| TicketCity Bowl | Jan. 2 | Noon | Dallas | ESPNU |
| Penn State vs. Houston | ||||
| Outback Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. | Tampa, FL | ABC |
| Michigan State vs. Georgia | ||||
| Capital One Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. | Orlando | ESPN |
| Nebraska vs. South Carolina | ||||
| Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. | Jacksonville, FL | ESPN2 |
| Ohio State vs. Florida | ||||
| Rose Bowl | Jan. 2 | 5 p.m. | Pasadena, CA | ESPN |
| Wisconsin vs. Oregon | ||||
| Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | Jan. 2 | 8:30 p.m. | Glendale, AZ | ESPN |
| Oklahoma State vs. Stanford |
The bowl juggernaut picks up some real steam here, with six bowls, including two actual BCS bowls. We will skip a pairing for the first offering -- one of many many bowls in Dallas that are not the actual Cotton Bowl. Houston was BCS bound until spitting the bit against Southern Miss, and for a one-loss effort, they get a no-name bowl against a team that might have done well to opt out of bowls this year.
As for the Outback Bowl, like the Chick-Fil-A bowl, it's a bowl themed around a non-pork meat, a terrible steakhouse in this case, so let's hope the lads from the Classic City grabbed some goodies from the Spotted Trotter on their way to the airport.
Down the road, its the 'Cocks and the Huskers in a bowl with a surprisingly entertaining Twitter feed. Well played. Nebraska is all about feedlot corn, I think, but Williams-Brice is not far from Caw Caw Creek Farms. Get you some belly, and per Homer's suggestion, rustle up the deep-fried sous-vide 36 hour all belly porchetta, per Homer's suggestion.
The Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl features a matchup that was more compelling in 2006. Checking the archives, the Lee Bros. were extolling country hams, which is still a good idea.
The Rose Bowl, the granddady of them all, and features Bret Bielema's brat-bolting Badgers. State St. is not where we want to be, so consider the Nueske's sausage snack sampler. See if the Ducks can't bring a nice Wilamette Valley Pinot Noir or something.
The BCS finale for the day involves the two most disagreeable D1 programs playing in a stadium named after a fraud. Have a salad or something instead.
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