 Utah State (ESPN, 4:30 PM) - Tom Hart, Mike Bellotti & Quint Kessenich
Thu, Dec 20
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: BYU vs. San Diego State (ESPN, 8 PM) - Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill
Fri, Dec 21
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg: Central Florida vs. Ball State (ESPN, 7:30 PM) - Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Desmond Howard & Cara Capuano
Sat, Dec 22
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN, Noon) - Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Quint Kessenich
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas: Washington vs. No. 19 Boise State (ESPN, 3:30 PM) - Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Tom Rinaldi
Mon, Dec 24
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Fresno State vs. SMU (ESPN, 8 PM) - Carter Blackburn, Kelly Stouffer & Kaylee Hartung
Wed, Dec 26
Little Caesars Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan (ESPN, 7:30 PM) - Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Jemele Hill
Thu, Dec 27
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman: No. 24 San Jose State vs. Bowling Green (ESPN, 3 PM) - Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Quint Kessenich
Belk Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Duke (ESPN, 6:30 PM) - Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl: Baylor vs. No. 17 UCLA, (ESPN, 9:45 PM) - Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown
Fri, Dec 28
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl: Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe (ESPN, 2 PM) - Dave Lamont, Kelly Stouffer & Cara Capuano
Russell Athletic Bowl: Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech (ESPN, 5:30 PM) - Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Minnesota vs. Texas Tech (ESPN, 9 PM) - Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza
Sat, Dec 29
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: Rice vs. Air Force (ESPN, 11:45 AM) - Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson
New Era Pinstripe Bowl: West Virginia vs. Syracuse (ESPN, 3:15 PM) - Chris Fowler, Jesse Palmer & Tom Rinaldi
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Navy vs. Arizona State (ESPN2, 4 PM) - Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown
Valero Alamo Bowl: No. 23 Texas vs. No. 13 Oregon State (ESPN, 6:45 PM) - Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: TCU vs. Michigan State (ESPN, 10:15 PM) - Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
Mon, Dec 31
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: NC State vs. Vanderbilt (ESPN, Noon) - Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill
Hyundai Sun Bowl: USC vs Georgia Tech (CBS, 2 PM) - Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Tracy Wolfson
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Iowa State vs. Tulsa (ESPN, 3:30 PM) - Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza
Chick-fil-A Bowl: No. 8 LSU vs. No. 14 Clemson (ESPN, 7:30 PM) - Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards
Tue, Jan 1
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl: Mississippi State vs. No. 20 Northwestern (ESPN2, Noon) - Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams
Heart of Dallas Bowl: Purdue vs. Oklahoma State (ESPNU, Noon) - Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Kaylee Hartung
Capital One Bowl: No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 16 Nebraska (ABC, 1 PM) - Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele
Outback Bowl: No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 18 Michigan (ESPN, 1 PM) - Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden & Shannon Spake
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Vizio: Wisconsin vs No. 6 Stanford (ESPN, 5 PM) - Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox & Tom Rinaldi
Discover Orange Bowl: No. 15 Northern Illinois vs No. 12 Florida State (ESPN, 8:30 PM) - Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor
Wed, Jan 2
Allstate Sugar Bowl: No. 21 Louisville vs No. 3 Florida (ESPN, 8:30 PM) - Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich
Thu, Jan 3
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: No. 4 Oregon vs No. 5 Kansas State (ESPN, 8:30 PM) - Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
Fri, Jan 4
AT&T Cotton Bowl: No. 9 Texas A&M vs. No. 11 Oklahoma (Fox, 7 PM) - Gus Johnson, Charles Davis
Sat, Jan 5
BBVA Compass Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss (ESPN, 1 PM) - Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra
Sun, Jan 6
GoDaddy.com Bowl: No. 25 Kent State vs. Arkansas State (ESPN, 9 PM) - Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza ESPN
Mon, Jan 7
Discover BCS National Championship: No. 1 Notre Dame vs No. 2 Alabama (ESPN, 8:30 PM) - Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox & Tom Rinaldi
For those of you who haven't heard yet, Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore will be providing analysis during select commercial breaks during ESPN3's coverage of the Discover BCS Championship game this year!!!
The beginning of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was moved from ESPN to ESPNNEWS,the beginning of the MAACO Bowl Los Vegas was moved from ESPN to ESPNNEWS,the beginning of the Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl was moved from ESPN to ESPNNEWS,the beginning of the Russell Athletic Bowl was moved from ESPN to ESPNNEWS, the beginning of the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas was moved from ESPN to ESPN2 and the beginning of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl was moved from ESPN to ESPN2 too!!!
Also Mike Peireira will be in the broadcast booth and Petro Papadakis will be a Sideline Analyst and work as a 2nd Sideline reporter or Analyst for the 3rd straight College Football game on FOX too!!!
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie and Joe Schad will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Poinsettia Bowl,Holiday Bowl,Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl,Orange Bowl and Fiesta Bowl this year!
Mark Neely, Ray Bentley and Marty Cesario will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the New Mexico Bowl, Rich Celinni, Tom Ramsey and Shelley Smith will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl,Dave Lamont, Matt Stinchcomb and Allison Williams will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Beef "o" Brady's Bowl,Marc Kestecher, Dan Hawkins and Ian Fitzsimmons will be the sideline reporter for the New Orleans Bowl on ESPN Radio, Marc Kestecher and Pete Najarian will be working ESPN Radio's coverage of the Hawaii Bowl this year and they will be working the game without a sideline reporter, Adam Amin, Tom Luginbill and Brett Mcmurphy will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Russell Athletic Bowl,Tom Hart,John Congemi and Niki Noto will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas this year,Eamon Mcananey,David Diaz-Infante and Paul Carcaterra will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Armed Forces Bowl this year,Marc Kestecher, Jack Ford and C.J. Papa will b the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Pinstripe Bowl this year,Mark Neely, Ray Bentley and Kaylee Hartung will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Alamo Bowl this year,Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway and Lewis Johnson will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Liberty Bowl this year,Dave Neal, Andre Ware and Cara Capuano will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Chick-Fil-A Bowl this year,Dave Lamont,Kelly Stouffer and Brett Mcmurphy will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Capitol One Bowl this year, Carter Blackburn,John Congemi and Jemele Hill will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Outback Bowl this year,Brad Sham, Ed Cunningham and Ian Fitzsimmons will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Cotton Bowl this year, Dave Lamont, Kelly Stouffer and Allison Williams will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the BBVA Compass Bowl this year,Dave Pasch, Brian Griese and Jenn Brown will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Rose Bowl this year,Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell and Allison Williams will be the sideline reporter for ESPN Radio's coverage of the Sugar Bowl this year and last but not least Mike Tirico and Todd Blackedledge will be orking the BCS National Championship game for ESPN Radio this year with Wendi Nix and Joe Schad as their sideline reporters!
For those of you that were wondering, ESPN is using 93 different broadcasters to call at least 1 College Football Bowl Game for ESPN or ESPN radio this year too!!!
Georgia Ruiz Sandoval and Rober Abramowitz will be working the Rose Bowl for ESPN Deportes, also Eduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega will be working the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and BCS National Championship game for ESPN Deportes this year too!!!
