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College football bowl schedule: Thursday, December 28

Grant Bricker

By Grant Bricker

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College football continues in the form of bowl season on Thursday with 4 games taking place.

SMU and Boston College kick things off with the Fenway Bowl being played at the home of the Boston Red Sox. It’ll be the 1st time that these teams have played since 1986. The Mustangs are coming off of a win in the American Athletic title game against Tulane.

The second game of the day will also be played at a baseball stadium as Rutgers and Miami meet up for the Pinstripe Bowl. Yankee Stadium will be turned into a football field. With Tyler Van Dyke transferring to Wisconsin, Jaccuri Brown will be starting under center. It will be Brown’s 1st appearance for the Hurricanes this season.

In one of the newer bowls this postseason, NC State and Kansas State face off in the inaugural Pop-Tarts Bowl. The trophy was revealed recently and includes spots for the 2 real Pop-Tarts.

Lastly, Oklahoma and Arizona head to San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl. Dillon Gabriel has transferred to Oregon and Jackson Arnold will be starting at QB for the Sooners. Fans can also watch the exciting play of QB Noah Fifita for Arizona.

Here’s the complete bowl schedule for Thursday’s action, all times ET:

  • Fenway Bowl — SMU vs. Boston College, 11 a.m.
  • Pinstripe Bowl — Rutgers vs. Miami, 2:15 p.m.
  • Pop-Tarts Bowl — NC State vs. Kansas State, 5:45 p.m.
  • Alamo Bowl — Arizona vs. Oklahoma, 9:15 p.m.

All games will be shown on ESPN/ESPN+.

Grant Bricker

Grant Bricker was a former freelancer for The News TN in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He now freelances for Saturday Football. Follow on Twitter @GrantBricker.

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